2009 Bordeaux… Could it be better than 2005?
Fresh off the plane from sunny Bordeaux and I’m fired up! Why? Because along with Kyle and the Winerychannel.tv crew, we just spent two weeks filming in HD the 2009 harvest. Being in Bordeaux or any wine region during harvest is exciting because there is a buzz in the air… somthing all owners wait and plan for all year. From pickers in the vineyards to tractors rolling up and down the road, it just an exciting place to be and experience. There are many reasons that makes this trip so special and we will get into that in later blogs and videos, but the quality of the vintage has to be one of the top. While it’s still too early to speculate, one thing is for sure… the fruit is some of the best both Kyle and I have ever seen and the juice (tasted anywhere from 2 to 5 days) was rich, dense with outstanding purity and already has an opaque in color. We tasted tank samples from Pavie, Le Gay, La Violette, Pontet Canet, Belle-vue (Haut-Medoc) and Beausejour-Becot. Gerard Perse (Pavie) finished harvest while we were there and he said that 2009 was one of his best ever at this stage. Gerard Becot said the same of his Merlot while his Cabernet Franc was being picked on Tuesday, the day I left under warm sunny skies. I spoke to many of the vignerons during the trip and the comments were the simular. As much as they are estatic about the vintage, they are cautious not to speculate too early. But, if you’ve been aroud wine has long as we have, you know they have somthing very special. So stay tuned as we track this vintage from its infant stages to tasting the finished product at en-Primeur in April 2010.
