A 2009 Moulis tonight

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A 2009 Moulis tonight

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I'm doing a AlexR of myself tonight. I'll open a 2009 Château Duplessis, a Moulis-en-Médoc, made by Marie-Laure Lurton. Normally, the Lurton family, for me, has a reputation of making classe Bordeaux. This Moulis is 13.5 % alcohol, in that warm extreme vintage. 54 hl/hectare, 79% Merlot in that 2009, that is special as I would think Cabernet Sauvignon would be "perfect" in that 2009 vintage. This Château has 62 % Merlot, so I would have expected more Cabernet. Anyway, i will go down find that bottle...

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Won a good medal at the 2011 Paris Concours Agricole. This is probably equal to minimum a 92 rating by the Mariland Advocate...


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Now in my fancy decanter.
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It should be good but rather hard, Nic.

Tonight I'll drink '95 Meyney and '02 Lagrange. Plus a '11 St Innocent Justice and maybe a Sauternes. Now I have to decide what to open for Lucie. :)
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A "hard" 2009? Is that possible?
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You're right Stefan: this is an anti-2009 2009 red Bordeaux (hope you can get that right)!

A masculine Merlot, made by a woman, in that AOC.
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Sounds good. It must be hard to stay in the decanter upside-down. Is it frozen?
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AlohaArtakaHoundsong wrote: It must be hard to stay in the decanter upside-down. Is it frozen?
No, it's just a new variation of the "slow-oxygenization" method.
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No Art, just put on ice for the picture.

Nose is medium power, with red currants, red berries, light wood from the oak and something like demi-dark cocoa.

The mouth is very masculine, not super ripe fruit of sweet vanilla oak or sweet high alcohol Merlot like Fleur Cardinale. Full of tannins, minerals, dusty cocoa, smoke, spices and sweet blackberries. Nice Black licorice tones as well. Strong noble wood and medium blackberries/mineral finish. That wine is full of many things, but fruit is a bit off. The terroir takes all the place for the moment. Medium long finish. Dare I say, a 22$ wine, with lots of character. Now, I would give it only 84-85, but I'm amazed how the fruity Merlot, can takes that much minerals...

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I know that using a juice pitcher for decanter is not fancy, but it does the job! Those fancy expensive décanteurs are nice, but I'm so tired of the cleaning with stainless steel marbles, or fancy brush, that I have abdicted. And I remember, having lunch in Pauillac with AlexR, and they served us the house wine, in that type of "easy to clean" decanter, and geez i thought "even in Pauillac, the wine prevails on the decanter"....

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So, a bit later, the wine mellowed a bit, but still, i would not give more than a bit more point. Maybe one point. My first 2009 red Bordeaux that is a bit limited.

Good night.

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The 2009 Tour de Bessan, Margaux, from the same producer, is very much better.

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