Community Tasting Note

• Collector1855 wrote: 94 points

  October 2, 2021 - During a structured blind tasting of a few top names of Bordeaux 2010. After having tasted all these wines on release I would give the following advice. 1) The quality is top, a very grand vintage 2) The wines are sometimes quite massive, bordering Napaesque 3) Tons of fruit and tons of tannins, but ripe tannins, don't be worried about them, time will be nice to Bdx2010 4) Most importantly: After 10 years there are almost zero tertiary notes in any of the top wines. So don't touch them till they are 20 years old, yes that means not before 2030. I made the mistake drinking some of my Bordeaux 2000 with 10 to 15 years of age and I deeply regret that now. I will not make that mistake again with the 2010s. Hands off for now!
  TN: Decanted for 2h. Quite oaky in the nose, Rich and ripe with great tannins proving structure. Very young. This will need a lot of time to integrate the oak further. Hard to judge what it will be when mature. 94+ for today's showing

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• JohnnyBark commented:

  10/14/21, 7:20 PM - I’m opening ‘09 and ‘10 along side some others from the vintage tomorrow for a group of friends. This is a great note to game plan with. I wasn’t quite sure when and how long to decant this beast. I’ll definitely have to hold on to the balance of my bottles.

• Collector1855 commented:

  10/15/21, 4:06 AM - Great, looking forward to your take and tasting notes.

• A&C commented:

  11/27/21, 4:13 PM - I totally agree. I opened my 2010 too early this year. I should have waited another decade.

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