2009 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations:
Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 2009 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 2009 vintage, our top recommendations and region reports. Scroll down to see all of our wines currently available. If you cannot find what you are looking for please call us on 01425 837177 or Contact Us. We would love to help you with your wine choice!
2009 is widely considered an excellent year and there will be a plethora of wines drinking excellently with the very best examples likely to cellar well for some time to come. A hard year to go wrong with.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: This was a very good year for wines from all Bordeaux appellations. Tannic, powerful, structured and rich, the best wines need 15-20 or more years to develop. Margaux, Pauillac, Pessac Leognan and St. Emilion are the best regions, however Sauternes was also successful.
Champagne: After early complications a superb summer produced a clean crop of high quality, with particularly good Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims. Wines from this vintage are plump and approachable.
Italian: Hot conditions have created ripe reds with fairly high alcohol and good quality, which are relatively fast-maturing.
Portugal: The 2009 Port was declared as a vintage by the Taylor Fladgate Partnership covering Taylor, Fonseca and Croft - it will be remembered as a year of low yields, which produced wines of massive density and scale. This was partly the result of a small amount of fruit produced across all grape varieties, as well as the very dry summer during which there was no rainfall from July through to harvest time in September.
Spain: Very hot conditions gave average temperatures above the infamous 2003 vintage. However, timely rains in Rioja and Ribera del Duero relieved the vines and rescued the vintage, to create one of very good quality.
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Chateau Beaumont, 2009
Haut-Medoc, Cru Bourgeous
Château Beaumont 2009, Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois
The 2009 Château Beaumont is a rich and generous Haut-Médoc, reflecting the warmth and ripeness of this outstanding vintage. As a well-regarded Cru Bourgeois, it offers excellent value and classic Bordeaux character with a more approachable, fruit-driven style.
The nose is expressive and inviting, with aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry and ripe plum, layered with notes of cedar, sweet spice and a hint of vanilla from oak ageing. There is a warmth and depth to the aromatics, typical of the 2009 vintage.
On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with ripe, rounded tannins and a generous core of dark fruit. …
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Price: £42.95
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Chateau Greysac, 2009
Cru Bourgeois Medoc
Château Greysac 2009, Médoc Cru Bourgeois
The 2009 Château Greysac is a rich and approachable Médoc, benefiting from one of Bordeaux’s standout modern vintages. As a well-regarded Cru Bourgeois, it offers excellent value, combining generous fruit with classic Left Bank structure.
The nose is open and expressive, with aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry and ripe plum, layered with notes of cedar, tobacco and a touch of sweet spice. There is a warmth and depth to the aromatics, reflecting the ripeness of the 2009 vintage.
On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with soft, rounded tannins and a generous core of dark fruit. …
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Price: £39.00
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Chateau Langoa Barton, 2009
St Julien, Bordeaux, 3rd Growth Classification
The 2009 Château Langoa Barton is an exceptional wine from an outstanding vintage in Bordeaux. 2009 is considered one of the great Bordeaux vintages due to the warm and dry growing season, which allowed the grapes to ripen fully and resulted in wines of both power and elegance. Langoa Barton, classified as a Third Growth (Troisième Cru) in the 1855 classification, is known for producing structured and long-lived wines, and the 2009 vintage is one of its best.
Tasting Notes: The typical blend includes a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon (about 60-70%), with Merlot making up around 20-30%, and a small amount of Cabernet Franc. …
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Price: £99.00
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Taylor Fladgate, 2009
Vargellas Vinha Velha, Vintage Port, Douro
98 Points - Mark Squires (eRobert Parker)
For over a century, Taylor Fladgate and Yeatman has owned the beautiful riverside estate of Vargellas, in the remote eastern reaches of the upper Douro Valley. Quinta de Vargellas produces some of the world's most sought after Vintage Ports.
This bottle contains an exceptional and rare wine made at the 2009 vintage only from the grapes of the very oldest vines on the estate. These vines, some planted over seventy years ago, have very small yields but produce wines of great concentration and power.
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Price: £189.00
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