Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Sunday, June 23, 2019 - Bordeaux 2009 - 10 Years On - 47 Reds; 6/23/2019-6/24/2019: 2009 Bordeaux after 10 years. 48 red wines. The left bank (average rating 94.2) clearly trumps the right bank (92.6): Elegance, purity and freshness vs over-extraction, ripeness and oxidation. But there are some winners on the right bank (Cheval, Petrus, Hosanna for now, Lafleur, Trotanoy medium-term) but the highest scores were given to left bank wines (Margaux #1 overall, Palmer, Mouton, for now, Latour, St. Juliens medium-term). I guess purists will not like the loads of oak-derived aromas which in some wines are great but can make the wines a bit slutty (Cheval, Margaux, quite a lot of right banks). But there are plenty of more classically shaped wines too. Overall, the 2009s are a lot of fun with many pockets of greatness but I would be very selective on the right bank. If you like more elegant, subtle and classic wines I would focus on 2005/2010/2016. All wines tasted blind and without decanting.

TN: This wine showed the freshest, most terroir-driven profile of the 24 right bank wines we had. While Cheval Blanc, VCC, Petrus where more on the slutty, hedonistic side of the spectrum, this is clearly more an intellectual wine. Lots of limestone, crushed rocks, graphite rather cool dark berries and on the palate more fresh strawberries. At first the nose was a tad muted but opened up with time. Medium+ complexity but well balanced. Tannins still slightly noticeable but very fine. This is a balanced, elegant and long wine and in this round with all the power and ripeness definitely rather an odd-one-out. If you open a bottle today, I would give it a long decant (8+ hours is advised). 95++ points.

Average blind score 4 tasters: 94.8
Rank: 18th out of 48 wines
(shared rank with Montrose, Brane Cantenac, Beausejour Duffau)

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