As with all wine produced in this appellation, Château Lafleur is unclassified, but the estate is estimated among the great growths of the region.
[2][3] Since 1984 the estate has also produced a second wine named Les Pensées de Lafleur, which has been termed an "insider's secret".
[4] Both part of the property Le Manoir de Gay in the mid 18th century, it was purchased by the Greloud family and divided among the sons into two properties, the Domain de Lafleur section eventually inherited by André Robin who imprinted on Lafleur his personal motto, "Qualité passe quantité" (French: Quality surpasses quantity).
[4] Allegedly reclusive characters, the sisters were uninterested in the growing fame of Lafleur, preferring to remain in the shadow of Château Pétrus.
[2] In 1981 the longstanding distributors of Lafleur the Libourne merchant Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix handled management for Marie Robin.