2009 Red Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 87 points: The second wine of this outstanding Fronsac estate, the 2009 La Sacristie de la Vieille Cure is virtually all Merlot. It possesses wonderfully sweet black cherry fruit, medium body, a lovely perfume, a supple, silky...

Vinous, 95 points: (100% sangiovese): Good bright, full red. Knockout musky nose offers scents of raspberry, ripe red cherry, minerals, tobacco, smoke and underbrush; this is an absolute magnet for sangiovese lovers. Then spicy, classically...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: 97+ Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a little reticent to begin, slowly giving way to notions of warm black cherries, blackcurrant cordial, stewed plums and sautéed herbs with...

Burghound, 89 points: This offers a clear step up in elegance and aromatic depth with a cool and very pinot nose that is mostly composed of fresh red pinot fruit but there is enough mineral influence to be interesting. I very much like the...

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...

Burghound, 91 points: A slight touch of reduction knocks what are otherwise earthy yet high-toned and beautifully nuanced ripe red berry fruit aromas that introduce intense, pure and well-balanced medium-bodied flavors that exude a fine...