2009 Red Wine from St Emilion

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: Deep garnet in color, the 2009 Pavie drifts effortlessly and profoundly from the glass with baked plums, spice cake, sandalwood, Black Forest cake and blueberry pie scents followed up with a fragrant undercurrent of...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 94 points: Round, opulent, forward and loaded with chocolate covered black cherries, plums, licorice, espresso and smoke, this lushly textured wine really delivers the goods. Read more...

jebdunnuck.com, 100 points: Pure perfection in a glass, the incredible 2009 Troplong Mondot offers off the chart notes of blackcurrants, licorice, truffles and saddle leather that just soar from the glass. This is a big, ripe, incredibly sexy wine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: 97+ A blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc from vines in clay over limestone planted in 1947 this wine exhibits loads of chalky minerality and a stunning nose of espresso blackberry mulberry and kirsch. Elegant...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: The flagship property of Jonathan Maltus (his residence as well) this is the best Teyssier I have ever tasted. A tribute to his efforts this blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc over-achieves even in a great vintage...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Dense and ripe, but sleek and tautly framed, with a nice iron edge to the plum sauce, blackberry preserves and tangy red currant fruit flavors. The long finish lets the minerality hang nicely, as the fruit fills in...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: This has a floral nose with blueberry and mineral. Full-bodied with superfine tannins and a long gorgeous finish. Very subtle and complex. This is going in a much more refined style than before due to an increase in the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: An absolutely spectacular effort the 2009 is one of the all-time great La Gaffelieres produced. One would have to go back to the 2005 1947 or 1961 to find this level of quality from this ancient historic vineyard planted...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2009 Clos Fourtet is medium to deep garnet colored and opens on a medicinal/Band-Aid note, giving way to appealing baked red and black fruit notes with touches of dried herbs, tree bark, chargrill and a ferrous waft...