2009 White Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Full of tropical fruit flavors, this is rounded, ripe and very accessible. At the same time, its structure shows through in the tang of green apple skin, judicious wood aging and taut aftertaste.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2009 Beaune Clos des Mouches is quite round and seamless for a young Beaune. Yellow stone fruits and minerals are some of the notes that wrap around the palate in this striking white from Drouhin. I especially like to...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: There are 477 cases of the light gold-colored 2009 Ermitage Cuvee de l'Oree which I would be happy to insert in a blind tasting against the world's greatest dry white wines including Montrachet. The famous gout de petrol...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 96 points: (ST94-96 points) Full, bright medium yellow. Exotic spices, pineapple, orange and iodiney minerality on the rather impenetrable nose. Juicy, chewy and tactile, with powerful pineapple and soft citrus fruit flavors...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: From pre-phylloxera Marsanne vines that are over 100 years of age and are not planted on American root stocks, the 2009 Ermitage l’Ermite Blanc (229 cases) reveals abundant notes of honeysuckle, a liqueur of wet stones...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: While very good this classic Condrieu must take a back seat to the 4000-bottle cuvee of 2009 Condrieu Clos Boucher which ranks alongside Guigal's Condrieu La Doriane. The Clos Boucher possesses a light gold color as well...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2009 Corton-Charlemagne shows gorgeous balance and overall harmony. The overt forward fruit is nicely buttressed by the wine's underlying minerality and crystalline purity. The 2009 is juicy and oily but without being...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2009 Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles emerges from the glass with crystalline purity in its finely chiseled fruit. It possesses striking mid-palate energy and focus with sweet floral notes that add lift on the finish. This...