2009 Château Guiraud

Community Tasting Notes (300) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  4/7/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 92 Points

  Burnt sugar, toffee, preserved apricot. Luciously sweet, but there’s quite a bit of smoky flintiness as well. The fruit is not as delineated as it could be. Impressive viscous texture, thick, almost gelatinous. Not out of balance, but it’s top-heavy and I’d love a little more acidity. Long finish centered on honey and dried orange peel. Some alcoholic heat does peak out.

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  3/31/2024 - Bradley Love wrote: 89 Points

  Classic Sauternes flavors but a little flat. Not showing any age yet, which I think will help it down the road. Plenty of fruit and acid to last, even from a 375.

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  3/9/2024 - MatLot Likes this wine: 95 Points

  amazing wine great

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  3/1/2024 - jocelyng Likes this wine: 96 Points

  A trio of Guiraud tonight: 2009, 2010, 2011. We had them at first alone, then with « foie gras poêlé » as a starter and then at the end with dessert.
  The clear winner was the 2010: a classic of classics. Superb thick, almost oily mouth. Great concentration of fruits, a little acidity to keep it balanced. We were two giving it a 99 (ok maybe we were overenthusiastic and should have give it a 98 instead). One gave it a 96 and the fourth a 93. She found the little bitter orange taste not to the her liking. I thought it gave a wonderful complexity.
  The 2009 was also superb: 96 for me and 95-97 for everyone. It had an irresistible marmelade taste and a complex finish.
  The 2011 was simpler but also excellent: 94,4999 for me, 95 for the others.
  The three were at the beginning of their drinking window but are so good now, why wait ?

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  1/11/2024 - donrayjr wrote: 92 Points

  Silky, tremendous mouth feel. Sweet, but not overly so. Honeydew with a bit of acidity.

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