2009 Château Barde-Haut
Community Tasting Note
Rollerball wrote:
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 2005 vs. 2009 Barde-Haut. So for starters, these are two great St Emilion vintages that merit compare because the 2005 is more structured and slower to evolve, giving less immediate pleasure (and arguably more in the longer term). So at 10 years and 14, the side-by-side seems just about right.
The liquor-like 2009 is riper and richer. As Chelsea said, "you can taste the sunshine." Yum! And how. It's young and smokey. But both wines are so fruitful; so fruit centric while still so bordelais sophisticated.
preferences landed on party lines. I preferred the 2005 as I expected I would. It's brigthter, spicier, and more vivacious. But as you'd expect from this 85/15 merlot cabfranc producer in an incredible vintage, still lucious and ripe. Really cant' get enough of it. Yet while wonderful, it falls short of magical; they both do.
The 2009, as early-drinking as it was, tastes like a much younger vintage. It's raw and fruitful; primary and tannic: not without acid and energy; how could it be: it's packing a nuclear reactor. A toddler beautiful for every effort, trip, and fall.
In the end an honor to enjoy two beautiful and relatively affordable bordeaux (each ~$45 range on release).
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