I suspect one will emerge from the different lots of Les Bessards that I tasted as 2009 is certainly a year where enough wine can be culled out for the Cathelin without sacrificing the monumental quality of the regular Hermitage

eventually unfurling to offer subtle scents of fresh pineapple

blossoming from the glass

Should be a wonderful follow-up to the splendid 2007 Dow--and very long-lived

neutral casks

Leoville Barton other_regions I suspect one will emergeThis young, primary wine, expresses an elegant style of Leoville Barton. Blackberry, cassis, earth and tobacco scents open up what seems like an early maturing wine for this chateau. The tannins have more softeners and polish that I usually detect in their wine. Give it another couple of years to develop complexities.