Michael Schuster | From 2009, its first vintage, to 2016 this was called G-Acte 1 (2009)—the G standing for Guinaudeau—to G-Acte 9 (2017), the first Les Perrières vintage being 2018, and named for its profound Fronsac limestone soil. The Bouchet (Cabernet Franc) vines planted here are massal cuttings from Lafleur itself. A floral nose of wild-rose herbal and a light mineral character; moderately rich, lemony fresh, very finely tannic; initially up-front sweet and juicy, it then becomes immediately suffused with a chalky minerality, not unlike the chalky aromatic characters in fine Cabernet Franc from Saumur-Champigny or Chinon in the Loire, and with similar “cool” peppery hints, too, subtle, particularly long and perfumed to taste. A delicious combination of rich and juicy, plus Atlantic cool and stony, a most distinctive expression of mainly Bouchet on limestone in Bordeaux. Remarkable. No real maturity-curve track record yet, but a reasonable initial guess might be 2026–46.