Laforge - 2009 (750ml) Malmsey Wine Advocate - (92-95) points

Wine Advocate - (92-95) points

and buoyant performance is apt to gain depth with a few years’ bottle age

cassis and earth

The tannins are still there

Laforge - 2009 (750ml) Malmsey Wine Advocate - (92-95) pointsFrom proprietor Jonathan Maltus, this blend of three terroirs, two on sand and one on gravel, is a blend of 92% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc. About 2,000 cases are produced, and the prodigious 2009 is the finest vintage to date. Inky blue purple, with notes of licorice, camphor, black truffle, blackberry and blueberry, this full bodied wine has massive concentration yet at the same time displays elegance and harmony. The equilibrium and 60+