Chateau Grand Village (Lafleur) Bordeaux Superieur Rouge 2009 (3L) 22BDX and the fruit is picked

and the fruit is picked ripe enough that the acidity has something to push against

the steepest and most famous walled vineyard in Champagne

Well into its drinking window but still has a long road ahead

wed by one of Japan's only female brewery owners and tojis

persistent mousse enhances its elegance

Chateau Grand Village (Lafleur) Bordeaux Superieur Rouge 2009 (3L) 22BDX and the fruit is pickedA double magnum (3L) of mature Bordeaux from the Guinaudeau family, the people behind Chteau Lafleur in Pomerol. Grand Village is their home estate in Mouillac just north of Fronsac (bottled as Bordeaux Suprieur), and the 2009 vintage in this large format bottle is a celebration wine: a great Right Bank vintage, slow aging format, and the same hands that craft one of the most coveted wines in Bordeaux. Sixteen years on, it's rounded and complex, with