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2009 Bad Boy (Mauvais Garcon) - Vin de Garage Bordeaux

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux

This wine comes from none other than Jean-Luc Thunevin, known as the "bad boy" of Bordeaux for his progressive, outside-the-box ways. We tasted this barrel sample after our beautiful lunch at his home. Bad Boy, now labeled "Mauvais Garcon" because of a copyright dispute, was superb. It has excellent concentration and balance, with blackberry and currant flavors. The tannins are soft and round, so this should be wonderful for near-term consumption.

~~Regular price $21.99~~

SALE! $18.99

2009 Château Angélus - St.-Emilion

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Emilion

WS 97

WE 95

WA 99

A candidate for one of the finest Angelus produced to date (and there have been many, including 1989, 1990, 2000 and 2005), this blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc was fashioned from tiny yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare. It boasts a black/purple color along with a gorgeous perfume of blueberry liqueur, spring flowers and graphite. In the mouth, notes of incense and cassis also emerge from this velvety-textured, full-bodied, intensely concentrated 2009. With silky tannins, low acidity and spectacular purity, texture and depth, it is already approachable (although I?m sure proprietor Hubert de Bouard would think drinking it now is akin to infanticide), but should keep for 20-30+ years. Read More

Bottle: $369.00

Case Price (12): $4,250.00

2009 Château Bastor-Lamontagne - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 92

"Fragrant and herbal, without excess of sweetness, allowing the acidity to shine through with a nice refreshing greenish tinge to it, this wine has a run-through of very pure fruit flavours (white fruit: pears, golden apples) that will make it ideal for fairly early drinking."
--Bill Blatch, bordeauxgold.com

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (6): $205.00

2009 Château Batailley - Pauillac (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Pauillac

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (24): $810.00

2009 Château Batailley - Pauillac

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Pauillac

Bottle: $79.99

Case Price (12): $880.00

2009 Château Beaulieu - Comtes de Tastes Bordeaux Supérieur

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Bordeaux Supérieur

WS 88-91

Quite stylish, harmonious, and complex, with a generous finishing sheen of new oak that makes it taste considerably more expensive than its modest price would suggest.
-- Ben Giliberti

Bottle: $17.99

Case Price (12): $198.00

2009 Château Bellefont-Belcier - St.-Emilion

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Emilion

WA 91

This is one of the finest wines I have tasted from this highly regarded terroir that has rarely been exploited to its maximum potential. Loads of chalk dust intertwined with sweet kirsch, black currants, licorice and camphor jump from the glass of this full-bodied wine, which has terrific fruit intensity, lots of glycerin, a lavish richness and a long, heady finish with light to moderate tannin. Give it 1-2 more years of bottle and drink it over the following 15.

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (12): $550.00

2009 Château Bellefont-Belcier - St.-Emilion (1.5L)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Emilion

WA 91

Bottle: $110.00

Case Price (6): $605.00

2009 Château Bernadotte - Haut-Médoc

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Haut-Médoc

WA 89

This blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best wines to yet come from this estate, owned by the proprietors of Pichon Lalande in Pauillac. Juicy, succulent, cedary black currant fruit intermixed with licorice, herbs and spice box are very pure, authoritative and substantial. Dark ruby/purple, medium to full-bodied and delicious, this wine should be drunk over the next 10-15 years. A sleeper.

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (12): $330.00

2009 Château Beychevelle - St.-Julien

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Julien

WA 93

Bottle: $99.00

Case Price (12): $1,089.00

2009 Château Bolaire - Bordeaux Supérieur

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Bordeaux Supérieur

We tasted this jet-black wine during our visit with American-born negociant Jeff Davies. We were amazed by the purity of fruit and freshness of this big wine, and we found out that's due in part to the high percentage of Petit Verdot (35%) used in the blend. Should age nicely for those patient enough to hold on to it!

Bottle: $19.99

Case Price (12): $220.00

2009 Château Broustet - Barsac (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes - Barsac

"At 130 g/l residual, this is an unusually sweet style for this chateau. It has pronounced spicy, quite roasted and barley-sugar flavours and quite a low alcohol (13?4), whilst the acidity is quite high, all this providing a wholesome quite early-drinking wine that will certainly also not break the bank."
--Bill Blatch, bordeauxgold.com

~~Regular price $18.99~~

SALE! $15.99

2009 Château Caillou - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

Bottle: $22.99

Case Price (12): $250.00

2009 Château Caillou - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

Bottle: $39.99

Case Price (6): $220.00

2009 Château Canon-La Gaffelière - St.-Emilion

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Emilion

WS 94

WE 94

WA 92

Proprietor Stephan von Neipperg has made so many terrific wines at this estate since the late 1980s, it's hard to say that the 2009 is going to turn out to be the finest, but did it show well on the four separate times I tasted it! A final blend of 55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, and a whopping 10% Cabernet Sauvignon (somewhat unusual for this area of St.-Emilion), the natural alcohol was 14%. Stephane Derenoncourt is the long-time wine consultant at all of Stephan von Neipperg's estates. Yields were shockingly low here, 28 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine is a beauty of both elegance and power. Dark ruby/purple, with notes of incense, sweet cedar, black cherry jam, cassis, and blackberry as well as licorice and subtle smoke, this wine has superb texture, a full-bodied mouthfeel, stunning concentration, and not a hard edge to be found. It is one of those remarkable 2009s with amazing power and density, but also tremendous finesse, precision, and freshness, an anomaly in itself. This wine should drink well for 15-20 years, based on the fact that the 1990, a vintage far lower in acidity and not nearly as concentrated, is still at the top of its game. Bravo! (Tasted four times.) Read More

Bottle: $125.00

Case Price (12): $1,375.00

2009 Château Cantegril - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 91

"Denis Dubourdieu's other Barsac estate has produced a very similarly rich (153 g/l residual) blend to his Doisy Daene, similarly styled yet with a point more obvious acidity and a softer form of middle-fruit."
--Bill Blatch, bordeauxgold.com

Bottle: $18.99

Case Price (12): $209.00

2009 Château Cantegril - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 91

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (6): $205.00

2009 Château Cantenac-Brown - Margaux

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Margaux

WS 93

WE 91

WA 94

The greatest Cantenac Brown I have ever tasted, this monumental effort possesses enormous concentration, with loads of black and blue fruits intermixed with damp earth and forest floor. I have never seen a Cantenac Brown so seamless, so powerful, yet at the same time, so elegant and densely complex. They have certainly done something here that has not been accomplished over the last three decades I have been tasting this estate's wines. Opaque purple in color and full-bodied, this big-time sleeper of the vintage merits serious attention for the first time in my professional career. Kudos to the new ownership and team at Cantenac Brown. This wine should evolve over a 30-year period. (Tasted two times.) Read More

Bottle: $74.99

Case Price (12): $825.00

2009 Château Carbonnieux - Pessac-Léognan White

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Pessac-Léognan

Bottle: $39.99

Case Price (6): $220.00

2009 Château Caronne-Ste.-Gemme - Haut-Médoc (1.5L)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Haut-Médoc

WS 90

This property is a real hidden "gem", just a stone's throw away from the St. Julien appellation and stars such as Lagrange and Gruaud Larose. We're happy to keep the secret because it means more wine for us! Owner Francois Nony, whom we got to visit with during our recent trip to Bordeaux, delivers a great 2009. A blackcurrant and cassis-like nose leads to a classic Medoc earthy finish. This wine is well-balanced with a freshness of fruit that is a hallmark of this vintage. It should age well for 5-10 more years. A real bargain!

Bottle: $43.99

Case Price (6): $242.00

2009 Château Certan de May - Pomerol

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Pomerol

WS 91

WA 93

A bruising, black/purple-hued, full-bodied wine, the 2009 Certan de May displays notes of charcuterie, smoked game, herbs, black truffles, roasted meats, cassis and black cherries. This backward, robustly-styled Pomerol is loaded with tannin as well as extract. Give this full, powerful 2009 a decade of cellaring and drink it over the following 30+ years. I?m sure it is not better than the immortal 1982 Certan de May. Read More

Bottle: $149.00

Case Price (12): $1,639.00

2009 Château Cheval-Blanc - St.-Emilion

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - St.-Emilion

WS 95

WE 98

WA 99

It will be fascinating to follow the evolution of the 2009 Cheval Blanc versus the 2010 as well as the awesome 2005, 2000, 1998 and 1990. This famous estate's vineyard is situated at the juncture of Pomerol and the sandy, gravelly soils of St.-Emilion, facing the two noble estates of l?Evangile and La Conseillante. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2009 Cheval Blanc tips the scales at just under 14% natural alcohol. Its dense blue/purple color is accompanied by an extraordinary nose of incense, raspberries, cassis, sweet forest floor and a subtle hint of menthol. Opulent and full-bodied with low acidity but no sense of heaviness, this dense, unctuously textured, super-smooth, velvety, pure, profound Cheval Blanc is impossible to resist despite its youthfulness. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2050+. Read More

Bottle: $1,499.00

Case Price (6): $8,245.00

2009 Château Clarke - Listrac

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Listrac

WS 90

WA 89

Listrac's deep gravel soils rival the best of the Haut-Médoc, and this prominent Listrac château makes its wine to a classified growth standard, with the flavors of new oak well-integrated into this dark purple, powerful wine.
-- Ben Giliberti

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (12): $330.00

2009 Château Clément-Pichon - Haut-Médoc

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Bordeaux - Haut-Médoc

WA 88

The home residence of the construction magnate Clement Fayat, this property sitting in the very southern end of Medoc has turned out a very attractive wine with lots of black currant, black cherry and cedary notes. It is evolved, elegant, medium to full-bodied, with a dark plum/ruby color. Savory and complex already, this wine should drink nicely for another 7-10 years. (A member of the Association of Crus Bourgeois du Medoc.)

Bottle: $24.99

Case Price (12): $275.00

2009 Château Climens - Barsac (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes - Barsac

WE 99

WA 98

Picked in just two tries, 90% picked in one trie, tasting through 13 separate lots, the core components of a great Climens appear to be in place. Paying particular attention to the lots that constitute a large percentage of the blend (usually around 15%) the common themes are ones of great purity, persistency and precision. The aromatics display pure honey, minerals, occasionally a faint scent of spearmint and white peach, most with spellbinding precision. On the palate, Berenice Lurton has some stupendous lots at her disposal, with ample botrytis, ethereal definition, one or two more powerful, quite spicy lots and others that are shorter and will undoubtedly lend the blend an acidic cut. It will be a joy to taste this after bottling. —Neal Martin, Read More

~~Regular price $69.99~~

SALE! $49.98

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