Second Sunday Group: 2010 Bordeaux (satellites & "lesser" growths)

Leon's
Tasted Sunday, March 9, 2014 by AllRed with 701 views

Introduction

The 2nd Sunday group gathered for the normal double blind tasting. For this group, we are presented some whites, double blind, as warm ups before the main flight. The whites are discussed & unveiled before moving on to the themed main flight. We spend thirty to forty five minutes or so tasting and evaluating the wines for the main flight before ranking the wines and then making guesses on what we were tasting. Wines are ranked 1-8 and then unveiled from last place to first place. After the tasting, dinner is served with the additional wines brought by the group, nonblind.

All are shown in the order tasted. For this tasting, we had 8 tasters and the cost was $40.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 (8 Notes)

Just about everyone settled on Bordeaux fairly quickly. Taken as a group, they were tight, structured and backward. I would recommend holding these wines for quite a few years- perhaps to 2019.

  • 2010 Château d'Aiguilhe 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux

    Deep inky color with notes of meat, pepper, black fruit, violets and blue fruit. Firm tannins with black cherry, blackberry and roasted herbs. Finishes well. Complex and balanced.

    My #1, Domino #2
    Group #1, 21 pts

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  • 2010 Château Talbot 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Barnyard and dark fruit turning very weedy and vegetal. Red and dark fruit on the palate. Domino thought slightly corked; I wasn't sure, but this was too vegetal for my tastes.

    My #7, Domino #8
    Group #8, 55 pts

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  • 2010 Château Pibran 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Crimson color. Meaty, with white pepper, spice, red & dark fruit aromas. Firm, sweet tannins, with black fruit, pepper and spice. Fleshy.

    My #4, Domino's #1
    Group #4, 36 pts

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  • 2010 Château Poujeaux 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc

    Deep color. Florally- violets and roses, along with dark fruit, chocolate and blue fruit tones. Firm, chalky tannins and flavors of chocolate, dark fruit, spice and florals. Grippy tannins on the finish.

    My #3, Domino #5
    Group #2, 22 pts

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  • 2010 Château Cambon La Pelouse 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc

    Notes of chocolate covered cherries, ripe dark fruit and spice. Shows a bit of heat too. Cherry, currant, spice and vanilla flavors. Grainy, drying tannins. 89+ pts.

    My #5, Domino's #6
    Group #6, 42 pts

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  • 2010 Château Faugères Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

    Deep garnet color. Notes of prunes, dark fruit and spice; perhaps too ripe. Vanilla, red fruit, spice and black fruit flavors. Woody; big and a bit tannic.

    My #8, Domino's #7
    Group #7, 44 pts

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  • 2010 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Deep crimson color. Vanilla, black fruit and pepper notes. Firm tannins with black fruit, spice, earth and currants.

    My #6, Domino's #3
    Group #5, 39 pts

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  • 2010 Château Moulin Haut-Laroque 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Fronsac

    Aromas of chocolate covered cherries, spice, oak, florals and earth. Perfumed and florally. Nice mix of red & dark fruit on the palate, with spice and earth tones. Balanced.

    My #2, Domino's #4
    Group #3, 29 pts

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Flight 3 (6 Notes)

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