Duhart Milon Vintage:2009

Duhart Milon Vintage:2009The black raspberries, tobacco leaf and floral notes stand out here. The wine is refined, medium bodied, fresh, elegant and lush, ending with sweet, juicy, ripe dark cherries. The wine was made from a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot. Give this 5 8 years of time before popping a cork and enjoy it for the next 20 years after that.

Still rather closed in the mouth following the recent bottling

The Lazzarito is still the Barolo that spends the longest number of months in French oak following the malolactic fermentation

Over the last six months the 2004 Cristal has come together beautifully and is shaping up to be a truly great

-- Neal Martin

The 2012 is neither the biggest nor most complex Pichon Lalande

focused and strikingly long finish

Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry and blueberry on the intensely perfumed nose and in the mouth

the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is sheer perfection in a glass

and this is a wine with more fruitLa Poza behaves better in cooler years like 2013

The 2009 Malartic-Lagravière comprises a blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon

perfect structure and a very long finish

The soils are poor in organic substances