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Bordeaux 2009: The Best Ever? (May 2010)

(a blend of 76% cabernet sauvignon, 18% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot; 13.4% alcohol; pH 3.64; 93 IPT) Inky purple. Sexy, forward aromas of red cherry, cassis, minerals and violet; very Pauillac. Then rich and lush, with impressive volume to its ripe, creamy strawberry, cedar and chocolate flavors. As full and sweet…

A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019)

The 2009 Lynch-Bages has a very expressive bouquet with cedar and tobacco infused black fruit, light tertiary scents emerging with aeration. These aromatics feel very elegant. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent fleshy opening that betrays the backbone to this Pauillac. Slightly powdery in texture, plenty of cedar and mint towards the assertive finish,…

The 2009 Clarets (Jul 2012)

Bright ruby-red. Very pure, perfumed aromas of blackberry and licorice. Dense, generous and deep if youthfully tightly wound, with sweet black fruit flavors nicely framed by sound acidity. Finishes with serious tannic clout and complex saline and peppery notes. An extremely backward and very impressive Lynch Bages for serious cellaring.

A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019)

The 2009 Lynch-Bages has an intense bouquet which is more forward than Grand Puy Lacoste, albeit without the same complexity. Layers of blackberry, bilberry, brine and a touch of graphite. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannin, slightly lower in acidity than the 2010 Lynch Bages, dense and quite sinewy towards the finish. It might…

The 2009 Clarets (Jul 2012)

(a blend of 62.5% cabernet sauvignon, 29% merlot, 6% petit verdot and 2.5% cabernet franc): Bright medium ruby. Classic Saint-Julien aromas of cassis, licorice, tar, minerals and dark chocolate. Lush, sweet and powerful, with a superb glyceral texture to the dark berry and dark chocolate flavors. Huge wine but not at all heavy. The extremely…

A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019)

The 2009 Léoville Poyferré has an outstanding bouquet with blackberry, mint and cedar aromas, almost Pauillac in style, very dense and with plenty of horsepower. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, saturated tannins that frame layers of blackberry infused with graphite and white pepper. I love the symmetry and control of this Poyferré, in particular…