Cuvee Simon 2009

David Schildknecht in Parker's Wine Advocate No. 196: "the Clos Marie 2009 Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint-Loup Simon – tasted assembled in tank for June bottling – delivers a sweet melange of lightly-cooked red and black raspberries that draws saliva and derives invigoration from strong salinity and a crunch of berry seeds. Violet, iris, and arbor vitae waft from the glass and across the richly-fruited palate, while iron-rich, complexly bitter notes of chard, rosemary, and fruit pit add to a sense of dark depth and invigoration to a long, vibrant finish. This unusually energetic 2009 ought to be worth following for at least half a dozen years. There can’t often have been a more impressive Simon cuvee than this" 92-93 Punkte