Château Moulin St Georges, St Emilion, 2009
Undoubtedly the finest Moulin St George we have tasted. 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc from 26 year old vines on clay and limestone. Sadly yields are low in 2009 at just 32hl/ha. The bouquet offers notes of cherry liqueur chocolates, flowers and minerals; this is really kaleidoscopic and massively impressive for a wine at this level. The palate is fine tuned with precise flavours of cool berries; creamy fruit; there is lots of intensity and beautiful bone china tannins. Pretty, powerful and intelligent.
critic reviews
Smoky cedar welcome on the first nose, the acidity is still pretty high at 15 years old, traces of tobacco, approaching full drinking window, a little less generous for than some 2009s, here this is still roasted fennel, sandalwood, cassis, saffron and bitter black chocolate. Pauline Vauthier winemaker, working with her father and co-owner Alain Vauthier. Good stuff, just about ready to drink, but less generous than some 2009s.
Bright red-ruby. Pure, lively aromas of blackberry and licorice lifted by violet and minerals. Chewy, nicely delineated and ripe but not at all overly sweet, with dark berry flavors firmed by saline minerality. Plenty of tannic support gives this wine good staying power.