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A selection of sleeper 2009 Bordeaux on sale!

April 19, 2012

Celebrated as the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever tasted by Robert Parker, a selection of sleeper 2009 Bordeaux on sale!

Pre-Arrival Offering of Incredible Value 2009 Bordeaux
Arrives June 2012

We are proud to continue our offering of amazing value Bordeaux from the acclaimed 2009 vintage. This selection continues to provide great value for the discerning wine drinker that is looking for impressive wine for every day drinking.

Please respond promptly as wines of this great value will go quickly!

Simple One Step Ordering Instructions:

To order, please send us an email with your selection to Walker Strangis at retail@spectrumwine.com or call 949.748.4845, extension 277.

Spectrum Wine's Value Pick
Château La Lagune Le Moulin de la Lagune 2009, Haut-Médoc

This selection is inspired by one of our favorite wines from our 2011 En Primeur trip. For Spectrum Wine the 2011 Château La Lagune is in the top 10 wines we tasted while in Bordeaux, a sweet ripe fruit forward wine with a crisp smoothness and chocolate hints that lingered on your mid palate. This 2009 also doesn't disappoint! In an organized tasting at the Spectrum Wine headquarters April 12, 2012 in Irvine California the team opened a bottle of Le Moulin de la Lagune. Given the price point the team was impressed, it was deep ruby in color, warm aromatics on the nose and exhibited crème de cassis and mixed floral including pine and purple flowers, on the palate there were a variety of experiences from the team: black cherry, black currant fruit and plum, raspberry and various points of mineral shined through showing the rocky terrain of the Château. The wine had great balance and a satisfying finish that captured hints of sweet earth and spice. Above average complexity, concentration and depth of flavor that really showed the quality of the vintage and more important the quality commitment from the ownership. While accessible now, the wine needs 2-3 years to become truly expressive of the quality at hand. Has the requisite tannic structure and acidity to easily age and develop nicely over a 5-10 year window. A perfect pairing with red meat to help cut through the tannins.

Price: $335.88/12 bottle OWC.

BORDEAUX

Name	Score	Price
Château Pavie Les Aromes de Pavie 2009, St. Emillion The second label from the highly revered Château Pavie which received a perfect 100 point score from Robert Parker in 2009.		$479.88/12 bottle OWC
Cap de Faugeres 2009, Côtes de Castillon The 2009 is possibly the best Cap de Faugeres yet made, a sleeper of the vintage, and a realistically priced one at that. A blend of 85% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon that hit 14% natural alcohol, the wine displays loads of charcoal, blackberry, espresso roast and white chocolate. It is full-bodied, unctuously textured, with very sweet tannin and stunning purity, texture and length. This is a super-duper wine, bottled unfined and unfiltered under the guidance of the consultant Michel Rolland. Drink it over the next 10+ years.	91RP	$287.88/12 bottle OWC
Château La Rouselle 2009, Fronsac An absolutely stunning sleeper of the vintage, this blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc has produced an uncommonly rich, concentrated wine that is one of the very best wines of Fronsac. Opaque ruby/purple in color, the aromatics offer up notes of blueberry liqueur intermixed with kirsch, blackberries, licorice and crushed rock. The wine hits the palate with some serious thunder and lightning (14.5% natural alcohol) and lots of depth, richness and mouth-filling intensity. Consultant Stephane Derenoncourt has made the best wine I have ever tasted from La Rousselle, and it should continue to drink well for at least a decade.	92RP	$299.99/12 bottle OWC
Château La Vieille Cure 2009, Fronsac This property has made so many fine efforts lately that it is difficult to say the 2009 is better than their 2005. However, the 2009 is a charming, sexy, dense ruby/purple-colored offering displaying lots of ripe Merlot fruit intermixed with hints of charcoal, black raspberries, black currants, lead pencil shavings and truffles. This full-bodied, pure, nicely textured and layered Fronsac is a sleeper of the vintage that considerably over-performs for its modest price. Drink it over the next 15+ years. This is an obvious great value!	93RP	$311.88/12 bottle OWC
Château Clos Puy Arnaud 2009, Côtes de Castillon A major sleeper of the vintage, this biodynamically farmed vineyard was cropped at 15 hectoliters per hectare and the final blend is 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. The alcohol scores a natural 15%. This stunning wine, with black/purple color, exhibits notes of blackberry, licorice, incense, forest floor and cedar along with a hint of toasty oak. The wine is opulent, even sumptuous in texture, has stunning purity and a provocative 45+ second finish. This is another over-achieving Castillon that should drink well for at least a decade or more.	92RP	$359.88/12 bottle OWC
Château Senejac 2009, Haut-Médoc This is a major sleeper of the vintage and the finest Senejac I have tasted. The team from Pontet Canet, who have done such a phenomenal job at that estate, were in charge of making this Senejac, and the result, not surprisingly, is a sensational wine that consumers need to buy by the case. Dense purple, with notes of creme de cassis, incense, licorice and forest floor, this wine is delicious and full-bodied, with sweet tannins, low acidity, copious fruit and exceptional concentration. Everything is in balance, and the wine is capable of lasting 10 or more years.	93RP	$299.88/12 bottle OWC

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