Sarget de Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien 2009 0426JACKSON Here's a fun one to

Here's a fun one to spring on a wine-nerd friend: this Chardonnay comes from the village of Chardonnay

and stewed plum

with Cédric Moussé now leading the charge toward organic viticulture and meticulous

and the Riverbound Edition is a special bottling drawn from Tom Gamble's Riverbound vineyard

This parcel faces east across a valley that deposits smooth stones into clay-limestone soils—perfect for cool-climate vitality

Sarget de Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien 2009 0426JACKSON Here's a fun one toThe 2009 vintage in Bordeaux was one of those years that needed no excuses warm, ripe, generous and this is the second wine of Gruaud Larose, a classed growth estate in Saint Julien, from exactly that vintage. Nearly two decades on, it is doing the thing that makes aged Bordeaux worth the wait: the fruit has folded into tobacco, cocoa and savory depth, and the tannins have gone soft and easy. The blend is led by Cabernet Sauvignon, with Merlot,