Cantemerle 2009 (95JS/**NYT) (750ML)

"91+ Points, Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate: ""Readers looking for the more ethereal, elegant side of Bordeaux need search no further than Cantemerle, one of the estates in the very southern end of the Medoc. Dense ruby/purple (nearly opaque), this wine offers up notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, raspberries and black cherries. The wine is ethereal, medium-bodied, and by no means a blockbuster, but long and intellectual. However, the tannins are present, and the wine is certainly capable of putting on weight with time in the bottle. Give it 3-4 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 25+ years."" 2/12 #199"

"95 Points, James Suckling: ""Gorgeous ripe fruit character, with loads of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full body, with velvety tannins and a fruity, fresh, grapefruit aftertaste. Really beautiful. Best ever from here."" 2/12"

"""NYTimes 'Lower-end Bordeaux Rises to the Occasion': Dense and well-knit with ripe red fruit and oak flavors...2 Stars"" NYT 09/12"