Community Tasting Note
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Motz wrote: 90 points
December 24, 2018 - From a half. Very interesting, particularly compared to the rustically restrained 2015 vintage tasted recently. This features surprising forwardness and a distracting level of 'sweet' oak staves, even after several hours of air. There is substance to the wine, albeit more suave than powerful. The wine also imparts an impression of compact precision, which the oak overpowers at present. A 'different' style of Sénéjac to be sure.
In sum, not what I expected (given the hype surrounding the 2016 vintage), at least not yet. One might hope that the oak recedes over the next several months, as there is too much of it now. Also, while I do not know the assemblage of previous vintages, this struck me as showcasing Merlot, which lends the wine a certain softness.
The elements that made the 2010 vintage spectacular, brawny structure and deep, inflection changing, substance have gone on hiatus here, at least for now. It does need time, but I do not think it will ever command attention in the way that the 2010 vintage does. 90-91.5 people found this helpful 7,103 views
4 Comments
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wineotim commented:
1/16/19, 3:47 PM - Kind of sad to hear that it doesn't stack up to the '10...
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Motz commented:
1/16/19, 8:03 PM - Time will tell I suppose. I did find several bottles of the 2010 vintage recently.
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Joe the Critic commented:
4/16/19, 9:08 PM - Just opened a bottle from the case I bought en primeur, and found it lovely -- a bit confected at present, but loads of sweet cassis, acidity in balance, and the gentlest of tannins. The wine was evolving in the glass from minute to minute, and the confected fruit became more pure with air. I never tasted the 2010, but this is head and shoulders better than their mediocre 2014.
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Motz commented:
4/19/19, 10:41 AM - Hi Joe. The 2010 vintage ranks among the best Bordeaux values that I have come across...rustic to its core. In this way, that vintage was the proverbial apple, which once tasted remains forever etched in one's (wine) psyche. I agree that this vintage is marginally better than the 2014,...although not as good as the 2015. It is quite modern, excessively oaky and polished, especially compared to the 2010.