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Berliquet 2009

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Franc

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Tasting Notes

The wine displays oodles of strawberry jam intermixed with kirsch, dusty, loamy soil notes, garrigue, spice box and vanillin. It is full-bodied, opulent, very flamboyant and showy, with a hint of chalky minerality to add complexity and precision. It should drink well for up to 15 or more years.

Showing far better than it did from barrel, this wine comes from a beautiful southwest-facing hillside slope near Angelus. With the 2009, Berliquet has turned out one of their best wines in many a year. Yields were only 21.5 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine is a final blend of 73% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon that tipped the scales at 14% natural alcohol under the guidance of Stephane Derenoncourt. Drink: 2012 - 2027

91
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (199), March 2012

Offers precision and beauty, with floral, blackberry and violet aromas. Full-bodied, with supersilky tannins and a long, balanced finish. Caressing and loving. Then hits you. A new wine from the same team of Larcis-Ducasse.

93/96
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, April 2010

Dark and polished. Tarry and intense on the nose. Black-cherry jam. Succulent and sweet. Polished tannins. Quite a bit of alcohol. Perhaps just a little too soft? Lacks refreshment value. Date tasted 30th March 2010. Drink 2015-2025.

16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2010

Pure fruit expression. Fine tannic texture. Long finish. Vineyard and terroir show. Drink 2015-2025.

16.5
James Lawther MW, Decanter.com, April 2010
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