Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
The wine comes from a small parcel in Pauillac on sandy gravel over clay. The 2017 blend is 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28.5% Merlot and 10.5% Petit Verdot.
Château Peyrabon · Pauillac, Bordeaux
Château La Fleur Peyrabon
Pauillac · Cabernet-led · blackcurrant · graphite · mint · structured
Château La Fleur Peyrabon gives the 366 a genuine Pauillac Cru Bourgeois with bottle age already in place and a remarkably accessible current price.
Country
France
Region
Pauillac, Bordeaux
Appellation
Pauillac AOC
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Petit Verdot
Style
Red
Realistic spend
£28–£35
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
birthdayanniversaryfathers daychristmasdinner partygift
A genuine Pauillac with bottle age for anniversaries, Christmas, Father’s Day and classic dinner parties.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
The estate hand harvested the 2017 crop and matures La Fleur Peyrabon for around 14 months in French oak, with roughly half of the barrels new.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Blackcurrant and cherry meet graphite, spice and a faint minty freshness, with dense but polished tannins and classic Left Bank structure.
Body4/5
Acidity4/5
Tannin4/5
Sweetness0/5
Oak influence3/5
Freshness4/5
Aroma4/5
Serve it well
Serve around 16–18°C and decant gently for sediment.
If this wine were human…
The polished traditionalist
If Château La Fleur Peyrabon were human, it would be immaculate manners, firm opinions and an excellent memory for details.
substantialsharp-mindedstrong-willedunfussy
Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Immaculate manners, firm opinions and an excellent memory for details. You are capable of appearing very relaxed while maintaining several quite exact standards.
At dinner, you know when the table needs another bottle and when it needs coffee instead. Secretly, you enjoy being underestimated until the second half of the evening.
In short: immaculate manners, firm opinions and an excellent memory for details. pauillac energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
There are 365 more wines where this came from.
Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.