Lafleur 1985 750mL (Top Shoulder, Nicked Label)

"The 1985 Lafleur is a vintage that I have tasted several times, though never from larger format. The aromatics transfix with copious brambly red berry fruit, wild hedgerow, roasted chestnut and Earl Grey scents that cohere wondrously in the glass. At 40 years old, this definitely has plenty of vigor. The palate is supremely well balanced and very harmonious, offering vivid red fruit laced with cedar and white pepper. Fleshier than the 1986 (as expected) with a tender but very persistent finish, this reaffirms how Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau hit the ground running with their first vintage." - Vinous, AG97 (NM), tasted 7/2025