30 January 2013 We're bringing this to your attention once more so that you can easily find the background to the vintage that was recently retasted in bottle in Southwold. We'll continue to add the most recent tasting articles, including Saturday's overview of the Southwold tasting and the state of the market for 2009 bordeaux.
Below is a guide to practically all that we have published about this extraordinary vintage in Bordeaux, including the all-important tasting notes, as well as constant updates. While in Bordeaux in late March and early April I tasted roughly 450 different wines, some of them more than once, always blind where possible. I have occasionally left in two notes on one wine where one was written when tasting it blind. I have now added dozens more tasting notes on wines tasted, or occasionally re-tasted, in London.
Note the continuing additions to the list of Other articles below.
TASTING ARTICLES
Bordeaux 2009 – sweet whites 10 years on (7 Mar 2019)
Bordeaux 2009 – right-bank reds 10 years on (6 Mar 2019)
Bordeaux 2009 – left-bank reds 10 years on (5 Mar 2019)
Bordeaux 2009-2012 compared (6 Aug 2013)
More Bordeaux 2009s – some affordable (3 May 2013)
The £200 AOC Médoc (24 April 2013)
Top Bordeaux 2009 retasted (9 April 2013)
Bordeaux 2009s reassessed blind – left-bank reds (31 Jan 2013)
Bordeaux 2009s reassessed blind – right bank reds (30 Jan 2013)
Bordeaux 2009s reassessed blind – whites (29 Jan 2013)
How do the 2009s look in bottle? (26 Oct 2011)
Seven more 2009 red bordeaux (24 May 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – more tasting notes (23 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – dry whites (9 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – sweet whites (9 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – St-Émilion (8 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – Pomerol, Lalande-de-Pomerol and Fronsac (8 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – AC Bordeaux and Côtes (8 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – St-Estèphe (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – Pauillac (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – St-Julien (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – Margaux (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis and Listrac (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – Graves and Pessac-Léognan (7 Apr 2010)
OTHER ARTICLES
Ch Duhart-Milon 2009 Pauillac (Wine of the Week) 27 October 2023
Bordeaux 2009 – pure pleasure, at a price (Free for all) 9 March 2019
Ch Castera 2009 Médoc (Wines of the Week) 22 Jul 2016
Ch Labadie 2009 Médoc (Wines of the Week) 3 June 2016
Ch Brande-Bergère, Cuvée O’Byrne 2009 Bordeaux Supérieur (Wines of the Week) 10 April 2015
Ch Fonréaud 2009 Listrac-Médoc (Wines of the Week) 3 May 2013
Ch Margaux to launch third wine (Inside Information) 2 April 2013
Bordeaux 2009 – the vintage that sagged (2 Feb 2013)
Asians hoover up top '09s (7 Jul 2010)
How the most expensive vintage ever was sold (3 Jul 2010)
My top-scoring 2009s (21 May 2010)
Another 2009 bordeaux bargain (19 May 2010)
Ch Capbern Gasqueton (Wine of the Week) 11 May 2010
Bordeaux 2009 – whoah! (5 May 2010)
What the trade think of Bordeaux 2009 (3 May 2010)
Free Bordeaux 2009 overview (30 Apr 2010)
Official tips on buying en primeur (29 Apr 2010)
Parker's out and they're off (28 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – a British love affair? (23 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – how to taste (21 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 in the US (19 Apr 2010)
Right bank and white wine overview (17 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – don't part with a penny (16 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – where to buy in the UK (16 Apr 2010)
Left bank overview (10 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – more to come! (9 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – mechanics (7 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – reflections (6 Apr 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – right bank report (31 Mar 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – those sweet marvels (30 Mar 2010)
Bordeaux 2009 – first impressions (29 Mar 2010)
Bordeaux jungle drums (23 Mar 2010)
Blatch on 2009 – the wines (8 Feb 2010)
Blatch on 2009 – the vines (5 Feb 2010)
Bordeaux growers thrilled with 2009 (2 Oct 2009)
Pauline Vauthier on 2009 (12 Aug 2009)
