Cory Gowan, JJ Buckley, January 2012

The Garcin-Cathiard family (who also own Barde-Haut in St. Emilion) continues to go from strength to strength with the 2009 Haut-Bergey providing another successful feather in their cap. Composed of 60% cabernet sauvignon and 40% merlot, half of the blend was aged for 15-18 months in new French oak. The gravel and limestone soils are located at the bottom of a gentle slope. Translucent pale ruby in color, the 2009 features slight barnyard aromas, giving way to scents of chocolate, toffee, and tar, along with intense, focused blue fruits. This is still quite young and a tad tannic at the moment, but those tannins should resolve themselves to yield a silky, delicious wine with a few years age. Drink 2016-2030.

93 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, August 2012

A wine with lovely dark berries and chocolates follows through to a full body with chewy tannins and a fit finish. Very in form. Best ever? Try in 2016.

94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2012

A blend of just over 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Merlot (last year I mistakenly wrote that the balance was Cabernet Franc), the opaque ruby/purple-colored 2009 reveals notes of scorched earth/burning embers/charcoal, black currants, ripe cherries and lead pencil shavings. Full-bodied and pure with sweet tannin, this is an under-the-radar, high quality claret to drink over the next 20-25 years.

As powerful and rich as the 2000 and 2010, Haut-Bergey's 2009 is another of the over-achieving, value-priced Bordeaux that are increasingly difficult to find. The estate, which is owned by Helene Garcin (who also owns Clos l'Eglise and Barde-Haut, and makes the cult wine, Branon, from a vineyard adjacent to Haut-Bergey), is situated near Malartic Lagraviere and Domaine de Chevalier.

92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, July 2012

Good full, bright ruby-red. Inviting aromas of black raspberry, graphite, charcoal, tobacco and crushed stone. Lush and thick on entry, then densely packed and fine-grained, with excellent energy and definition to its concentrated, lightly medicinal flavors of black cherry, licorice and minerals. Boasts terrific volume for this bottling, and a long finish that features building, ripe tannins. There's excellent sweetness here but the wine's youthfully medicinal character argues for at least four or five years of patience.

90 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2012

Bright cherry and berry fruit flavors nestle in a broad, soft texture in this juicy red, which has bright acidity, modest tannins and an herbal, floral finish that's fresh and focused. Not a blockbuster, but balanced and harmonious. Drink now through 2017. 7,500 cases made.

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