2009 Red Wine from North Coast

Connoisseur's Guide, 91 points: If not quite so sturdy as its Marin County mates below this wine offers a slightly more precise look at ripe cherry varietal styling and its firm yet supple mouthfeel with its slight tightness under a polished texture...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The Cabernet Franc-based 2009 Red Blend Terres Melees wraps around the palate with serious depth and richness. This is one of the more approachable of the Derenoncourt 2009s, but there is plenty of the trademark textural...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is aged in 85% new oak, and it shows the essence of Oakville in its dry, tannic, ripe and complex identity. It would be hard to exaggerate the excellence of the blackberries, black currants...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: (95 points) Made from 100% Cab, the grapes once again show what the vineyard, in the hills east of the Silverado Trail, can do. The French oak was 90% new, which would swamp a lesser wine, but not this one. It's rich...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Cellar Selection. This falls midway between the spectacular '08 and the elegant '07. Based on Cabernet Sauvignon, its grapes were grown in St. Helena. The wine shows softly lush tannins and deep, complex flavors of red...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2009 Les Pavots is absolutely fabulous. Mocha espresso spices plums and blackberries are just some of the many notes that jump from the glass in this seamless striking wine. The 2009 boasts exceptional textural...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: Revana's 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon presents an intriguing and highly attractive melange of plums espresso menthol tobacco and sweet spices. This is one of the softer suppler wines of the vintage and as such it will drink...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Pinot Noir just doesn't get richer than this. It floods the mouth with ripe flavors of raspberries and cherries with fascinatingly earthy things like truffles and pine cones. Vibrant acidity and a hint of furry tannins...