La Fleur Lily

California. 100% Pinot Noir. This copper-colored wine has good, light cherry and apple aromas, and fresh, tangy but lean fruit flavors. It is nicely dry, well balanced and a bit crisp in texture.

89+ PTS ROBERT PARKER, JR "Sweet, spicy, oaky, black fruit-scented nose, this well-structred, medium bodied wine exhibits an excellent underpinning of fruit, extract, & glycerin."

Bouquet, pleasant reveals fruity aromas; fresh and dainty, reveals a massive and final round; pleasant aftertaste reinforces the overall impression of balance.

Displays good integration of oak and mulberry, plum and black raspberry fruit intermixed with some licorice, underbrush, vanillin and spice box.

Solid, with lots of linzer torte, plum sauce and blackberry fruit notes backed by a lively, spice-infused finish. Drink now through 2018. Wine Spectator - 88

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90 PTS WINE SPECTATOR; Plenty of ripe fruit in this delicious bordeaux; ripe berry; red cherry; earth; character; full bodied and chewy with berry; vanilla and dark chocolate flavors on the finish.

91 PTS WILFRED WONG. The '96 La Fleur de Gay has aged into a pleasing Pomerol and one that is evolving a bit earlier than I had originally thought; nicely made and finishes well.

91 PTS WILFRED WONG. The '96 La Fleur de Gay has aged into an pleasing Pomerol and one that is evolving a bit earlier than I had originally thought; nicely made and finishes well.

89+ PTS ROBERT PARKER, JR. Sweet, spicy, black-fruit-scented nose; well-structured, excellent underpinning of fruit, extract, & glycerin; the '94 Le Fleur de Gay needs 5-6 years of cellaring.

The Fleur du Cap Chardonnay from South Africa is a solid, commercial effort with ripe fruit combined with sweet oak notes.

The Fleur de California Pinot Noir shows a deft touch towards elegance; deliver up-front ripe fruit flavors onto the palate; easy aftertaste.