Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Château La Fleur-Petrus has a fragrant, crushed rose petal bouquet mixed with raspberry coulis and wild strawberry scents, the oak beautifully assimilated and demonstrating fine precision. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, bright blueberry and black plum notes mixed with cedar and minerals towards the finish. This is turning into a très bon vin! Tasted January 2016. Drink 2018-2038.
– eRobertParker.com, May 2016

Enticing, with mint, bergamot tea, lightly mulled blood orange, melted red licorice and warmed raspberry confiture, this has the DNA of the vineyard but takes on the more open, slightly cooler feel of the vintage. The finish reveals a subtle grain, showing length and lingering minerality.—Non-blind La Fleur-Pétrus vertical (December 2015). Drink now through 2022.
– James Molesworth (WineSpectator.com, 2016)

From barrel, I had much higher hopes for this wine as a potential candidate for the wine of the vintage. That said, it is still an outstanding effort, but it has nowhere near the prodigious depth and intensity that I thought. With sweet black cherry fruit intermixed with hints of truffle, kirsch, and even blacker black currants and licorice, the wine displays pure, nicely textured, medium-bodied flavors in a sensual style, but nowhere near the depth, length, and potential longevity I had expected. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025.
90+ points – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #181, Feb 2009)

Red-ruby. Reticent aromas of dark berries, spices, licorice and menthol. Then almost shockingly supple, ripe and layered, with unexpected fullness and a sweet, gentle character. This is harmonious from the outset. Not at all a powerful style, but silky and suave. And nicely sweet on the back end, with the tannins arriving late.