2010 Château d'Arcole

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87.6 points

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  6/21/2022 - jeroenpieter Likes this wine:

  Unfiltered beauty, and yes that shows. So much character / personality.
  Such an intense wine with loads of Ripe fruit. Some mint. Suave mouthfeel. Great balance. Gorgeous now, with plenty of reserve. Enormous complexity.
  
  This is exciting, this is adventure.

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  7/30/2016 - Oliviermac Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great bottle, depth and concentration, mid to long length.
  Drinking very well right now, this is an outstanding QPR for 15€

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  5/1/2016 - kurishin wrote: 89 Points

  Prominent oak, seems to be new French, so further development possible. I enjoyed this wine, at least partially because it's so different from other St. Em GC.

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  2/4/2014 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  A blend of organically farmed Merlot (70%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (30%). 1/3 of the wine is aged in stainless steel, 2/3 in oak barriques (of which 1/3 in new barrels, 1/3 once used barrels and 1/3 in twice used barrels).
  
  Dark plummy red color with luminous pale ruby hue towards the rim. The nose is very youthful and fruit-driven - especially compared to the vintage 2008 tasted alongside - with aromas of dark, plummy fruit, sweet blackcurrant, some clove-driven exotic spices and a toasty hint of smoke. Unlike in 2008, the oak really doesn't show through the fruit. The wine is rich and full-bodied on the palate with supple dark fruits, ripe blackcurrant, some crunchy red fruit, a little bit of nuanced, woody spice and a hint of smoke. The wine is very impressively structured with moderately high acidity and very ample, firm and grippy tannins. The finish is long and juicy with youthful fruit flavors of fresh dark plums, red cherries, some crunchy blackcurrants, a little bit of peppery spice and clove and a hint of leather. The mouth-drying tannins make the aftertaste feel very tightly-knit and chewy.
  
  This is a very impressive, balanced and well-made St. Émilion that doesn't go for that typical soft, plush and ripe Merlot-fruit-driven style the region too often exhibits, but instead shows a good, firm and structured wine made more in the traditional, savory, structure-driven style. Those little new oak characteristics this wine has are well hidden by the ripe fruit and there is enough concentration to make the wine feel more muscular than just a skeleton of acids and tannins. However, the wine is still very youthful with mainly just primary fruit showing, so it really shows only a little of that aging potential this wine really has. I'd let the wine wait until next decade before popping a bottle open - the fruit, the body and the structure promise that there should be no problems aging this wine extensively. Terrific Bordeaux, highly recommended.

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  1/28/2014 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 88 Points

  Millesime Bio Fair - Day 2 (Montpellier, France): Deep currant aromas, with violets, loam and vanilla. Pure and fleshy with ripe tannins and medium acid. Juicy and ripe with vanilla-accented berries. Underlying tobacco and forest floor elements. Long, quite complex.

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