Le Plus de La Fleur de Bouard 2010 Lalande de Pomerol 金鐘花堡 《風土系列 - TF155》

🔔 有跟開嘅酒友都知金鐘莊主出品一向好有保證，今次呢枝更加唔需要多講，喺呢個咁平凡嘅產區都可以出到枝酒價非凡嘅頂級款，仲未識嘅酒友真係要睇睇👇🏻

📖 Lalande de Pomerol一向畀人覺得係出平價酒嘅印象，而金鐘莊主Hubert一開始都只係想搵Saint emilion嘅地，就算有朋友介紹呢個莊園之下都有啲懷疑～但當認真研究之後就發現世上原來有啲咁抵嘅嘢！用Saint emilion 1/10嘅價錢就可以買到拍得住Pomerol嘅頂級風土，喺最靚嘅地段甚至有坡度同Petrus嘅藍黏土！所以Hubert就即刻表示："this is really the terroir for me", 喺1998年買入25公頃嘅葡萄園，決定果然非常正確，葡萄園頂級到喺2000年一推出就拎到RP親評99分！仲喺2001年被瑞士酒評網Weinwisser稱為Best Merlot！自此就成為咗產區甚至成個波爾多嘅標竿，令全世界都對Lalande de Pomerol改觀，唔同酒莊都相繼加入產區💪🏻而Hubert都講到："*This is not a small appellation behind Pomerol, but a great appellation*", 就知道產區個潛力真係好大～

🏡 La fleur呢個名係因為葡萄園陽光普照，葡萄好早開花而嚟～酒莊由Hubert同大女Coralie合作管理 + 釀酒，莊內仲有個釀酒實驗室去以高科技提升酒質。酒莊有3款酒款，呢款旗艦酒用上最精華2公頃，平均60年樹齡嘅100% Merlot，年產只有約5000枝，喺全新法國桶陳熟30個月！時間長之餘仲有18個月係on lees, 無澄清無過濾，夠哂Juicy～

值得一提嘅係葡萄園由1998年開始用咗12年時間規劃 + 翻新，所以呢款2010年係葡萄園翻新後嘅第一個年份～仲要係世紀靚年，值得一試嘅Best Merlot～

🏅Wine Advocate 94 + 分：
Made from 100% Merlot cropped at minuscule yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare, the 2010 La Plus de La Fleur de Bouard was bottled unfined and unfiltered and came in at 14.5% natural alcohol. This wine ratchets up the level of extract, power, density and richness as well as tannin, so it needs 3-4 years of cellaring and can keep, I would assume, for up to two decades, given the performance of the 2000 in recent tastings I have done. This is a beauty, a full-throttle, pedal-to-the-metal Lalande de Pomerol that is impossible to believe comes from a less heralded appellation.

The standard of excellence for Lalande de Pomerol is Hubert de Bouard’s 50-acre property, over half of it located on the highly prized Neac plateau, which consists of clay, sand and gravel sub-soils.

🏅 James Suckling 92-93分：

This is wonderful with fabulous blackberries and hints of minerals. Full and intense. Plenty of wood but already integrated.

🏅 Vinous 93分：

Deep, bright, saturated ruby. Aromas of blackberry, bitter chocolate and caraway seed are sexed up by nutty oak. Densely packed, juicy and super-concentrated, with an exhilarating sugar/acid balance and lovely violet lift to the black fruit and toffee flavors. *Finishes with terrific subtle length and smmoth*, building tannins that coat the front teeth. An outstanding vintage for this special cuvee from one of the top properties in lalande de Pomerol, owned by Hubert de Bouard.

❗️$830/支