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Measured in news headlines, 2009 feels like a lifetime ago—maybe two. But uncork the 2009 Château Haut de la Becade and the year that critics hailed as arguably the greatest ever in Bordeaux comes rushing back with an immediacy and majesty that is frankly astonishing. If you don’t know Haut de la Becade, that’s because…
Pomerol Par Excellence: 2009 Château La Conseillante By now, nearly all of the voluptuous 2009s from Bordeaux’s Right and Left Banks have long disappeared, but we keep trying to turn them up, anyway. Here’s why. The vintage report that Robert Parker published on April 26, 2010, reverberated around the wine world like a neutron bomb….
What do we have in common with the President and Prime Minister of France? We’re all fans of Château La Croix’s Pomerol. We have it on good authority that this very vintage has been served not only to the President and Prime Minister of France, but also to the French Senate. There’s no wonder why:…
Parker: “One would have to go back to the 2005, 1947 or 1961 to find this level of quality” In the spring of 2010, on the eve of the release of the colossal 2009 Bordeaux, American importers turned tail and ran, scared off by the FX markets and Chinese speculators. Stateside collectors turned a cold…
The 2009 Château Latour Pauillac is one of the greatest Bordeaux ever bottled. Grown in perhaps the Médoc’s top vintage of all time, it earned 100 points TWICE from Wine Advocate: First, Robert Parker himself proclaimed it “one of the most monumental Latours ever made.” Nearly a decade later, his colleague Lisa Perrotti-Brown concurred with…
Situated on a hill in the southern end of Pauillac, Latour is the only First Growth (and among a tiny handful left in Bordeaux) that remains L’ Enclos—a walled vineyard. All of Latour’s Grand Vin comes from the deep gravel beds within this cloistered terroir, which gives the wine its immense concentration. Its proximity to…
The Sweet Spot Between Margaux and Gruaud Larose The 2009 Château Malescasse is one of the best Left Bank values we’ve ever offered. This is a Haut-Médoc that sits smack in the middle of Château Margaux and Gruaud Larose, and was managed by the Tesseron family of Pontet Canet fame. But this one isn’t $1,000,…
After spending a week on Bordeaux’s Left and Right Banks last year, tasting 127 barrel samples from the 2014 vintage, there was quite a bit of talk about the sudden spike in price of the 2009s. Drawn from a warm, dry, near perfect growing season that Parker compared to the monumental 1899, 1929, 1949, and…
The 2009 Chateau Montrose earned a perfect 100-point score from Robert M. Parker Jr. The venerable critic has bestowed Montrose with four perfect scores from the 1989, 1990, 2009, and 2010 vintages, making it the crowning glory of the Saint-Estèphe appellation and one of the greatest estates in Bordeaux history. Parker reckoned the 2009 was…
Since the 2009 Château Montrose was bottled, THREE of the Wine Advocate’s most respected critics have weighed in with perfect scores: Robert Parker himself, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, and William Kelley. Kelley, a world-class palate and the publication’s current boss, scored the ‘09 just three years ago, lauding it as “a brilliant wine,” and “a benchmark for…
Old World Perfection From 4,000 Feet Up It’s safe to say that there is no other winery in the world quite like Chateau Musar, the “Lafite of Lebanon.” About 15 miles north of Beirut, Musar produces astoundingly complex and aromatic reds that are the equal of First Growthslike Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. It’s the only Middle Eastern…
The 2009 Château Palmer is Margaux at its most brilliantly sensuous, a bottle of historic greatness and soul whose rich, round yet almost weightless texture, high-toned bouquet of blackcurrant, dusty earth, violets and leather, and magnificent structure mark it among the most collectible Bordeaux releases in recent memory. Winemaker and CEO Thomas Duroux and these…
2009: A “Perfect” Vintage in Bordeaux On the eve of the en primeur tasting of 2009s in Bordeaux, Professor Denis Dubourdieu took the microphone in front of an audience of 400 wine professionals. Dubourdieu, at the time the faculty president of the University of Bordeaux’s school of enology, defined the five conditions that make for a…
Of proprietor Alfred Tesseron’s 100-point 2009 Château Pontet-Canet, Robert Parker wrote: “A wine of irrefutable purity, laser-like precision, colossal weight and richness, and sensational freshness, this is a tour de force in winemaking that is capable of lasting 50 or more years…Anticipated maturity: 2025-2075.” Among the First Growths, only Haut-Brion (100 points/$730) and Latour (100/$1,150)…
Located on the Pauillac plateau directly across from First Growth giant Mouton Rothschild, perhaps Château Pontet-Canet always had the raw material for greatness. But not until it was purchased in 1975 by the Tesseron family did it start to fulfill its lofty potential. When he tasted it on release, Robert Parker called the 2009 Pontet-Canet…
Located on the Pauillac plateau directly across from First Growth giant Mouton Rothschild, perhaps Château Pontet-Canet always had the raw material for greatness. But not until it was purchased in 1975 by the Tesseron family did it start to fulfill its lofty potential. Now, this estate is one of the best arguments that the 1855…
2009 Château Poujeaux: Robert Parker’s “Finest Wine in 33 Years” Never in Bordeaux history had a single vintage so ignited world markets before 2009. Chinese speculators arrived in force to the en primeur tasting a few months after harvest. The late, great Denis Dubourdieu stepped to the microphone in front of an audience of 300…
A Rare 2009 of True Pedigree — Direct from the Château In 1946, the Belgian wine merchant Georges Thienpont emigrated to France and purchased two Right Bank properties in the Côtes de Francs — the famous Vieux Château-Certan in Pomerol and Château Puygueraud (pronounced pwee-gair-oh). That was just the beginning. Today, members of the Thienpont…
A long period of ageing in oak barrels was needed to round off this very powerful wine. Citrus and fresh fruit aromas combine with candied apricot and green almonds on the nose. Great length on the palate matched with lively, fresh fruit, and a strong impression of honey and acacia blossom. The start of the growing…
When we first visited Château Smith Haut Lafitte in 2009, proprietors Florence and Daniel Cathiard had high hopes for the vintage. How right they were: Their 2009 would go on to earn a perfect 100-point score from Robert Parker himself, who praised it as “the finest wine ever made” by the couple. Now, 11 years…
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