Wine Spectator Score: 96

Tanzer Score: 90

Score: 93-96 RP

Region: Bordeaux

District: Saint Emilion

Type: Still Wine

Color: Red

Varietal: Red Bordeaux

Vintage: 2009

Futures Item: Yes

Brand: See more from Chateau Peby Faugeres

Sku: 124197

Price: $109.99

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Wine Spectator Review:
This is gorgeous, featuring a torrent of raspberry and blackberry fruit that blazes along, thanks to riveting acidity that just wont quit. Loads of spice, black tea and perfectly integrated toast notes hold sway on the very sleek finish for now, but this is really stunning for its beam of pure fruit. Wow. Best from 2015 through 2030.

Parker Review:
Pushed to the limit of extraction and richness, the fruit for the 2009 Faugeres Cuvee Speciale Peby (100% Merlot cropped at 18 hectoliters per hectare) was harvested especially late, with the last grapes coming in during the third week of October. Half of the wine is fermented traditionally in tank, and the other half is fermented in small barrels. Exceptionally full-bodied with a black/blue color, it offers up a big, sweet kiss of vanillin intermixed with blackberry liqueur, graphite, earth, and charcoal. There is massive richness, and the elevated tannins are sweet and well-integrated. Along with the wines freshness and moderate pH, that results in a wine that clearly defines all the special and distinctive characteristics of the 2009 vintage. 93-96 points.

Tanzer Review:
Deep inky-ruby. Almost overripe aromas of blackberry, plum, vanilla and cedar. Then rich, dense and sweet in the mouth, with blackberry jam, wet earth, graphite and charred oak flavors saturating the palate. Finishes smooth and very long, with a peppery nuance providing lift. This impressively rich and concentrated wine really pushes my envelope its almost Amarone-like ripeness is not my ideal in fine Bordeaux but many drinkers will love this style.