Wine Regions: FRANCE - 2009 Bordeaux

The 2009 vintage in Bordeaux was born with lots of expectation. At every stage of the growing cycle, the right combination of temperatures and rainfall occurred, leading to fruit with a ripeness and concentration nearly unprecedented in Bordeaux. As the harvest proceeded, the first whispers that it might be a truly great vintage were heard. In the winery, the wines proceeded through a steady, classic fermentation.

At the annual "en primeur" barrel tastings in early 2010, it was obvious that 2009 was a very special vintage. The fruit of 2009 produced wines with superb concentration, ripe, sweet fruit, and record high levels of very smooth, silky tannins. Now, two years later the wines are beginning to arrive, and more and more critics are releasing their final reviews of the bottled wines.

Our Bordeaux team has tasted those wines in the barrel, and also now from the bottle, and what you will find below are the results of their efforts in selecting the finest wines, and finest values from every appellation of Bordeaux.

2009 Bordeaux Futures will arrive Spring of 2012