Chateau Lafleur (6 / Case) Pomerol

”the vineyard chateau lafleur is located at the crest of the pomerol plateau directly adjacent to chateau petrus and contiguous to chateaux la fleur petrus le gay vieux chateau certan and hosanna. The vineyard is 11 acres in size d’un seul tenant. The vineyard though small contains a great diversity of soil types: a gravel slope to the north west a clay-gravel soil toward the south a gravel-sand soil toward the east and a rich vein of marl toward the center of the vineyard. It is the diversity of soil types that contributes the indescribable complexity to the wines of lafleur. The vineyard is planted to merlot (50%) and to cabernet franc (50%) one of the highest percentages of this varietal in the appellation. The vines average 30 years in age. Density is on average 5900 vines per acre. Chateau lafleur is owned and managed by the guinaudeau family. Harvest & ageing a strict and merciless selection parcel precedes the harvest which is conducted entirely by hand vine by