UGC 2010 Singapore
Singapore
Tasted Saturday, February 23, 2013 by pavel_p with 1,114 views
Introduction
My first time visit to UGC and my first serious tasting of the 2010 vintage. My scores are perhaps a bit conservative, with the score indicating the lower end of where I am quite confident those wines will go. While the differences in styles and quality in these young wines are quite obvious, and the upside they all have is very clear, my experience with such young vintages is rather limited, and hence I find it always difficult to put an exact number onto where they will be at their peak.
The wine of the tasting was the Pichon Comtesse de Lalande in my eyes, and the best QPRs are the "smaller" wines in Pessac (Latour Martillac, Malartic Lagraviere, Fieuzal etc) and the Cantemerle.
Flight 1 (34 Notes)
Closing
A well organized event, and a great learning experience to be able to extensively taste such an great vintage at this young age.
2010 Château Clinet 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Garnet. A fairly closed nose, good balance on the palate but not very giving at this point in time. Medium finish. 92+
Clinet did not stand out among the couple Pomerols at the tasting and I found the wine a bit disappointing given all the speculation about Parker rating this again 100 Pts.
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2010 Château Le Bon Pasteur 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Dark garnet. A very unusual nose with herbs and something like crushed fir needles and a bit sharp citrus. The nose carried onto the full bodied palate where there was more dark fruit and chocolate. Medium plus finish. 92/93+
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2010 Château de Gazin Côtes de Bourg 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Côtes de Bourg
Garnet. A very soft wine with ample fruit which is almost entirely covering the tannins. Sous bois, dark fruit and some oak and vanilla. Medium finish. 92+ and very approachable now.
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2010 Château Cantemerle 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Dark garnet. A rather full and dense body with barnyard and dark fruit. Medium finish. Very well done and great QPR. 91/92+
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2010 Château La Lagune 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Garnet. Dark fruit, quite a bit of oak. Medium plus tannins. Medium finish. Will take time to come together. 91+
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2010 Château Poujeaux 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Garnet. Very generous wood / oak use which in combination with the relatively light style does not show particularly well at this point in time. Much leaner that Cantemerle and others. Slightly bitter on the palate. Short to medium finish. 88+
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2010 Château Brane-Cantenac 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Not sure if perhaps a bad bottle but this was clearly the most disappointing wine of the tasting. Plenty of oak / wood here masking any Margaux characteristics the fruit might have. Infact this resembled more a simple Haut Medoc at the tasting. 88+
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2010 Château Giscours 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Garnet. Forest floor and dark berries. Sweet and generous palate but slightly firmer structure and not as lush as Lascombes. Tannins are almost entirely covered by fruit at this point in time. Medium finish. Very nice! 92/93+
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2010 Château Lascombes 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Garnet. The most generous fruit of the Margaux tasted. Soft, dark and sweet fruit are entirely covering the tannins. Medium finish. 92+
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2010 Château Prieuré-Lichine 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Garnet. A lighter style with a fait bit of oak. Sweet palate but lacks a bit concentration. Short to medium finish. 89/90+
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2010 Château du Tertre 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
A darker style with a firmer structure than the more generous Giscours or Malescot. Dark berry, forest floor. Medium tannins. Medium finish. 91/92+
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2010 Château Malescot St. Exupéry 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dark garnet. Together with the Leoville Barton, the nicest nose of the tasting. Beautiful floral notes, a touch of barnyard. Soft and smooth on the palate. Medium tannins and medium finish. 93+
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2010 Château Kirwan 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Not very expressive on nose and palate but overall nicely balanced. Short to medium finish. 90+
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2010 Château Gruaud Larose 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet. A more damp/musty nose than others with a touch of oak. Red and black fruit. Moderate tannins. Medium plus finish. One of the best wines of the tasting, went back to try a second time. 93+
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2010 Château Léoville Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet. Together with the Malescot the best nose of the tasting with plenty of flowers. Dark fruit held in a tight frame with medium to strong tannins. Medium to long finish. Will take a lot of time to come together. 93+
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2010 Château Branaire-Ducru 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet. A nice mix of red and dark fruit. However slightly bitter tannins which also reflects on the finish. 90/91+
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2010 Château Léoville Poyferré 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet. A bouquet of red and dark fruit, earth. Well integrated oak and good balance. Medium tannins and medium finish 92/93+
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2010 Château Talbot 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet. A lighter body with similar weight like the Batailley. More red fruit and vanilla, a bit of earth. Short to medium fininsh. 89/90+
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2010 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Garnet, plenty of wood on nose and palate, medium to strong tannins dominate the fruit. Will take a long time for the tannins to soften and find a balance. 89+
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2010 Château Batailley 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
A fairly light garnet / dark ruby, and a light style with mainly red fruit, oak, vanilla, fine to medium tannins and a short to medium finish. 89+
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2010 Château d'Armailhac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Darker color than the Batailley, dark fruit, vanilla. Short to medium finish. 90+
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2010 Château Clerc Milon 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Garnet, nice bouquet of red and black fruit, nicely integrated oak, light to medium tannins, medium finish. This is a bit better than the Armailhac: 91+
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2010 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Dark garnet, sweet dark berries, lead pencil, vanilla. Great balance. Medium plus finish. One of the best wines of the tasting 93/94+
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2010 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Dark garnet almost to the rim, sweet dark berries, lead pencil, generous fruit held together by a precise structure, medium tannins, long finish! In my eyes clearly the best wine of the tasting. Went back a second time to taste. 94/95+
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2010 Château Phélan Ségur 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Garnet, red and dark fruit and a fair bit of oak. Short to medium finish. 90+
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2010 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
To my surprise this had a lighter, less concentrated body than many of the smaller Pessac wines. More red than dark fruit, medium oak. Medium finish. Slightly disappointing. 91+
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2010 Château de Fieuzal 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
After the very convincing 09 Fieuzal I had a few days ago, this is another very good vintage for them. A nose with surprisingly animal or even fecal notes, dark berries, nice balance, medium tannins, medium finish. Excellent wine and great QPR 92+
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2010 Château Haut-Bergey 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Dark garnet, bright fruit, earth, a fair bit of oak but fairly integrated given the generous fruit. Fine to medium tannins. Medium finish. In my eyes, currently in a better place than the 2009. 92+
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2010 Château Malartic-Lagravière 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Dark garnet, not the most expressive wine of the tasting but in such good balance already, smooth palate, soft tannins. Medium finish. Excellent QPR and so approachable already. 92+
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2010 Château Latour-Martillac 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Similar profile as the Malartic Lagraviere but a touch more complexity. Some floral notes, some earth. Equally well balanced. 92/93+ Excellent wine and best QPR in the tasting in my eyes.
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2010 Château Pape Clément 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Very dark garnet to the rim. Ripe, dark fruit, less oak but more tannic than Smith Haut Lafitte. Medium finish. 91/92+
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2010 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Dark garnet to the rim, big fruit, big oak. Tannins are well in check. Medium + finish. This will need time, can see the quality but a bit too much of everything for me at this point in time. 93+
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2010 Château Figeac 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Dark garnet. A bit closed right now but very well balanced. Dark berries, forest floor, sweet palate however with a great structure. Medium finish. One of the best wines of the tasting in my eyes. 93+
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2010 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
This was one of the last wines I tried before concluding that my palate was getting numb and called it a day. This seemed in good balance but did not seem particularly expressive or interesting. 91+ (?)
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