Community Tasting Note
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winedupe Likes this wine: 88 points
May 27, 2019 - Bought a case a while ago based on the highly touted 2009 Bordeaux vintage, mainly to see what all the hype was about while no longer being willing to pay the exorbitant prices commanded for the "classified growths". A good, but not a great wine. Lots of estery fruit (cherry in particular), and a little bit sweet. Label stated 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauv, but could pass for 100% Merlot. Color still a dark purplish red. My memory tells me I paid about $17/bottle. In my constant hunting for enjoyable, inexpensive wine, I have recently found Portugese wines of about the same quality and style (fruity and clean with no major defect) but much less expensive, for example Casa Santos Lima Colossal Reserva 2015 for about $11 (different grapes of course).
i have no idea how to judge the age-worthiness of this wine (nor do I understand how anyone else can presume to know this aspect of a wine), but my instinct is that this 2009 is fully mature and is therefore ready to drink at this time.440 views