Stereo Lafleur

This month I got to taste four-decade verticals of Château Lafleur twice – in Bangkok, and then Shanghai. My ‘Stereo Lafleur’ report is here (print-friendly PDF). It runs to a few pages, so here is the gist of it…

Three factors have combined to make Lafleur so special-

A 50/50 blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc – very high for the latter.
Terroir that delivers optimal ripening for both varieties.
Conservative and conservationist attitudes that have kept vines old, yields low, and winemaking subtle.

These three factors deliver a complex, layered, sometimes mysterious wine with a thick texture and dense fruit and tannin that nonetheless feels unforced and freely expressed. These are not ‘made’ wines – in other words there is no sense of ego or artifice.

Vintage	Wine	Bottle Size	Unit of sale	Qty of unit	Qty of btl	Btl price (HKD)	Score	Location
1964	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	2	2	17,000	WA89	HK-P	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1964 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 2 Btl price (HKD) 17,000 Score WA89 Location HK-Prearrival Wine notes
1976	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC12	1	12	6,800	-	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1976 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC12 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 6,800 Score - Location HK Wine notes
1982	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	3	3	38,000	WA100	HK-P	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1982 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 3 Btl price (HKD) 38,000 Score WA100 Location HK-Prearrival Wine notes
1986	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC12	2	24	4,800	WA94	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1986 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC12 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 24 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA94 Location HK Wine notes
1988	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	3	3	4,800	WA93	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1988 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 3 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA93 Location HK Wine notes
1988	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC12	1	12	4,800	WA93	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1988 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC12 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA93 Location HK Wine notes
1989	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	21	21	9,200	WA95	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1989 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 21 Qty of btl 21 Btl price (HKD) 9,200 Score WA95 Location HK Wine notes
1989	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC12	2	24	9,500	WA95	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1989 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC12 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 24 Btl price (HKD) 9,500 Score WA95 Location HK Wine notes
1990	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	4	4	12,000	WA97+	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1990 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 4 Qty of btl 4 Btl price (HKD) 12,000 Score WA97+ Location HK Wine notes
1990	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	1	1	12,000	WA97+	SHOP	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1990 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 12,000 Score WA97+ Location HK Shop Wine notes
1996	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	1	1	3,400	WA90	SHOP	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1996 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 3,400 Score WA90 Location HK Shop Wine notes
1998	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	2	12	4,000	WA94	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1998 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA94 Location HK Wine notes
1999	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	1	6	3,600	WA93	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1999 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 3,600 Score WA93 Location HK Wine notes
1999	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	1	1	3,600	WA93	SHOP	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 1999 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 3,600 Score WA93 Location HK Shop Wine notes
2000	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	15	15	12,500	WA100	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2000 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 15 Qty of btl 15 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location HK Wine notes
2000	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	2	12	12,500	WA100	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2000 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location HK Wine notes
2000	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	1	1	12,500	WA100	SHOP	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2000 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location HK Shop Wine notes
2001	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	1	6	3,500	WA92	HK-P	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2001 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 3,500 Score WA92 Location HK-Prearrival Wine notes
2003	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	12	12	4,000	WA95	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2003 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 12 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA95 Location HK Wine notes
2003	Chateau Lafleur	1500	OWC3	2	6	8,500	WA95	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2003 Bottle size 1500 Unit of sale OWC3 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 8,500 Score WA95 Location HK Wine notes
2003	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	3	18	4,000	WA95	HK-P	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2003 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 18 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA95 Location HK-Prearrival Wine notes
2004	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	6	36	3,400	WA94	HK-P	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2004 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 6 Qty of btl 36 Btl price (HKD) 3,400 Score WA94 Location HK-Prearrival Wine notes
2005	Chateau Lafleur	750	BOTTLE	6	6	10,800	WA100	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2005 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale BOTTLE Qty of unit 6 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 10,800 Score WA100 Location HK Wine notes
2005	Chateau Lafleur	750	OWC6	5	30	10,800	WA100	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2005 Bottle size 750 Unit of sale OWC6 Qty of unit 5 Qty of btl 30 Btl price (HKD) 10,800 Score WA100 Location HK Wine notes
2005	Chateau Lafleur	1500	OWC3	2	6	21,500	WA100	HK	Chateau Lafleur Vintage 2005 Bottle size 1500 Unit of sale OWC3 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 21,500 Score WA100 Location HK Wine notes

1964 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK-P HKD 17,000 / BTL 2 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 2 Btl price (HKD) 17,000 Score WA89 Location HK-P
1976 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC12 HK HKD 6,800 / BTL 1 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 6,800 Score - Location HK
1982 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK-P HKD 38,000 / BTL 3 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 3 Btl price (HKD) 38,000 Score WA100 Location HK-P
1986 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC12 HK HKD 4,800 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 24 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA94 Location HK
1988 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 4,800 / BTL 3 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 3 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA93 Location HK
1988 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC12 HK HKD 4,800 / BTL 1 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,800 Score WA93 Location HK
1989 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 9,200 / BTL 21 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 21 Qty of btl 21 Btl price (HKD) 9,200 Score WA95 Location HK
1989 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC12 HK HKD 9,500 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 24 Btl price (HKD) 9,500 Score WA95 Location HK
1990 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 12,000 / BTL 4 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 4 Qty of btl 4 Btl price (HKD) 12,000 Score WA97+ Location HK
1990 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE SHOP HKD 12,000 / BTL 1 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 12,000 Score WA97+ Location SHOP
1996 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE SHOP HKD 3,400 / BTL 1 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 3,400 Score WA90 Location SHOP
1998 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK HKD 4,000 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA94 Location HK
1999 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK HKD 3,600 / BTL 1 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 3,600 Score WA93 Location HK
1999 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE SHOP HKD 3,600 / BTL 1 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 3,600 Score WA93 Location SHOP
2000 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 12,500 / BTL 15 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 15 Qty of btl 15 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location HK
2000 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK HKD 12,500 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location HK
2000 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE SHOP HKD 12,500 / BTL 1 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 1 Btl price (HKD) 12,500 Score WA100 Location SHOP
2001 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK-P HKD 3,500 / BTL 1 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 1 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 3,500 Score WA92 Location HK-P
2003 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 4,000 / BTL 12 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 12 Qty of btl 12 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA95 Location HK
2003 Chateau Lafleur 1500 ml OWC3 HK HKD 8,500 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 1500 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 8,500 Score WA95 Location HK
2003 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK-P HKD 4,000 / BTL 3 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 3 Qty of btl 18 Btl price (HKD) 4,000 Score WA95 Location HK-P
2004 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK-P HKD 3,400 / BTL 6 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 6 Qty of btl 36 Btl price (HKD) 3,400 Score WA94 Location HK-P
2005 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml BOTTLE HK HKD 10,800 / BTL 6 BTL available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 6 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 10,800 Score WA100 Location HK
2005 Chateau Lafleur 750 ml OWC6 HK HKD 10,800 / BTL 5 case available Bottle size 750 Qty of unit 5 Qty of btl 30 Btl price (HKD) 10,800 Score WA100 Location HK
2005 Chateau Lafleur 1500 ml OWC3 HK HKD 21,500 / BTL 2 case available Bottle size 1500 Qty of unit 2 Qty of btl 6 Btl price (HKD) 21,500 Score WA100 Location HK

The wines are offered subject to remaining unsold. Title to all wine remains with The Fine Wine Experience until paid for in full.

HK	HK / HK storage; ready for delivery within 1-2 business days.
SHOP	HK-Shop / available for in-store purchase in Sheung Wan.
HK-P	HK Pre-arrival wines in transit to Hong Kong. Please contact us for arrival estimate.
EP	En-Primeur / wines still in chateau; will arrange delivery to once wine is received in HK

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