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| | Vintage | 2010 |  Label 1 of 107 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Sénéjac (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | Haut-Médoc | | UPC Code(s) | 000008659439, 3277034460507, 3303292108483, 334271104052, 3448821309396, 3448821309457, 639737587814, 649944123422, 744442081004, 7611654190271, 7611654924555 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 391 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wineotim on 4/22/2024 & rated 93 points: This was in the zone, I love the meatiness of the fruit coupled with the big acid and anise notes. Not much to report on the nose but this was just a stunner. Long and lingering finish and legs too. It still feels so youthful but also complex!. I might look for more of this at its current lofty price, but we'll see. I will reiterate, there's never been a Senejac like the '10 vintage. Delicious. (246 views) | | | Tasted by Ingmars on 3/19/2024: Decanted. Deep, dark cherry-skin colour with garnet fringe. At 1 hour, cool fruit, concentrated, but slightly bitter tannin. A few minutes later, coffee and cassis spell cabernet sauvignon. At 2 hours, the quality barrique shows its poise. Very nicely concentrated, but I'd like to see more length. Which comes not long after, at which point it is clear that I am very close to Cru Classé quality here, and not for the first time with Sénéjac in 2010. Paired with stewed beef ribs, which brings out the sweetness, but after the meal the sweetness dissipates and the wine tightens-up. I'm finding the 2010 Cru Bourgeois generally are not linear in their development and still not fully open for maximum pleasure. I'll leave my other bottles of Sénéjac 2010 untouched for at least another year. Fine with food, but a half-notch lower at very good plus without it. (766 views) | | | Tasted by Schönibert on 2/17/2024: Ja, hier sind wir im Trinkfenster. Enjoy. (878 views) | | | Tasted by Grinner on 2/6/2024 & rated 92 points: Crazy good QPR! $18 on futures a million years ago. One hour decant and followed for another 2. This was all about its medium density of black currant, black plum, espresso, cigar, and loam notes. Classic, fun and at peak, the tannins are resolved. Now - 2026. (1111 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 12/26/2023 & rated 93 points: A strikingly traditional Left Bank offering to grace any aficionado's table, on any day, alongside any other wine. Reminiscent of d'Armailhac terroir. Holding form nicely. Off-the-chain QPR! (1795 views) | | | Tasted by platpeeps on 11/5/2023 & rated 92 points: Abv 13.5%
Savoury this had a beguiling cigar box bouquet which when repeated on the palate enriched blackcurrant and plum fruit. Fully integrated and perfectly proportioned, the tannins were perfectly smooth with a sublime mocha finish. Not just drinking at its peak but outperforms many other Bordeaux chateaux at twice the price. Utterly superb. CHP 92 pts (1459 views) | | | Tasted by Picasso007 on 11/1/2023 & rated 89 points: Excellent dry red wine, very solid. (1223 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 10/15/2023 & rated 93 points: Strikingly rustic...in all the best ways! Those who most appreciate fruitiness may find this disappointing. This wine of the earth offers blackcurrant, pyrazine, graphite, root vegetables, sous-bois, cut tobacco, and mineral ores. Excellent structure, seamless presentation. In a great place now, and likely to hold form for some years. (1684 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 8/24/2023 & rated 93 points: Among the more precise and gripping bottles of this offering that I have tasted. Old school in all regards. Levity and balance characterize this wine of the earth. The last sips were best. This bottle had a decade of life ahead of it. (1901 views) | | | Tasted by BLam on 7/1/2023 & rated 90 points: I brought this last bottle to the secondary school old boy gathering in Kowloon City. We had a western dinner of a restaurant owned by an old crew of Cathay Pacific. We consumed 5 btls among four of us. (1561 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 6/30/2023: Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Quite muted with savoury dark hued fruits showing blackcurrant, Plum, sweet spice, touches of cedar, earth here as well, almost aa little closed. In the mouth there is more black fruit generosity, savoury spice and quite tight woody, grainy tannins, all travel long, needs more time for me. (1659 views) | | | Tasted by Rick & Ilsa on 6/10/2023: First bottle from 8 purchased and cellared since release. Unfortunately this was Pnp even though I was sure it needed a good decant to show what it has to offer. Dark fruits, dark berries, spice, wood and earth. Restrained fruit with tannins still showing. Cool nose and classic Bordeaux in style. Not scored this time. (917 views) | | | Tasted by cma82 on 6/3/2023 & rated 92 points: This is better than my last bottle, and it's a joy to drink. Not aggressive or overplayed, but just a classic medoc.
Still get some tonka, but lots of graphite, sandlewood, and just a "cool" nose. Feels like good to drink over the next few years, but don't worry about giving this a bit longer. (1343 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 5/10/2023 & rated 93 points: Difficult to describe the layered complexity and traditional Left Bank satisfaction that this ridiculously affordable offering delivers. Place it in a blind flight of same vintage Classed Growths. It will turn heads. In a great place now, and for a while to come. (2120 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 3/26/2023 & rated 94 points: Among the best of the bottles I have tasted. Difficult to overstate the wine's Old School quality and substance. Place this in a blind flight of Left Bank Classed Growths and watch it dazzle. It lacks for nothing and represents other worldly QPR! In a great place now and there is no hurry. (2520 views) | | | Tasted by DrWine74 on 2/16/2023 & rated 91 points: Taste good to me. From 750 cellared at 56 since release. Agree with all previous accolades except for creosote. Did not smell any. Needs 90 to 120 minutes to open. Olfactory is ever changing with menthol and eucalyptus at the end of the bottle. Ripe plum when I popped the cork but that vanished. Came back in various degrees during meal. Very versatile. Paired with grilled burgers, cremini mushrooms in olive oil and salt, salad with Sicilian lemon balsamic and EVOO and Egyptian Feta. Killer with Chia chocolate pudding and Lindt 85% chocolate. Yes it was a Bordeaux and food orgy! Drink it now. Can’t see it getting any better but it showed no signs of downward trajectory. . Enjoy mes amis.
Ps. The longer it’s open, the more plum fruit emerges (hour 3). Damn! Now sandlewood! I never smell sandlewood! I guess this is a good frickin wine! (1564 views) | | | Tasted by schneesurfer on 1/25/2023 & rated 90 points: From MAG, no formal notes. Wine took an hour to open up, after that … it was unfortunately finished.
Next time I give em a 2h breathe.
I see some potential, fine, smooth wine with more power than other vintages. Not very complex but a lot fun to drink. Great PQR
90+ (1725 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Poor on 1/24/2023 & rated 91 points: Decanted for about 90 minutes before serving.
Very enjoyable with roast beef. (1467 views) | | | Tasted by Schönibert on 1/6/2023 & rated 89 points: Er ist gezeichnet. Toller Wein, weiterhin voll auf der Frucht spielt der richtig nach Medoc-Art auf wobei hier sehr gute Konzentration vorhanden ist. Kein GC aber besser als so manch beschissener GC. Extrem hohe Trinkaufforderung. (1426 views) | | | Tasted by melvinyeowq on 1/1/2023 & rated 89 points: New Year's Day dinner at East Bistro: Rather modern leaning, not my style but others liked it a lot. A little bretty on the nose which was distracting. Dark and rich, plummy fruit with chocolate notes. (1653 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 12/31/2022 & rated 93 points: Among the more tightly wound bottles of this offering that I have tasted over the last year or so. So much to love. A wine of the earth, terroir-driven in all regards. This bottle needed another five to seven years to enter its wheelhouse. A giant in its simplicity. It belongs with the Left Bank's classed growths of this vintage. (1869 views) | | | Tasted by platpeeps on 12/29/2022 & rated 91 points: Plum fruit infused with graphite and cedar underpinned with lively tannins. Savoury and fresh, with a perfect structure and balance. Excellent length of finish and punches well above its weight. Terrific. CHP 91pts (1063 views) | | | Tasted by wineotim on 12/12/2022 & rated 92 points: Much better showing for me than some previous bottle reviews this year. Where do I begin? Love the density, focus, restraint, concentration, acidity, balance, elegance, terroir...etc. Distinctive bell pepper flavor and aroma notes, a touch of anise, very French, fantastic cru bourgeois. I've had many later vintages and they just don't compare to the '10. This bottle was so amazing! (1539 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 10/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Drank alongside the same vintage Gruaud Larose, over a long evening.
Rustic Bordeaux, in all regards. Wonderfully funky, powerfully structured, and squarely in its wheelhouse. It played alongside the Classed Growth, with unmistakable purity and overt appeal. Likely to hold form over the next several years. Among the finest QPRs in Left Bank Bordeaux that I have crossed paths with...ever. 93-94. (2189 views) | | | Tasted by graemeg on 10/3/2022: {cork, 13.5%} A little bricking around a nicely garnet core. Richly modern Bdx nose, with plummy fruit and a chocolatey aspect. A little cigar box oak too. The palate still maintains a medium level of dusty tannin, with medium/low acidity. A ripe vintage, but a modern style too. I’m guessing lots of Merlot here? Plummy & chocolate flavours, blackberry too, medium weight. Fairly even palate presence, medium length finish. Drinking very nicely now; close to peak I’d reckon. Gotta love those ripe vintages. (1501 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Winedoctor, October 2021 (10/1/2021)
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Decanter, Haut-Médoc 2010 (10/4/2018)
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The WINEFRONT (5/7/2015)
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JancisRobinson.com (1/22/2014)
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JancisRobinson.com (9/5/2013)
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Vinous, July/August 2013, IWC Issue #169
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Winedoctor, October 2012 (10/1/2012)
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JancisRobinson.com (9/21/2012)
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Winedoctor, September 2012 (9/1/2012)
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| Château Sénéjac Producer website - Read More about Chateau SenejacRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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