2009 Bordeaux: Could be the Greatest
Vintage of Our Lifetime...

"The 2009s have the same juicy fruit and rich, round tannins as the 1982, but the wines are obviously better made — everything from picking half the amount of grapes as were harvested in 1982 to working in a cleaner, more precise way with vinifications and barrel maturation. Today, it's a new world with the top names of Bordeaux."
~ James Suckling, James Suckling Uncorked, Wine Spectator.com 4/5/10

Steven Spurrier of Decanter:
"The Best Vintage Of My Lifetime"

“the year already has been compared to the classic modern vintages of 2005, 1990, 1989 and 1982. Some people go further back to such legendary years as 1961, 1945, 1929 and even 1899.”

“I have never seen anything like it in my career,” said Christian Moueix, whose family owns or manages some of the most prestigious estates in Bordeaux Right Bank, including Pétrus, La Fleur-Pétrus, and Trotanoy. Moueix personally has been making wine in Pomerol and St.-Emilion since 1971. 

“The wines are rich and powerful, yet smooth and refined at the same time, and the acidity is very good,” said Jean-Charles Cazes, whose family owns such top châteaus as Lynch-Bages and Les Ormes-de-Pez. His father, well-known vintner Jean-Michel Cazes, compares 2009 to the great 1982 vintage.

Robert Parker declares...

“2009 may turn out to be the finest vintage I have tasted in 32 years of covering Bordeaux.”

“I have never tasted such powerful and concentrated Médocs”

“In that sense, this is the glory of the 2009s. For as big and rich as well as high in alcohol as they are, they are also remarkably delicate, fresh, and pure. This paradox, albeit a wonderful one, is unprecedented in the three plus decades I have been tasting Bordeaux barrel samples.”