Cory Gowan, JJ Buckley, January 2012

For me, along with Pape Clément and Smith-Haut-Lafitte, the 2009 Malartic-Lagraviere is THE Pessac wine to have from the vintage. A very pretty translucent red color, this is also ripe but it's enveloped into a wine that is still very taut at this stage. Sampled a multiple of times to coax out aromas of raw gravel and stick ripe blackberry, that leads to an ultra-concentrated palate rife with sweet tannins. Just pure, elegant power. Wow. 45% cabernet sauvignon, 45% merlot, 8% cabernet franc, and 2% petite verdot from gravel soil with a clay/shell limestone subsoil. Drink 2017-2040+.

93 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, February 2012

Aromas of blueberries, spices and bark follow through to a full body, with velvety tannins and a long silky textured finish. Very fine indeed. Best ever from here. Try it in 2017.

92 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2012

Probably the best wine that has come from this estate, along with their 2005, the final blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot boasts Michel Rolland as the consulting oenologist. This organically farmed vineyard has turned out a deeply layered wine with a striking perfume of graphite, wet stones, red and black currants, tobacco leaf and underbrush. The compelling aromatics are followed by a medium-bodied but intensely concentrated wine with loads of ripe fruit, plenty of glycerin (14% natural alcohol) and a long, nuanced, impressively endowed finish. Accessible already, this wine should continue to drink well for 15 or more years. 92+

90 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, July 2012

Good medium red-ruby. Complex aromas and flavors of red and black cherry, dark plum, mocha, licorice pastille, tar and hot rocks. Supple, suave and broad but not overly sweet, with an edge of acidity keeping the wine fresh throughout and leavening its thickness of texture. With its firm, buildng tannins, this concentrated, youthful wine calls for at least five years of patience.

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