2009 Capbern Gasqueton, St-Estèphe
SKU #1084904
91 points
Wine Advocate
A blend 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot raised in 50% new oak and 50% one-year old barrels. The Capbern-Gasqueton 2009 has a very precise bouquet with ample red fruits: wild strawberry and raspberry with subtle earth and liquorice notes underneath and beginning to rise to the surface with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with good fruit concentration, slightly chalky tannins at this stage, good tension and mineralite coming through towards the finish with blacker fruits, one again with a hint of liquorice. Nice length and persistency. Great value + great wine equals happy customer. (NM)
(1/2012)
Jancis Robinson
Crimson is beginning to lighten a little at the edges. Terroir fresh and very Cabernet on the nose with tannins in retreat. Clearly good classy stuff that's drinking well now. I tasted it cellar-cool and the tannins were not obtrusive at all. Nice fruity length. This really reverberates on the finish and was a great buy en primeur!
(12/2016)
Int'l Wine Cellar
Dark ruby. Perfumed, floral aromas of black cherry, violet and lavender. Enters bright and fruity, with savory black cherry and blackcurrant flavors, then turns increasingly tight and austere on the back, finishing with slightly astringent tannins and persistent, pure black fruit flavors. Though this is a little tannic at present, there's enough fruit here to allow for optimism: after an excellent 2009, this is yet another very good Capbern-Gasqueton. That it's taken very seriously by the staff at Calon-Segur, which owns this property, can be inferred from the 80% new oak used to age this wine.
(6/2011)
K&L Notes
Calon-Ségur owns this property and produces this wine with the same level of attention to detail as their flagship releases. This is evident in the quality of the product, which flies under the radar as an excellent wine and superb value from the '09 vintage.