1979 Chateau Lafleur
£1,725.00 (excl. VAT) per bottle
5 in stock
Description
Along with Haut Brion, this is one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The wine is approaching full maturity, yet still seems so atypical for a 1979, a phenomenally concentrated, thick, massively endowed wine with huge levels of extract, tannin, and power. The wine still has some dusty tannins and a huge nose of sweet black truffles intermixed with blackberries, plums, figs, and minerals. Very powerful, as well as enormously endowed, this is a remarkable effort in this vintage. I am still not sure off if the tannins will ever resolve themselves, but this wine, which is just approaching full maturity, should go on for at least another 25 or more years. Anticipated maturity: Now-2030. Last tasted, 11/02. RMP 98 pts
Published: Jan 01, 2003
Additional information
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 13 × 13 × 40 cm |
| Year |
1979 |
| Appellation |
Pomerol |
| Format |
Bottle 0.75L |
| Alcohol % |
12.5% |
| Score |
98 |
| IB / DP |
DP |
Alcohol and volume were rarely printed on older vintages, it is therefore assumed the alcohol is 12.5% and the volume is 0.75L
Formats and Sizes
We sell wine in a variety of formats. The table below shows the formats in more detail.
| Size | Volume | Equivalent Bottles |
|---|---|---|
| Bottle | 0.75L | 1 |
| Magnum | 1.5L | 2 |
| Double Magnum | 3L | 4 |
| Imperial | 6L | 8 |
| Jeroboam (Burgundy, Champagne, etc.) | 3L | 4 |
| Jeroboam (Bordeaux) | 4.5L / 5L | 6 / 6.66 |
| Half Bottle | 0.375L | 0.5 |
| Methuselah | 6L | 8 |
| Salmanazar | 9L | 12 |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 15L | 20 |
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Duty
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| Description | Alcoholic Content | Duty (£ per case) |
|---|---|---|
| Still Wine | 5.5–15% | £25.98 |
| Sparkling Wine | 8.5–15% | £33.27 |
| Port | 15–22% | £34.63 |
| Spirits | >22% | £28.74 per litre of pure alcohol |
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