92+ The 2009 Vignes Rondes is really beautifully poised and elegant in this vintage, with a striking transparency that is fairly rare in this vintage. The superb nose offers up scents of cherries, pomegranate, coffee, woodsmoke, a touch of gamebird, fine soil tones, a deft framing of vanillin oak and a nutty topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully soil-driven, with a fine core, ripe, measured tannins, tangy acids and great length and grip on the transparent and refined finish. A superb bottle. (Drink between 2016-2040)