Community Tasting Notes 25

• Ianjaig Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 29, 2024 - My last bottle of this bought EP. Perhaps the most complex of the three wines had - full bodied, tannic and earthy with a long finish. It did change quite a bit during the night with some 'dustiness' coming through as well. An interesting wine.

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• Ianjaig wrote: 88 points

  November 22, 2022 - Day one and this is quite a different beast to what I remember. Surprisingly modern, with chocolate & oak dominating. Somewhat syrupy. Day 2 and there is now a burnt, bitterness to this - unpleasant. Thankfully this dissipates and the earthy, tannic profile I remember upon release reveals itself. This may be going through an awkward phase or needed a lengthy decant. Will hold remaining bottle for a few years to see how it develops.

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• aelrod wrote:

  September 3, 2022 - Extremely acidic

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• ohne_musik wrote: 88 points

  May 25, 2022 - At PnP, this is thick, dark, highly extracted, a bit backwards, and a bit blowsy. Tar, dense minerality, and thick black fruit, and vanillin-oak… yet curiously hollow on the mid-palate. Reminds me more of 2010 St Emilion, which isn't really a compliment.
  
  Day 2 this shows much more restraint and balance, and there's a bit more of a cool, classic St. Estephe character, even if it edges towards ponderous. Pretty red/purple plum fruit, gravelly mineral, still lacking a bit of amplitude in the mid-palate. Oak is much better integrated but still very noticeable. Probably still 5 years away from being fully ready - drink with a 3-4 hour decant now.

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• Amberissey Likes this wine: 88 points

  October 9, 2021 - PnP. Nicely intense nose of black fruit, tar, gravel minerality, chocolate, and wet forest, but more of a spring forest rather than autumn. Adding liquorice and pepper on the palette. Very ripe black fruit, juicy, but with plenty of acidity to balance it out. A tiny bit hot. After a while tobacco added to the bouquet and palette, and some fresh leather, which is dominant on the finish. All same on second day. There is a lot going on, but it’s a bit unharmonious at the moment. I’d try it again in a few years, hopefully will find a bit more balance. Great potential. Excellent qpr at £30 from local wine shop

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Marquis de Calon
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Estèphe
• UPC Codes 3251091203796, 3303292112060, 3612170010887

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• Pending Delivery 4 (1%)
• In Cellars 368 (51%)
• Consumed 352 (49%)

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