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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