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2010 UGC Bordeaux Tasting Chicago
Drake Hotel
Tasted Wednesday, January 23, 2013 by Wine Sparty with 934 views
Flight 1 - Pessac-Léognan (4 Notes)
Flight 2 - St. Émilion (8 Notes)
2010 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Nice dark fruit and coffee aroma along with some sweetness. Taste is pretty approachable, with some acidity and great dark fruit and tobacco. Medium tannins. Mid-palate may have had a hint of greenness.
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2010 Château Figeac 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Nice aroma with dark fruit, oak and cocoa. Taste isn't really showing too much now, but seems lighter on palate than would've expected based on aroma. A lot of tannin here.
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2010 Clos Fourtet 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Nice dark aroma, but not too over the top. Taste is smooth and drinkable, yet not too bold despite the dark fruit.
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2010 Château La Dominique 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
A bit of lighter taste than the others, but something just seems missing on this one.
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2010 Château La Gaffelière 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Aroma is in the medium range - not too dark, but not lighter/red fruit either. Nice drinking with acidity and medium tannins.
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2010 Château Larcis Ducasse 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Has a lighter aroma that has a greenness to it as well. Taste is pretty consistent with aroma.
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2010 Château Pavie Macquin 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Nose isn't giving much, but fruit seems a bit lighter than a lot of the other wines. Taste is consistent, but it is a bit too acidic. Second tasting not as good, with more greenness coming through.
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2010 Château Troplong Mondot 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Aroma is very tough, with leather and oak. Taste is acidic, lots of tannin and not much fruit showing. Tough to get a sense on this one.
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Flight 3 - Pomerol & Médoc (5 Notes)
2010 Château Clinet 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Aroma was nice with dark fruit, and taste was consistent. Pretty smooth.
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2010 Château Gazin Pomerol 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Very dark aroma with coffee and leather. Taste was nice - approachable, yet still tannic. Very interested to see this age, as it seems to have the goods.
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2010 Château Clarke
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
Pretty unimpressive, but did have the dark fruit and coffee. Relatively easy to drink.
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2010 Château Maucaillou 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Green on the aroma. Very tough and tannic, tough to get a read on the taste.
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2010 Château La Lagune 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Aroma is dark, but has a hint of grenness in it. Taste has plum and dark raspberries. Tasted twice, pretty consistent.
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Flight 4 - Margaux (4 Notes)
2010 Château du Tertre 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Light fruit aroma, with noticeable acidity on the palate.
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2010 Château Lascombes 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Lighter fruit aroma. Taste has dark raspberry and some spice.
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2010 Château Malescot St. Exupéry 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Aroma is a bit lighter fruit with some grenness. Taste is much better, though, without the green.
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2010 Château Rauzan-Ségla 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Smelling this makes me think it was going to be very tough to get a read on. Taste, though, came thorugh with some nice medium dark fruit.
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Flight 5 - St. Julien (7 Notes)
2010 Château Branaire-Ducru 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Aroma stands out with dark fruit, vanilla and oak. Taste has dark fruit, with tannins but not too much. Finishes pretty easy. Tasted twice - consistent score & notes.
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2010 Château Gloria 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Dark fruit on the nose, and a nice dark fruit taste on the palate as well.
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2010 Château Gruaud Larose 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
This was light and green on the nose, and didn't do it for me.
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2010 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Taste had some more sweetness on this.
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2010 Château Langoa Barton 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Oak and medium dark fruit on both the nose and tase.
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2010 Château Léoville Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Aroma has dark fruit and leather, but gets lighter at the end. Thought I may have gotten a bit of green in it as well. Taste was very nice and smooth with plum and tannic, but not too much for what might be expected at this stage. Moderate level of acidity. Tasted twice, 92 points the second time.
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2010 Château Léoville Poyferré 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Aroma is sort of medium dark fruit. Taste is also in that in between stage of light to dark, but very enjoyable at this point.
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Flight 6 - Paiullac (6 Notes)
2010 Château Batailley 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Aroma has prominent oak. Taste has quite a bit of tannin, but some sweet blackberry fruit as well.
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2010 Château d'Armailhac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Aroma more in the light red fruit category, along with a hint of grenness. Taste was about the same, nothing too exciting.
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2010 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Aroma is dark fruit, but 2nd time around it came a bit lighter. Taste is blackberry with hints of cocoa, but it slightly trends to not quite as dark fruit. Tasted twice, 94 points the first time and 92 points the second time.
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2010 Château Lynch-Bages 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
This has some sweetness in it from some raspberry. Tannins really not to prominent.
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2010 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Aroma starts out a bit light, but tends towar the dark fruit. Taste is very nice with dark fruits, and some associated sweetness, as well as cocoa. Tasted twice - 93 points first time and 94 points second time.
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2010 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Coffee on the aroma. Taste smooth, with a lot of dark fruit.
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Flight 7 - Sauternes (5 Notes)
2010 Château Coutet Barsac 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Nice sweetness here from stone fruit and honey.
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2010 Château de Fargues 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Similar to the Coutet with stone fruit and honey, but it trends a bit sweeter.
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2010 Château Doisy-Daëne 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
This had a bit more tartness come through on the nose. Taste also showed that. Could see this getting higher score.
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2010 Château Guiraud 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Nice medium aroma of not being too sweet, but the taste came through with a bit too much acidity.
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2010 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
This was a nice one, coming through a bit lighter than some of the others tasted. It did have an acidic aspect that was more noticeable than some others.
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2010 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Dark fruit and cocoa aroma. Taste is similar to the aroma, yet comes off a bit lighter than expected.
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2010 Domaine de Chevalier 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Aroma is dark fruit and chocolate. Pretty tannic, but still has a lot of flavor and depth along with it.
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2010 Château Pape Clément 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Nice, dark aroma, but there is something else that gives a hint of greenness in it, too. The green comes through in the taste a bit with the tannins. Aroma better than taste on this one.
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2010 Château Haut-Bergey 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Dark fruit and oak on the nose. Taste is consistent with the dark fruit and oak, yet it doesn't seem too bold.
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