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FUTURES
2009 vintage in Bordeaux.
The wines will arrive Fall 2012 thru Spring
2013.
You select and buy now and will be contacted when your futures
arrive.
From James Suckling at the Wine Spectator: I love the way
the wines have such opulent fruit backed by powerful tannins.
Yet the tannins are round and polished with the top wines.
In addition, the reds are fresh and vibrant. A lot of people
make comparisons to 1982, which I have to agree with to some
extent but, honestly,
I think they are better.
1st
Futures offering:
'09 Future
"COTES
DE CASTILLON"
From Wine Spectator: Beautiful
nose of crushed blueberries and raspberries. Full-bodied,
with soft and velvety tannins and lots of pretty fruit.
$16.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"MARGAUX"
From Wine Spectator: Ripe,
sweet berry and currant aromas follow through to a full body,
with fine tannins and a mineral, fruit and dried flower aftertaste.
Best ever?
$23.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
EMILION GRAND CRU"
This one will go fast! Here
is the review from Wine Spectator: Fab nose. Licorice and
dark cherries. What a palate. Full body, with super silky
tannins and a long, long finish. Seductive juice, polished
and gorgeous.
This is next to Tertre Roteboeuf. 95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet
Franc.
$27.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
ESTEPHE"
From the Wine Spectator: Dark
color, with a spiced nose of cloves and cardamom. Tar too.
Full-bodied, with round and velvety tannins and a rich, fruity
aftertaste.
Gorgeous young wine.
$19.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
ESTEPHE"
From Wine Spectator: Full-bodied,
with plenty of ripe fruit, toasted oak and spices. Long and
caressing. A relatively new estate to watch.
$20.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"BARSAC"
From Wine Spectator: Dried apricot and citrus fruit aromas
follow through to a full body, with a very sweet and intense
palate. Finishes with lots of fruit and spicy nutmeg character.
Dessert wine.
$18.95
375 ml and 3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"BARSAC"
From Wine Spectator: Lemon peel, spices and honey on the nose.
Full-bodied, with a dense yet elegant structure. Medium sweet,
with a spicy finish. Stylish. Very well done. Dessert wine.
$16.95
375 ml and 3 bottle minimum
2nd
Futures offering:
'09 Future
"MARGAUX"
From Wine Spectator: "Bright
blackberry and sweet currant aromas follow through to a full
body, silky and refined, with an excellent density and a long,
long finish.
Soild and polished. Best ever from here?"
$20.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"POMEROL"
From Wine Spectator: "Extremely
dark in color, with powerful aromas of blackberry and tar.
Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish.
Intense and layered.
Very well done."
$33.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
EMILION"
From Wine Spectator: "Violets
and dark berries, with loads of aromas. Full-bodied, with
a gorgeous core of sweet and ripe fruit. Long and dense, yet
stylish. 10 acres next to Clos Fortet. 90 percent Merlot and
10 percent Cabernet Franc." Only 500 cases produced.
Don't miss it!
$43.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
JULIEN"
From Wine Spectator: "Loads
of black currant and blueberry on the nose. Full-bodied, with
caressing tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Lots going
on here. Yet subtle.
Best in a long time."
$22.95
3 bottle minimum
3rd
Futures offering:
'09 Future
"ST.
EMILION"
From Robert Parker: One of
the most satisfying and popular wines among wine consumers
in all of Bordeaux is Monbousquet, and even though it is not
the best terroir, what Gerard and Chantal Perse have done
with this property, which used to make wines that tasted like
vegetal, watered-down Beaujolais, is remarkable. Yields in
2009 were 28 hectoliters per hectare, and the final blend
of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
(the traditional blend here) tips the scales at 14.2% alcohol.
Absolutely no new oak is showing, which is unusual for this
wine, but that tells you how concentrated and textured the
fruit is in this vintage. Dense ruby/purple to the rim, with
plenty of exotic black fruits, jammy red fruits, some truffle,
roasted herbs, and incense, the wine is full-bodied, luscious,
exuberant, and opulent. It will be impossible to resist in
its youth. This wine should drink well for 10-15 or more years,
given the fact that a recently tasted 2000 was still an adolescent.
(Tasted five times.)
$44.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"POMEROL"
From Robert Parker: Ferocious
extract, huge tannin, an opaque purple color, and enormous
richness all make for a potentially brilliant wine from this
vineyard, located on the plateau of Pomerol just adjacent
to Petrus. Probably a late finisher of malolactic given its
showing on three separate occasions, this wine, which is enormously
endowed, very rich, and full-bodied, has a chance to be the
best Gazin ever made. However, patience will be a virtue,
as the wine will certainly need 5-8 years of cellaring. (Tasted
three times.)
VERY LIMITED
$74.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"SAUTERNES"
From
Robert Parker: The minerality and stoniness really comes through
on the nose of this Rieussec, more than the 2007. The palate
is very well balanced with superb acidity, real tension, steely
with great precision with notes of apricot, white peach and
honey on the beautifully defined finish. Probably the best
Rieussec since the astounding 2001. Dessert wine.
$39.95
3 bottle minimum
375
ml
4th
Futures offering:
'09 Future
"ST.
EMILION"
From Robert Parker: This consistently
well-made wine is a consumer’s delight. The hedonistic
2009 is loaded with ripe fruit and supple tannin, with a slightly
fatter, more powerful, heady personality than usual. There
is not a hard edge to be found, and the wine bursts with black
currant, black cherry, licorice, spice box, and roasted herb
characteristics. It can be enjoyed over the next decade.
$21.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"MOULIS"
From the Wine Spectator: Full
and very velvety, with round and juicy tannins. Creamy. New
ownership here is really making a difference in wine quality;
this is the best ever after maybe the 1929.
$29.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
ESTEPHE"
From
Wine Spectator: Spicy and beautiful with blackberry and currant
character. Full and silky, with beautiful fruit and a long
finish.
$30.95 3
bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
EMILION"
From
Wine Spectator: Licorice and tar, with hints of ripe berry.
Full-bodied, with a solid core of ripe fruit and dense tannins.
Yet it's all in near-perfect harmony.
This has a new owner and it's even better.
$39.95 3
bottle minimum
5th
Futures offering:
'09 Future
"HAUT
MEDOC"
From Robert Parker: This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot,
with the Cabernet dominating, looks to be the best they
have ever produced, even eclipsing the 2005. Dense purple
in color, with extraordinarily elegant floral notes intermixed
with raspberry, black currant, cherry, and spice box, it is
medium to full-bodied, not massive, but again, very seamless,
with beautiful precision, sweet tannins, and an endearing
fleshiness and depth of flavor that are neither heavy nor
fatiguing. This wine will be relatively approachable in 3-5
years and drink well for 25-30.
$33.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"PESSAC
LEOGNAN"
From Robert Parker: One of the best over-achieving, value-priced
wines in Pessac-Leognan, Haut-Bergey’s vineyard enjoys
a superb location near Malartic-Lagraviere and Domaine de
Chevalier. Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest
primarily Cabernet Franc and a dollop of Petit Verdot, the
opaque purple-hued 2009 reveals a big, exuberant nose of charcoal,
black currants, sweet cherries, and graphite. Dense and full-bodied,
with beautiful purity, texture, and length, it should drink
well for 20+ years. (Tasted two times.) P.S. I also tasted
the brilliant 2000 Haut-Bergey in March, 2010, and it was
still a youngster in terms of its development
$32.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"PESSAC
LEOGNAN"
From Wine Spectator: This is gorgeous, with blackberry and
licorice and spice. Full and silky-textured tannins turn chewy,
but finishes with class. Best ever? So impressive.
$54.95
3 bottle minimum
'09 Future
"ST.
JULIEN"
From Wine Spectator: Beautiful
aromas of currant, black licorice and blueberry follow through
to a full body,
with chewy tannins and a long, juicy finish.
Big wine.
Could be better than the classic 2000.
$63.95
(only a couple of cases left)
'09 Future
"MARGAUX"
From Wine Spectator: Currant
and blackberry galore on the nose, but the palate seems subtle
and beautiful.
Full-bodied, with wonderful silky tannins and a mineral, mint
and berry aftertaste. Such delicious fruit here.
~~~ The wine comes packaged in a 4 bottle very cool wooden
case,
thus the 4 bottle minimum.~~~
A fantastic value from the Margaux appelation!
$39.95
4 bottle minimum- see description for details
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