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Description
Another sleeper of the vintage", the opaque ruby/purple-tinged 2009 l'Estang exhibits lots of sweet black currant and black cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of vanillin. Medium to full-bodied, with surprisingly pure, concentrated, lengthy flavors, it should drink well for 5-6 years. |
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Description
The home estate of Cheval Blanc-s winemaker, Pierre Lurton, the 2009 Marjosse cuts a broader, richer, fuller swath across the palate than normal, and is loaded with black currant and black cherry fruit intermixed with hints of earth and spice box. Ripe, heady, and delicious, it should be enjoyed over the next 2-3 years. |
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This has been one of the most reliable wines in Bordeaux over the last 30+ years, and I have enjoyed many vintages of it. It sells for a song, and the 2009 may turn out to be the best they have ever made. This inky purple-colored wine offers up notes of creme de cassis, spring flowers, and forest floor that seem to have more in common with a classified growth than a petite chateau. Medium-bodied, luscious, and rich, this is a beauty to drink over the next 10 years. |
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Wow! What a big time sleeper of the vintage. This delicious, full-bodied wine behaves more like a classified growth than a generic Bordeaux Superieur. It possesses a dense purple color as well as notes of black raspberries, licorice, graphite, and cassis, wonderful intensity, purity, richness, and overall balance, and a stunning finish. Drink it over the next 5-6 years. |
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The 2009 Gironville is the best wine I have ever tasted from this estate in the southern Medoc. A blend of 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Petit Verdot that achieved 14% natural alcohol, this sleeper of the vintage exhibits a dark purple color in addition to beautiful notes of graphite, blueberries, flowers, and cassis, and a long, layered mouthfeel. A sensational value, the 2009 should drink well for a decade. |
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As usual, the 2009 Brisson is a beautiful wine meant to be consumed during its first 3-4 years of life. Richly fruity with plenty of black cherry, black currant, cedar, spice box, and earth characteristics, it is a deep, medium to full-bodied, luscious Cotes de Castillon. |
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Description
A fruity and clean wine, with chocolate and berry character with a delicate finish. 87-90 - JS |
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Description
Mineral, berry and black licorice aromas follow through to a full body, with super silky tannins and a long finish. Lovely wine. Best ever from here!
89-92 - JS |
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Description
One of the best of the generic Bordeaux, made by Jean-Philippe Janoueix, this dense, rich, full-bodied wine has an inky ruby/purple color, loads of graphite, blueberry, charcoal, and camphor notes, a dense, luscious, medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, and plenty of fruit and glycerin. This is a very sexy, surprisingly rich wine to drink over the next 5-7 years. |
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