Luscious in texture, this fresh, sweet kirsch filled wine from a blend of 85% old vine Grenache and 15% Syrah wins the award for the best under $15.00 wine I’ve had in years. This is produced from old vines, some of which are over 80 years of age!
“We collect the bunches in small crates. Then we make a very strong selection on our manual sorting tables. The berries are placed directly in barrels for the first fermentation. The entire winemaking process takes placed in the barrel”.
2009 is an interesting year for St. Emilion. The wines are ripe, deep, concentrated and complex, they offer a sensuous style, but it is not consistent. Some wines could use a bit more acidity to give them lift.
2009 Pauillac offer a stunning style combining opulent textures, concentration of flavor and aromatics filled with cedar, gravel, cassis and tobacco. The wines are fresh, sensuous and have the ability to age and evolve for decades.
With the 2009 Bordeaux vintage, opulence, power, freshness and ripe tannins are on display in abundance. At their best the wines offer purity, freshness, silky tannins and the ability to age.
2009 Margaux will have a lot of fans with its combination of intense, floral perfumes, freshness, purity and refined, elegant, opulent textures.
The best Bordeaux wines of Pomerol in 2009 are pure decadence. They offer velvet drenched tannins, purity of fruit and opulent textures that are best described as bottled pleasure.