Reviews from Roger Voss.
European Editor Roger Voss is a wine and food author, and a journalist. The veteran has been writing about wine and food for the past 25 years…
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Château Latour 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Pauillac)
A big, powerful wine that sums up the richness of the vintage. It is densely fruity, spicy with an enormous black plum and berry fruit character to go with the acidity. It’s concentrated while still showing such wonderfully pure fruit. The aging potential is immense. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 99 -
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Château Léoville-Barton 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Saint-Julien)
A major success of the vintage. The wine exhibits extreme richness of the fruit, with all its sweet blackberry flavors. It also has underlying firm structure, density and solid tannins. Bring in the acidity at the end, and this is both impressive and ready for long-term aging. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 98 -
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Château Margaux 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Margaux)
A massive wine for Margaux, packed with tannins and ripe fruit. It has more Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, giving intense black currant flavors with enticing acidity balanced by the sweetness of the fruit. Ripe swathes of this opulent fruit are also elegant and structured. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 98 -
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Château Palmer 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Margaux)
A beautiful wine, with the firmest tannins surrounded by perfumed fruit. It is dense, of course, but this density is balanced with great elegance, blackberry fruits, sweetness and final juicy acidity. The wine is structured, a powerhouse of concentration while preserving this complete style. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 98 -
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Pessac-Léognan)
Such a generous and ripe wine, with a dark core of tannins surrounded by opulent fruit. Black fruits, coffee, very concentrated flavors, a powerhouse of structure and richness. The warmth of the wine is palpable, as is the aging potential. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 97 -
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Château Troplong Mondot 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Saint-Emilion)
A very concentrated wine with such a stylish feel. It balances ripe berry fruits with chocolate and wood flavors in the richest, ripest combination. The wine has power, without losing its poised character. It’s ready for long aging. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 97 -
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Château Léoville-Poyferré 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Saint-Julien)
An immensely structured wine, packed with dark tannins promising aging potential. It is complex, powerful, layered with new wood and concentration, finishing with dark plum fruits and acidity. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 96 -
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Château Lynch-Bages 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Pauillac)
A dense, immense, solidly powerful wine. The ripest fruit overflows, paralleling the dark, solid tannins. As so often, Lynch-Bages is a blockbuster, dark and concentrated, with immense aging potential. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 96 -
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Château Mouton Rothschild 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Pauillac)
The purest Cabernet Sauvignon fruit, with dark chocolate and intense dark berry flavors. The tannins are so enveloped by the fruit and yet they promise great aging. At this stage, wood shows through the fruit, but the texture is so rich and opulent that it should easily become integrated. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 96 -
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Château Haut-Brion 2009 Bordeaux-style Red Blend (Pessac-Léognan)
Solid, very structured, packed with dense and dry tannins. There is a core of acidity and darkness that gives the wine a brooding, powerful character. At this stage, it seems austere although it does have the weight of fruit typical of the year. — R.V. (2/1/2012) — 96
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Lapostolle Clos Apalta
Red Blend, Colchagua Valley
Clos Apalta, depending on your point of view, is arguably Chile’s best…Read More