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Letting the Wine Be Itself

Continuing my Right Bank tastings today in Pomerol, I found breathtaking 2009 Bordeauxs at Lafleur, La Conseillante and Vieux-Château-Certan
Posted: Mar 26, 2010 3:00pm ET

I am finding that despite the obvious excellence of 2009 in Bordeaux, some wineries did too much with the great grapes they harvested, resulting in overextracted wines. This was not the case, however, at Lafleur, La Conseillante and Vieux-Château-Certan. Here are my notes.

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