“2009 is the best vintage that Bordeaux has ever produced”, says British expert Steven Spurrier (Mar 29, 2010)

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Speaking in St Emilion, Steven Spurrier, Decanter’s consultant editor said ‘the 2009 is the best vintage that Bordeaux has ever produced’, from the wines he had tasted so far, which included the Right Bank and the Crus Bourgeois of Medoc.

‘The wines are seamless: their richness, tannins, acidity and freshness all combine to produce truly elegant and balanced wines. This is modern Bordeaux. It has made a quantum leap and jumped over the New World to make modern, but not “international” wines. It is quite clearly Bordeaux. It underlines the fact that no other wine region can make wines quite like this.’

Spurrier explained the distinction between “a wine that is made using modern methods – in terms of selection, vineyard management and so forth – and a wine that is made to appeal to as wide an international audience as possible, thereby losing its regional character.”

An interesting distinction to relate to further quotes from Christian Moueix of Petrus, who mentioned that 2009 had been a vintage that demanded time and money to get right. ‘It is difficult and expensive to take care of vines even in an easy vintage,’ he said, “suggesting, says decanter.com, that not everyone could afford to maintain their vineyards to the extent needed to make the best wines. Moreover, Moueix said, the rainstorms that came in the middle of harvest on 19 and 20 September would have diluted grapes that were not already picked, leading some producers to over-extract to compensate.”

[ Source : Decanter.com ]

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.