As a result of our direct connections and 30-year history with the wine trade in Bordeaux, and given the miniscule quantities produced by each Jon Maltus estate (a fraction of the volume produced of, say, Ausone), we’re proud to be one of only a handful of merchants in the world actually able to offer the stunning 2009 Le Dôme, Les Astéries, and Le Carré!

There is consensus among the critics that 2009 is a spectacular vintage with many chateaux producing their finest wines ever. In the Medoc, the polyphenols, tannin levels, and extract set records.

• "First, and most importantly, for some Médocs and Graves, 2009 may turn out to be the finest vintage I have tasted in 32 years of covering Bordeaux!"
  --Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

Many of the domaines reported that the fruit quality was exceptional and required almost no sorting, the best since 2005.

• "I tasted quite broadly and it seems quite clear that there is superb material with ripe phenolics, low acidity,and highly seductive textures."
  --Allen Meadows, Burghound