Red Wine from Pessac Leognan

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: Gorgeous nose of warm stones and dark fruits. Full body with a solid core of fruit and chewy tannins and a long and intense finish. Best ever. Best after 2016.

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 94 points: Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. The Malartic-Lagraviere ‘09 is evolving into one of the finest wines that the estate has ever produced. It has a more introverted bouquet with dark berry fruit, undergrowth and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: 98+ A dense ruby/purple-tinged color offers up notes of forest floor subtle wood smoke mulberries black cherries cassis and a hint of lead pencil shavings. There is even a floral component lurking in the intricate...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: What a blockbuster effort! Atypically powerful one day the 2009 Haut-Brion may be considered to be the 21st century version of the 1959. It is an extraordinarily complex concentrated effort made from a blend of 46% Merlot...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: A candidate for the wine of the vintage the 2009 La Mission-Haut-Brion stood out as one of the most exceptional young wines I had ever tasted from barrel and its greatness has been confirmed in the bottle. A remarkable...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: The finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard the 2009 Smith-Haut-Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue/purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers licorice charcoal blueberries black...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: Aromas of blueberries and lemon rind. Full body, with soft and velvety tannins and bright fruity finish. Refined and beautiful. Layered wine. Pure fruit. Gravelley. Stoney. So classy and complex. Try in 2020.

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: Sweet berry and sweet tobacco with chocolate and orange peel on the nose. Full and velvety tannins and long finish. Gorgeous. Creamy texture. Try in 2016.