2011 Château Dassault

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  2/29/2024 - Floral Likes this wine: 86 Points

  In a very nice place, but no rush at all.
  Classic and balanced. Tannins smoothing out.
  Not super remarkable, but a good QPR.

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  2/19/2024 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ok, previous bottle was likely flawed as this bottle was wonderful. A bit full and large for Bordeaux but no syrupy fruit bomb here. Loads of ripe red and black berry along with cedar, green grippy tannins, and pleasant astringency.

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  2/14/2024 - Racer117 wrote: 88 Points

  Disappointing. Not a bad wine but primarily strong tannic structure with some hints of red fruit. Showed no improvement over a 2 hour period.
  
  Edit: about 2 weeks later I opened another bottle of this and it was excellent. Assessing this bottle as flawed.

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  2/1/2024 - Barolo Freak Likes this wine: 88 Points

  The 2011 Chateau Dassault is a classic claret. A relatively unknown Chateau that produced a decent wine in an unremarkable vintage. I popped and I poured, and I was pleasantly surprised. It is a smooth pour that has little tannin. It doesn't have a whole lot of fruit, but I still enjoyed it over the three evenings that I sipped it. Is it worth $45 a bottle? $40 would be better.

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  11/10/2021 - Cailles wrote: 89 Points

  Bordeaux 2011 - 10 Years On - 30 Reds: All tasted blind, not decanted. A few observations: 1) As expected, it's a mediocre vintage with many wines lacking depth and mid palate weight of great vintages. My average score for the reds was 91.3 pts vs group scores at more recent horizontals for 2010 (93.0), 2000 (92.7) and 2009 (93.9). 2) I expected more green/unripe notes and drying tannins but that is not the case (hence the solid 91.3 average). Most wines showed well-made (with only 6 out of 30 reds rated below 90 pts). 3) Left bank (average 91.8 pts) clearly trumps right bank (90.6) thanks to more mid palate substance. 4) Virtually no wine showed a) over extracted and already dying and b) with far too much ripeness. Both 2009/2010 (and 2015/2018) have several wines with these problem. 5) Most wines are in a good drinking window. Although not yet with tertiary complexity, the structure has softened and the wines are open (even without extended decanting). 6) Unfortunately (due to price), the best reds were Le Pin (97+ pts), Margaux (96), Petrus (96) and Mouton (95). 7) Good vintage for Sauternes it seems (we tasted only two) with a surprising Giraud (96 pts) beating a too sweet Yquem (93).
  
  TN: Not overly expressive, nor precise nose with dark fruits, some smoke and minerality. Not overly exciting. On the palate there is some candied dark red and dark fruit which is quite pleaseant and sticks with you for quite a while, somer herbs and minerality. More interesting on the palate than the nose. Solid 89 pts.

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