2009 Red Wine

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.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The most classic cuvée was not produced in 2007 or 2008, so we jumped to the phenomenal 2009 Prado Enea. It was produced with grapes from cooler vineyards that enjoyed 20 extra days of slow ripening compared with warmer...

Wine Spectator, 96 points: One of the more endowed 2009s this is packed with dark smoldering cocoa mesquite tobacco and roasted fig notes all inlaid with pure cassis and plum preserves fruit flavors. Long and authoritative on the finish with singed...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: The early-bottled (after about 10-12 months) 2009 Mathilde is meant to be something of a sexy fruit bomb style of St.-Emilion. It comes from 50-year-old vines and was bottled in July 2011. It has been a beauty in other...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2009 Taurasi Radici represents a special selection of grapes from two areas: Mirabella and Montemarano. The first vineyard sits at 300 to 400 meters above sea level with volcanic, mineral-rich soils and the second is...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Made with organically farmed fruit, the 2009 Chianti Classico Riserva is a dark and richly layered expression that peels off to reveal delicious tones of dark fruit, oak spice, toasted vanilla and wild herb. The heftiness...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: Perfumed, with raspberries and flowers and hints of lemon. Full body, with ultra-fine tannins and a chewy finish. Austere now, but stylish. Best after 2018.

Wine Enthusiast, 100 points: (WE98-100 points) A superb wine with the purest fruit great freshness and ripeness. It is certainly structured with dry tannins while the blackcurrant freshness is also all there. The biodynamic wine has a great limpid...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Performing better from bottle than it did from cask (and comparable to their wines 2005 2000 1990 and 1982) this is a great classic from Xavier Borie's estate situated on the back roads west of the town of Pauillac. Its...

Wine & Spirits, 92 points: Livio Sassetti’s son Lorenzo runs this family estate, farming 40 acres on the slopes of the Montosoli hill. His 2009 spent 36 months in large botti, where it mellowed into an elegant, earthy wine, its vibrant flavors of...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 94 points: Bright red. Mesmerizingly pure and intense aromas of raspberry, sour red cherry, minerals, licorice and violet. Sweet, lush and deep, with outstanding clarity and lift to the pure flavors of red cherry, raspberry and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: (WA89-90 points) Tasted assembled and awaiting bottling, the Agly Brothers 2009 Cotes du Roussillon smells of peat and black fruits, but with a detached aura of toasted oak in the guise of lanolin, coconut, and caramel...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: A wine with ripe blueberry and cherry character, and a smoky undertone. Mineral, too. Full body with chewy tannins and a fresh finish. Excellent for the vintage. Better in 2015.

Wine & Spirits, 93 points: This structured and mineral-laden Brunello spent 39 months in large casks. Sangiovese flavors of red cherry shine, with earthy sotto bosco notes and pleasant touches of cardamom and fennel seed. Vibrant and fresh, this...