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2009 Château La Conseillante
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- Pomerol
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Community Tasting Notes 87
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tdanie5 Likes this wine: 98 points
April 10, 2024 - Tasted at the Chateau over dinner with Mrs. Marielle (a wonderful human and host). 750ml, decanted prior to dinner while enjoying champagne.
Stunning wine, smells like 2009, and the rest is just perfect. The fruit is so pure, the silk is so refined, tannins are smooth, and finish is so long. Everyone went back to the dinner table before leaving to ensure there was not a drop left.
Incredible showing of the Chateau and vintage. BUY (there aren't many left). -
dream Likes this wine: 94 points
January 22, 2024 - A strong whiff and taste of oak at first but after a 5-hour decant, I must say this was singing. Yes, it's ripe and decadent but there is excellent freshness for the vintage and a lovely and complex minty aftertaste. Thickly-textured but with good acidity present along with grippy tannins. This is gorgeous now after a big-time decant and I think it will age quite well. 94+
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sirpat00 wrote: 89 points
October 2, 2023 - 20-vintage La Conseillante vertical (Fribourg): Part of a 20 vintage vertical (key takeaways in the tasting story). Over-extracted with cooked fruit of on balance rather dark cherry. Dried leaves and a bit of tobacco and leather which gain in presence with time in the glass. A rather simple palate with drying tannin, lacking harmony, but with a nice red berry fruit. This was already bottom-half in a vintage horizontal 4 years ago and did not seem to have improved since.
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Cailles wrote: 92 points
October 2, 2023 - 20 Vintages of La Conseillante (1947-2020): All wines tasted blind. I have had many beautiful Conseillantes in the past, but in this tasting the wines did not shine as expected. A few thoughts: A) Conseillante is a seductive, sensual wine, not unlike more Bordeaux-esque Napa Valley wines. In fact, it reminded me a lot of Opus One, with the blue and black forest berry aromas found in almost every vintage. B) The fruit is ripe, but never too ripe. But only in the cooler years (and 2020) is the fruit perfectly pure and fresh. C) Even in the newer vintages, the (luxurious) oak notes are still present and will need some time to be fully absorbed. D) My biggest problem (and the group had the same one) was that almost all of the newer vintages showed alcohol notes that weren't noticeable en primeur or in the Arrivage tastings (and the wines were served at a perfect temperature or rather a little too cold). E) There were some beautiful wines, complex and seductive, but La Conseillante is not a wine for classic Bordeaux or Left Bank lovers. Conseillante is the hot one-night stand, not the elegant and intellectually appealing wine I want to drink every day. F) The best wine was the 2020 (96pts, the only score above 95pts), confirming my impression that it is a better, less ripe Bordeaux vintage than 2019.
TN: I’ve had this a few times before and it always needed air to open up and become balanced and round. This bottle didn’t get that time. Served in a flight with the 2010, 14 and 15, I was surprised that this was the 2009 as it was the least ripe wine in the series. Maybe the fact that it was a bit muted and would have needed air masked the ripeness a bit. After a muted nose, there was fresh fruit and lots of spices at the core of the palate. Unfortunately, some alcohol notes too. The tannin quality and acidity were good, the balance slightly off. My guess is that these 92pts are not reflective of what the wine can achieve when properly prepared.
Decanting: The bottle was opened a few hours before consumption but not decanted. I would decant this for 2-3 hours. -
Collector1855 wrote: 94 points
September 29, 2023 - Chateau La Conseillante 1947-2020 tasted blind: Dark fruit, oak and vanilla. Medium- complexity only. Elegant and fresh on the palate, relatively light for the warm vintage. If this can develop more complexity it may add a point from here. 93-95
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/5/2023 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Château La Conseillante: 2005 - 2019, 1/4/2021 (link)(Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Neal Martin
A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019), 3/1/2019 (link)(La Conseillante La Conseillante Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Pauillac v Pomerol 2009, 2/25/2019 (link)(Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/13/2019 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux 2009 10 years on, 2/7/2019 (link)(Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
2/7/2019 (link)(Château La Conseillante Pomerol, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Neal Martin
Purple Reign: La Conseillante 1966-2015 (May 2018), 5/18/2018 (link)(La Conseillante La Conseillante Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
La Conseillante vertical, 12/1/2017 (link)(Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JebDunnuck.com
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Let the Good Times Roll: 2015 Bordeaux from Bottle, 11/30/2017 (link)(La Conseillante) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By John Stimpfig
Château La Conseillante double magnum blind tasting, 2/27/2017 (link)(Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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September 2016, Issue #53 (link)
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Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
November 2013, 11/1/2013 (link)(Château La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/28/2013 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/16/2013 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
11/8/2011 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
10/18/2011 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
October 2011 (link)(Château La Conseillante (Pomerol)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
October 2011 (link)(Château La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2011, Issue #34, Château La Conseillante: Celebrating 140 Years of Refined Pomerol Elegance(Château La Conseillante) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
March 2011 (link)(Chateau La Conseillante (Pomerol)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
March 2011 (link)(Château La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
12/28/2010 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2010, Issue #28 (link)
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Vinous
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By Ian D'Agata
May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150 (link)(Chateau La Conseillante Pomerol) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/22/2010 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/13/2010 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/29/2010 (link)(Ch La Conseillante Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2010, Issue #26, The 2009 Bordeaux Vintage- Futures’ Glory?(Château La Conseillante) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
March 2010 (link)(Chateau La Conseillante Pomerol) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
1/21/2012 (link) 93 points(Château La Conseillante) Dark ruby color; elegant, cassis, menthol, cedar nose; tasty, elegant, tart cassis, cedar palate; needs 5-6 years; medium-plus finish (81% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Château La Conseillante
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation Pomerol
- UPC Codes 087000325494, 3453521174038, 3468174961096, 400003900701
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 263 (7%)
- In Cellars 2,672 (75%)
- Consumed 633 (18%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
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