2010 Château Filhot

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  10/15/2023 - FamousWine wrote:

  The 2010 Filhot is a blend of 60% Sémillon, 36% Sauvignon and 4% Muscadelle. It was vinified in stainless steel vats then spent many months in merrain oak barrels from Allier (including 30% new). 13.5% abv written on the label. Its features a fresh bouquet of roasted pineapple, candied lemon, quince sauce and a subtle beeswax. Generous and truly syrupy, the palate offers flavors of exotic fruits (mango and passion fruit), a discreet honeyed background, a touch of mint leaf and a small pinch of cinnamon. Unfortunately, the amount of residual sugar is huge. The wine still has a long work ahead of it to digest this substantial volume. Let's just say that the sweet wave sweeps away everything in its path and the low acidity makes the tasting a little boring. It lacks life, it lacks panache! The wine finishes briefly on dried apricot and coarse sugar. Definitely way too early to uncork this stuff. I have read several times that Filhot's wines age superbly: this 2010 will have its chance again in 20 or 30 years. Stay away from this vintage for a very, very long time!
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  12/2/2022 - RED AND BLACK Likes this wine:

  Nice one, still young. Long life ahead

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  9/9/2022 - Bonesetter Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Quince and syrup.

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  6/1/2022 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Full yellow/gold. Aroma of peaches and a little iodine. Musky flavour of peach, apricot, hints of mint and crystallised ginger. It’s not super-sweet, or very acidic, just elegant and balanced at this stage. Be interesting to try again in 10 years.

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  4/13/2022 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A very good, if not terribly interesting Sauternes that ticks all the boxes - honey, spun sugar, orange and apricot. Not cloying, but not much textural interest either. I might suggest this with pates or foie gras over pudding.

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