CHÂTEAU PRIEURÉ LICHINE
2009 4ème Cru Classé Margaux
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Margaux |
| Classification | 4ème Cru Classé |
| ABV | 14% |
Deep dark colour, fresh and flowing, Lovely easy texture, and reasonable density - this works, even if it's not the longest. Rating: 91 L&S (Apr 2010)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.An excellent vintage, showing beautiful depth and complexity at 13 years old. Grilled spices, warming turmeric and clove, gentle tobacco, cigar box, leather, raspberry leaf, eucalyptus, and touches of saline crackers. Almost hinting at tertiary flavours, but more reflecting the warmth and generosity of the vintage. Plenty of life but you can begin to enjoy this now - it's a wine for sharing. A touch of hail in May meant they used an optical sorting machine for the first time. 50% new oak, harvest September 30 to Ocober 19. First year with Etienne Charrier as technical director, coming over to Margaux from Château Mazèyres in Pomerol. Stephane Derenoncourt consultant. Drinking range: 2022 - 2040 Rating: 94 Jane Anson, Decanter (Jun 2022)
The 2009 Prieuré-Lichine was one of the pleasant surprises of this blind tasting, a Margaux that has improved in recent years. It has a superb, very Pauillac bouquet with graphite infused black fruit that is very well defined and neatly integrated with the new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, very well balanced with quite saline and very persistent finish. Superb. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting. Drinking range: 2020 - 2038 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2019)
Good fresh red-ruby. Very ripe nose currently dominated by truffle and musky oak, with the fruit in the background. Fat and silky in the mouth, with good depth to its plum and sweet oak flavors. Finishes with building tannins and sneaky length. Rating: 89 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Jul 2012)
Château Prieuré Lichine
Margaux Quatrième cru 1855 As the name suggests, the early history of Prieuré-Lichine starts with the Benedictine monks of the Prieuré de Cantenac who assembled, by the 18th Century, quite a reputation for their wine. The Revolution put an end to ecclesiastical ownership, La Prieuré was seized and sold off with much of the vineyard becoming parts of other estates including Château Palmer. A with many Médoc estates, the first half of the 20th Century was a period of decline. By 1951 Château Prieuré-Cantenac was reduced to 11ha of rather sorry vines. Salvation came that year with the estate's purchase by wine writer Alexis Lichine. He renovated the chais and the château, and gradually increased vineyard holdings by buying spare vineyard land from other Margaux estates. Château Prieuré-Lichine is to the east of Cantenac. There are, now, around 70ha of vineyard, somewhat dispersed around the appellation, with 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot with a small balance of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The Grand Vin spends 16 months inn wood (55% new).
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