Chateau Saint-Pierre - Saint-Julien 2009 (750ml)
Price: $113.00
| Producer | Chateau Saint-Pierre |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Sku | 124018 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
Medium to deep garnet in color the 2009 Saint-Pierre displays maturing notes of crème de cassis blackberry pie and prunes with hints of cardamom fennel and star anise. Full-bodied concentrated and jam-packed with black fruit preserves and fantastic freshness to balance it has a firm grainy texture and very long exotic spice finish.
Vinous: 91-94 Points
(an 81/19 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot; pH 3.72; 72 IPT; 55% new oak) Deep ruby. Pure complex perfumed aromas of blackcurrant and spicy oak lifted by lead pencil and cedar. Rich and pliant with very dense but vibrant flavors of cassis cherry minerals and licorice. This boasts wonderful texture and depth of flavor and finishes with substantial fine-grained assertive tannins. Perhaps just a touch warm today on the extremely long finish which lingers with violet and black pepper. A very serious and rather brooding wine of considerable depth and complexity this promises to be a very long-lived Saint-Pierre. -- Ian D'Agata
vWine Enthusiast: 92 Points
Very densely structured showing the ripe fruit of St-Julien while also powering it with smoky tannins and wood. The acidity is a layer under the sweet fruit and final firm character.
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