92 WS Concentrated and still youthfully tight, with bitter almond and toasted brioche notes still not fully melded into the core of Jonagold apple, creamed melon, quince and white peach. There's good cut on the finish...
99+ RP A candidate for perfection with a few more years of bottle age, this great vintage of Angelus has an almost impenetrable black/purple color and a gorgeous nose of incense, graphite, blackberry liqueur, truffles and...
A light-bodied, open-knit red, with direct damson plum and cherry preserves notes backed by modest toast that hangs on the slightly lean finish. Drink now. 100 cases imported. 86 pts James...
100 JS / 99 RP A masterpiece in the making, proprietor Alain Vauthierâãs 2009 Ausone boasts a dense purple color along with notes of powdered chalk, crushed rocks and wild blue, red and black fruits. Extravagantly rich with...
100 RP This big wine (nearly 15% natural alcohol) is a blend of 77% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It boasts an opaque blue/purple color along with a gorgeous bouquet of charcoal, incense, truffles,...
Tasted at the Syndicate de Pomerol. The Bel Air ’09 sports a delightful fresh, well defined nose with cassis and red cherries. Clean crisp and tannic on the entry. A little coarse but some nice mineralite on the finish...
91 WA / 91 IWC Faintly smoky black tea, resinous green herbs, sweaty salinity and animal allusions as well as an intriguing fish oil note mingle with strawberry jam in the nose of Betzs 2009 Besoleil. This blend of Grenache...
93 WA The 2009 Syrah La Serenne (100%) was sourced entirely from the superb terroir of Boushey Vineyard in Yakima Valley and was aged for 12 months in 50% new French oak. Smoke, meat, game, lavender, pepper, and blueberry...
96 JS / 94 WA / 93 RP 96 Points James Suckling: A subtle, refined 2009 with complex aromas and flavors of currants, smoke, minerals and lead pencil. Full body with ultra-refined tannins and a long, long finish. An...
90 WA From Bruno Boisson, the 2009 Cairanne is outstanding. Already bottled, it exhibits sweet roasted Provencal herb notes intermixed with notions of licorice, lavender, cherry marmalade and spice box. This broad,...
88 RP A stunning wine, the 2009 Contra (I believe 2009 is the debut vintage of this cuvee) is a 6,100 case Central Coast Cotes du Rhone-like blend of 55.1% Carignan, 15.4% Grenache and the rest Mourvedre, Petite Sirah and...
95 JS / 91+RP / 91 WS Gorgeous ripe fruit character, with loads of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full body, with velvety tannins and a fruity, fresh, grapefruit aftertaste. Really beautiful. Best ever from here...
90 JS / 89 RP Featured in James Suckling's Bordeaux Confidential Events in 2015 Tangy and juicy, with pleasant berry and plum fruit character. Drink now. - James SucklingAn excellent wine that sells for a song, the basic...
90 JS / 89 RP Featured in James Suckling's Bordeaux Confidential Events in 2015 Tangy and juicy, with pleasant berry and plum fruit character. Drink now. - James Suckling An excellent wine that sells for a song, the basic...
93 JS Impressive for this appellation, with ripe fruit and light espresso character and hints of mushrooms. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long flavorful finish. Best ever from here. Best in 2016. James...
93 RP Of course, the wine to buy in order to get a look at the Lafite Rothschild style and personality is their second wine, Carruades de Lafite, which has become very fashionable in Asia, causing the prices to soar. A very...
90 RP A major sleeper of the vintage, this blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is another best ever performance. Notes of tobacco leaf, hot rocks, sweet kirsch and black currants are impressively displayed in...
99 RP It will be fascinating to follow the evolution of the 2009 Cheval Blanc versus the 2010 as well as the awesome 2005, 2000, 1998 and 1990. This famous estate\'s vineyard is situated at the juncture of Pomerol and the...
95 WA / 96 WS / 95 VM The 2009 is showing better out of bottle than it was last year. Gorgeous kirsch liqueur notes, raspberry jam, forest floor, spice box, new saddle leather and a peppery spiciness are all present in this...
100 RP This is a perennial superstar thanks to the efforts of proprietor Philippe Cuvelier and the estate's manager, Tony Ballu. This beautifully-situated, nearly 48-acre vineyard, high on the clay and deep limestone...
100 RP The 2009 Cos d'Estournel is one of the greatest young wines I have ever tasted ... in the world! An extraordinary effort I tasted on two separate occasions, this blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest primarily...
92 RP / 90 WS 92 Points Robert Parker: Moving to the reds, the 2009 Carriage House is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc aged in French oak, some new. Pretty, perfumed and elegant, it...
91 JS I like the core of fruit in this, with chocolate and berry character. Full and velvety. Love it. - James Suckling This sports a ripe, direct beam of plum cake and fig sauce backed by lively tobacco and toasty spice...
96 JS / 95 WA / 95 WS A triumph for the vintage with spices, dried mushroom, dried pineapple, peaches, and honey. Full and sweet with bright acidity and a long, intense finish. Powerful wine. This could be the best Coutet...
95 WS / 94 WA Redolent of blackberry and dark fruits, this also features a fascinating mix of mocha, graphite and tobacco flavors. Very juicy as well, which figures into the finish of fine-grained tannins and spice. An...
94-96 WA / 96 WS The 2009 Clos de Vougeot is a strikingly beautiful wine laced with sweet red fruit and flowers. Silky tannins frame the long, textured fruit. This is a totally long, seamless wine that impresses for its...
97 JS / 95+ WA This is very dense and powerful, reminds me of the 2005 but it has more structure and acidity. Its a blockbuster with a huge finish, Grand Cru Burgundy style. Fresh and massive. Barrel sample. James...
94 WA/92 BH 'Outstanding' The 2009 Nuits St. Georges Clos des Forets Saint Georges comes across as dark, brooding and totally intense. Black cherries, tar, licorice, smoke and menthol are some of the many notes that are...
96 WS Dark and densely packed, yet terrifically racy, with plum sauce, pastis and crushed blackberry fruit wound with charcoal and roasted tobacco leaf notes, but carried by riveting acidity. A long, singed iron note hangs...
95 WS / 92 VM 95 Points Wine Spectator: "This really stands apart from the crowd, with searingly intense minerality cutting through a massive core of pastis, plum sauce and fig paste. Gorgeous violet and spice notes fill in...
93 RP There are only 400 cases of the outstanding 2009 Cotes du Ventoux Il Etait Une Fois, a blend of 80% Grenache from 80-year-old vines, 15% Mourvedre from 20-year-old vines, and 5% Syrah from 15-year-old vines, all aged...
An exquisite velvety mouth pours a residual sugar of high quality. The notes of dried fruit, currants, grape, plum unfold with extreme refinement. The complexity is the result of a great job, beautiful and healthy! -Gault...
90 WS Ripe, fresh and decidedly forward in style, with a modestly tarry edge supporting the juicy blackberry, loganberry and mulled plum fruit flavors. Theres a lingering anise note, with enough grip to keep this honest...
Pavie recently joined Cheval Blanc and Ausone at the apex of St. Emilion producers. 2009 Pavie received the magical 100 Robert Parker. Pavie is widely acclaimed as one of Bordeauxs greatest terroirs, of largely...
97 JS / 93 WA / 92 WS Powerful aromas of dark fruits, minerals and hints of new wood. Super perfumed. Licorice too. Full bodied, with a seamless tannin texture and wonderful length. The wine is ultra-polished and long...
96 RP There are fewer than 200 cases each of the 2009 Ermitage Les Dionnieres and 2009 Ermitage Le Meal. Both are spectacular efforts boasting a blue/purple color along with notes of creosote, acacia flowers, beef blood,...
95 WS / 94 WA This is gorgeously vibrant and grapey, with good cut to the luscious dark fruit and cedar flavors that are flanked by zesty acidity and tannins. A touch brooding midpalate, with a minerally rush and a finish of...
90 WA Medium garnet in color, this 2009 has fragrant aromas of kirsch, mulberries, spice cake, Indian spices and black pepper with hints of earth, iron ore and lavender. Very full, rich and concentrated, it presents medium...
94 WA The overt fruit and depth typical of Costa Russi comes through in spades in the 2009. Plums, black cherries, chocolate and new leather form the core of this round, expressive Costa Russi. As beautiful as this is, the...
96 RP / 95 JS A big, powerful, masculine Pomerol with a style not dissimilar from Le Gay, the dense purple-colored 2009 Gazin exhibits black currant, black cherry liqueur, coffee, roasted herb, an exotic Asian spice...
95 JS / 94 WA / 93 WS Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Very beautiful. Full body, with a solid core of fruit and firm tannins. Balanced and refined. This is ultra-refined. Best wine from here since 1970. One...
95 RP Performing better from bottle than it did from cask (and comparable to their wines 2005, 2000, 1990 and 1982), this is a great classic from Xavier Bories estate situated on the back roads west of the town of Pauillac...
100 RP / 100 WA / 97 WS Another perfect wine, the 2009 Hermitage Ex-Voto is surprisingly supple and more approachable than the two single vineyard 2009 Cote Roties, La Turque and La Landonne. The massive Ex-Voto boasts...
100 RP / 100 WA / 99WS The 2009 Cote Rotie La Landonne is a killer wine. An extravagant bouquet of black truffles, roasted meats, licorice, ground pepper, blackberries, scorched earth and camphor soars from this muscular,...
100 RP The 2009 Cote Rotie La Mouline possesses off-the-charts richness. Like all the vintages, it comes from the Cote Blonde and is co-fermented with 11% Viognier. Its 13.5% alcohol is one of the highest in all the La...
96 WS / 96 WA / 96 JS Wine #5 on Wine Spectators Top 100 of 2012 Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. The 2009 Guiraud has a complex, precocious bouquet with honeysuckle and jasmine notes, hints of dried...
100 JS Aromas of forest floor, currants and blueberries, with hints of fresh tobacco and sliced mushrooms. Turns to orange peel and blueberries. Full-bodied, with incredible structure. This is so powerful in tannins, yet so...
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98-100 RP The 2009 l\'Eglise Clinet may eclipse some of the other efforts made by proprietor Denis Durantou over the years. Harvested between September 14 and 28, this blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc is a...
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94-98 WA Now that La Conseillante is making a second wine with more severe selection, think of the 2009 as a version of the 2000 on steroids. This is never going to be a blockbuster wine, because the terroir just seems to...
100 JS The second you put your nose in the glass, you know that it is 100 points. The combination of sweet tobacco, fresh flowers, currants and sultanas on the nose leaves me breathless. Turns to cocoa powder and freshness...
94 RP The 2009, which is inky blue/purple to the rim, is a final blend of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot at 14% natural alcohol. The wine has a beautiful blueberry-scented nose with hints of acacia...
98-100 RP The 2009 Latour has off the charts concentration in addition to the highest level of tannin ever measured at the estate. The final blend was somewhat unusual in that it consists of 91.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.7%...
100 RP 100 Points Robert Parker: A blend of 91.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.7% Merlot with just under 14% natural alcohol, the 2009 Latour is basically a clone of the super 2003, only more structured and potentially more...
94 JS / 94 WA / 93 WE / 92 WS / 91 IWC Tight and very pretty with pure fruit and ultra-fine tannins. Full body, super refined and beautiful. Yes. Why wait? March, 2016. -James Suckling A brilliant effort from well-known...
100 RP / 99 JS / 98 WS 100 Points Robert Parker: Exceptional purity and a blockbuster nose of mocha, black cherry liqueur, mulberries and plums are followed by an extravagantly rich wine that seems to have a nearly endless...
96 JS / 95 WS / 94 WA / 93+ RP / 93+ VM #6 Wine Spectator Top 100 List 2012 Very floral, with fresh mushrooms and currants on the nose. Full body, with powerful tannins, yet polished and refined. Lovely length...
99-100 JS The 2009 is one of the greatest Leoville Las Cases I have ever tasted, which is saying something given the many compelling wines that have been made at this estate. A final blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15%...
100 RP One of the more flamboyant and sumptuous wines of the vintage, this inky/purple-colored St.-Julien reveals thrilling levels of opulence, richness and aromatic pleasures. A soaring bouquet of creme de cassis, charcoal,...
100 RP One of the more flamboyant and sumptuous wines of the vintage, this inky/purple-colored St.-Julien reveals thrilling levels of opulence, richness and aromatic pleasures. A soaring bouquet of creme de cassis,...
95 RP / 95 JS / 94 WA / 93 WS Possibly the best second wine ever made at Latour (and I love how the 1982 is drinking at age 30), the 2009 Les Forts de Latour is composed of two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot...
94 WA / 94 JS / 92 WS / 92 VM The 2009 Blanc de Blancs Vintage is mainly from Avize (80%), but chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon is aiming for 100% due to the forward pushed ripeness of Chardonnay. The wine offers...
94 JS / 92 WS A set of more north-facing vineyards here deliver a more restrained, mineral and compact pinot noir. Nevertheless, the nose has terrific ripe-fruit expression (a warmer vintage), and the oak fermentation (30%)...
94 JS The clarity of chalk and white almond is striking. Gentle perfume with some light cherry fruits, peach, grapefruit and lemon citrus. The palate has a piercing burst of lemon and grapefruit flavor on the front and...
98 RP / 97 JS Performing even better from bottle than it did from barrel, this appears to be the finest Lynch Bages since the 2000, 1990 and 1989. According to the chateau, the 2009 has the highest level of polyphenols ever...
92 ST Bright ruby. Aromas of fresh red berries and candied rose are complicated by notes of sassafras, vanilla and allspice. Juicy and sharply focused, offering intense raspberry and cherry flavors that put on weight with...
94 WA / 93 JS / 92+ RP / 92 WS Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. The Malartic-Lagraviere ÷09 is evolving into one of the finest wines that the estate has ever produced. It has a more introverted bouquet...
95 RP / 94 WE / 92 WA A blend of 80% Sauvignon and 20% Semillon that hit 14% natural alcohol, this is serious wine boasting notes of lemon and lime marmalade intermixed with honeysuckle, a whiff of freshly cut grass and a...
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