Chateau Grand Village (Lafleur) Bordeaux Superieur Rouge 2009 (3L) REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP A natural Merlot from Bennett

A natural Merlot from Bennett Valley—Sonoma County's smallest AVA

Aromas of creamsicle and tart green apple

Radda and high-altitude Lamole

bottled at 100 proof per Bottled-in-Bond standards

Chateau Grand Village (Lafleur) Bordeaux Superieur Rouge 2009 (3L) REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP A natural Merlot from BennettA double magnum (3L) of mature Bordeaux from the Guinaudeau family, the people behind Chteau Lafleur in Pomerol. Grand Village is their home estate in Mouillac just north of Fronsac (bottled as Bordeaux Suprieur), and the 2009 vintage in this large format bottle is a celebration wine: a great Right Bank vintage, slow aging format, and the same hands that craft one of the most coveted wines in Bordeaux. Sixteen years on, it's rounded and complex, with