chateau st pierre 4eme cru classe st julien

Château St Pierre

Château St Pierre, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2009

Name: Château St Pierre, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château St Pierre
Price: 950.46 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

95/100

The Wine Independent

96/100

Vinous

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2009
12x75cl
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£950.46

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Saint Pierre is one of the stars of the vintage and clearly an estate to follow. They have turned a corner and are producing fabulous wines with intensity, power, class and that are loyal to their terroir - we are fans... Notes of mocha, spices and crushed currants. A wonderfully charismatic wine full of fleshy cool cherries, chocolate liqueur fruit, framed with beautifully managed tannins. This really is elegant, poised and very complete. A wonderful surprise!

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Even in such a ripe vintage as 2009, you'll find appellation typicity, and this is a perfectly-drawn St Julien. Plum and blackberry fruits, cocoa bean, espresso, crayon, incense and crushed mint leaf, balanced and juicy. Still on the young side - you can begin drinking now, or give it a few more years before cracking it open - then invite some of your favourite people around and get ready to make them smile. 55% new oak.

drinking window 2024 - 2045

date of review 10/2024

95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet in color, the 2009 Saint-Pierre storms out of the glass with powerful notes of creme de cassis, plum pudding, and Indian spices plus nuances of potpourri and unsmoked cigars. The medium-bodied palate is generous and plush, with bags of spicy black fruit preserves and a long fragrant finish.

drinking window 2023 - 2032

date of review 02/2023

96/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2009 Saint-Pierre knocks the ball out of the park. It is a stunning Saint-Julien that has blossomed in recent years. I must confess that none of the previous bottles intimated the potential shown here. It is more compact, tighter on the nose than its peers, opening seductively with gorgeous graphite and bayleaf infused black fruit, real mineralité and great tension. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, juicy to the point where it belies the backbone, very nicely poised with a precise and long graphite finish. Ducru-Beacaillou and Léoville Las-Cases - here is your challenger to the crown. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.

drinking window 2022 - 2050

date of review 03/2019

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