2010 Château Branaire-Ducru
Community Tasting Note
Bwallace Likes this wine:
90 Points
Sunday, October 4, 2020 - Not the kind of 2010 I was hoping for. Started flat and expected to open up but never did even after a 2 hour decant. I liked it but didn't;t have the depth I was expecting from this vintage.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
10/4/2020 5:31:00 PM - From my experience with this Chateau, they typically need about 15 years to enter a good drinking window. I haven't had one of mine yet, so don't know if a longer decant would have helped or not?
Comment posted by Drankard:
10/4/2020 5:36:00 PM - If it never opened up, how could it possibly have any depth? Also, how could you have any expectation from a 2010 Bordeaux at age 10?
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
10/4/2020 5:40:00 PM - Drank, I thought the same thing but I got his drift! Nothing more disappointing than opening a wine, expecting something good and it never performs. Bummer.......I think in 5 more years this will show better, based those I've been drinking going back to the '01s.
Comment posted by Bwallace:
10/4/2020 6:21:00 PM - Thanks Mark1pnt. Definitely holding on to my other one for another 5 years based on that feedback.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
10/4/2020 6:44:00 PM - Bw.....this Chateau puts out a beautiful product. To me it is always under rated and under valued....it tends to be softer and a more feminine wine but as far back as I can remember, 15 years seems to be the magic spot for it. Look around in the secondary market for an '01 or an '03, '05.......you'll probably get a little better idea of what this wine usually offers. It is not like a big Cali fruit bomb. It is soft, red velvet that develops some nice soft secondary characteristics, typically. Usually very nicely balanced and great with some French fare.......fwiw!