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Wine Scores
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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2009 Fonreaud, Listrac
Review Date: 5-22-2012
Stephen Tanzer hit the nail on the head -- I didn't know what "coffee and oak torrefaction" tasted like until I tried the 2009 Fonreaud. Wine Spectator was also right about the black tea. Hmm, coffee, oak, and black tea -- what's not to like? Maybe this needs a couple more years to smooth the rough tannins.
Drink from
2013
to
2015
Price: $14.99
2009 Poitevin, Médoc
(out of stock)
Review Date: 5-19-2012
The 2009 Poitevin opens with red-fruit flavors of pomegranate, cherry, and hard candy, with vegetal tannins that were largely resolved after a recorked bottle was refrigerated over night. I would decant this or give it a couple of hours to breathe.
Drink from
2012
to
2015
Price: $13.99
2009 Bellevue-La-Randée, Bordeaux
(out of stock)
Review Date: 4-19-2012
There is plenty of fruit and tannins, but on first tasting the dominant flavor was vegetal. An unfinished, recorked bottle improved after a night in the refrigerator, so it should help to decant this for a couple hours before drinking.
Drink from
2013
to
2015
Price: $9.99
2009 Edge Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
(out of stock)
Review Date: 4-17-2012
The 2009 Edge is a pleasant Napa Cab, but it's unremarkable. Wine Enthusiast got a little carried away.
Price: $16.99
2009 Poitevin, Médoc (1.5L)
(out of stock)
Review Date: 3-30-2012
Red fruit flavors of pomegranate and cherry, with slightly vegetal tannins that remind me of cab franc from the Loire region. This benefits from decanting.
Price: $26.99
2009 Georges Duboeuf Moulin-à-Vent (Flower Label)
(out of stock)
Review Date: 3-28-2012
Very decent. In addition to dark berry-like flavors, there are some tannins and and a note of earthy bitterness. In a blind tasting one might think this was a Grenache rather than Gamay. At this price it puts those thin, sour, metallic Beaujolais Nouveaux to shame.
Price: $7.49
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