Lafleur 2008 750mL US Red The wine boasts an opaque

The wine boasts an opaque purple/dark ruby color

This wine is even richer than it was prior to bottling

Analytically

though it's far from austere

Nothing is out of balance in this explosively rich

Lafleur 2008 750mL US Red The wine boasts an opaque"Tasted with Baptiste Guinaudeau, the 2008 Lafleur is a wine for which I have a lot of time, and as it approaches a decade old, it is beginning to loosen up a little. There is plenty of fruit on the nosemore than I have encountered on previous bottles, with a mixture of red and black fruitand a hint of bell pepper and sage. The main difference is that those previously rigid tannin have loosened their collar in recent months; therefore, this Lafleur is