Marc Soucy - Focus on Bordeaux :
La Fleur de Boüard Lalande de Pomerol
2005
Bordeaux, France Grapes: 80% Merlot - 15% Cabernet Franc - 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
One of the co-owners of the
famed Château Angelus owns this winery together with his wife and children.
Operated as a family-owned winery within a Grand Cru level environment, Hubert
de Boüard de Laforest takes the level of care used at Angelus to inspire his
family’s own operations at La Fleur. This unfiltered wine spends 18 months in
oak barrels, and captures the intensity of the Lalande de Pomerol appellation.
The powerful 2005 vintage only intensifies this characteristic.
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| Chateau La Fleur de Boüard |
Marc's Tasting Notes:
Ruby with brick and tawny
highlights, this Lalande de Pomerol presents an alternative profile to the
typical left bank Cab driven wines. Featuring aromas of assorted berries,
cooked plums, and white truffles, the umami component is fairly prominent in the
nose, carrying through to the palate. Notes of espresso, tobacco leaf, and
licorice spice up the experience. The sheer complexity of this wine almost
demands a complex dish to accompany it. “Yin and yang” cooking is my favorite
pairing for wines like this, like a vegetable fricassee or a meat dish with
fruit sauce.
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| Hubert de Boüard |
-- Marc Soucy, FWS
www.marcwine.com
FWS: Certification by the French Wine Society, Washington D.C. & Paris France
Wine Tasting Notes Prepared for BLM Wine
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