This needs time... at the 2nd hour of decant and sadly the end of the glass, things developed rather nicely. The red fruits are there, but a wall of tannins prevails at this stage, maybe the 3rd hour would make things right? I have another and will give it 3 hours next time, but from what I can tell, this is going to be what it is, and I'm not waiting another decade for changes or buying more. That being said, it's an enjoyable wine, a bit dry a bit underdeveloped at this stage, but good nonetheless. It may be caught in a place where the wine needs time, but the sediment may pile up to get you there! 2010 remains one of the best vintages, and when you find those singing now, ohh boy what a song! This is stuck in the middle for now.
HWS Bordeaux 2009 vs 2010 (By me): Dark and red berries in the beautiful bouquet with beautiful oak and some chocolate. On the palate juicy red and dark berries and a firm amount of good and fresh acidity and sticky tannin. Classical and very beautiful complex wine with still a great future until 2035+. For now 92 – 93+.
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Dark chocolate, tobacco, over ripe dark plums, over ripe blackcurrants, ripe black cherries, black licorice and a hint of green bell pepper on the nose. Smells like what I expect for 14 year old Bordeaux, though surprising it smells THIS old given that it's a 2010. Medium + intensity of aromas. On the palate, the oak makes its presence felt. Flavors of cedar wood, smoke, baking spices and anise dominate the over ripe dark fruits. Definitely more secondary than I like my left bank Bordeaux, though with a nice medium + intensity of flavors.
Full bodied with medium acid and medium + tannin. Developing. Will age well for 3-5 more years at least. Maybe 10. To my palate, I'll probably enjoy it more then.
Anyway, this is very much "international style" Bordeaux. It tastes like it could be from Argentina, or Sonoma or...anywhere. It's a style I don't always mind; but for the price of $93 here in California, I'm a little disappointed. And it's not like classified growths really *mean* that much anymore; but I was surprised that a wine so obviously in this style found its way onto a fourth growth (albiet one I am a lot less familiar with).
Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (Eagle Brook CC): Double blind. Deep garnet color. As my nose reaches the glass I am immediately smitten by the black currant, tobacco and graphite aromas I find. Full-bodied and fine-grained, slightly sweet tannins and flavors of red plum, currant and graphite. As it opens in the glass there's a hint of molasses as well. I was thinking mid-2000s Pauillac.
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Good density of tobacco, ripe blackberries, toasted clove and graphite on the nose. Good balance. Palate is a touch woody with firm and ripe tannins. Almost full-bodied. The huge structure is still hiding many finer aromatic elements for now. Finish is long and deep. Need a few more years for the wine to open and tannins to soften.
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En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Three (Bordeaux): Dark hued fruits, plum, liquorice, a little forward, a little over-extracted blackcurrant, leathery notes. Medium plus intensity acidity, grape and wood tannins are drying, black hued fruits, sweet spice with some slightly gamey, meaty notes and a little leather on the palate as well. This is quite forward for a 2010 (for me anyway). Hmm
Opened and decanted for 4 hours. Had with ribeye steak. Was suprised how ready to drink this wine was. Definitely enhanced by the meal. Wine has many more years left to in.
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Decanted for three hours. Full body. Nose and palate of cigar box, black fruit, oak and iron. Tannins and wood are perfectly integrated. An enjoyable 15-plus second finish. "Best the first day" after a few hour decant. This wine is in a great spot right now. Drink it up on day-1 if you can as it loses something afterwards.
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Drank side-by-side with Malartic La Gravie. Both wines were excellent and classic BDX wines. Good value. I would buy in good vintages. This was after a 3 hour decant, though. So still a lot of life left in this wine.
Plenty of sweet cassis on the nose. Firm tannin, medium+ body, with cassis, sweet leather and tobacco, some fresh herbs, great length and beginning to show signs of secondary complex aromas, lovely!
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Rich and ripe nose of dark fruit, sweet spices with lots of oak. Drinks a little bit too modern for me, like a commercial CabSav from Chile. Not much complexity at the moment. 89-91
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Classy and traditional bdx. Big and strong, deep black and inky. 2010 showing its strength perhaps turning what would be a more feminine wine into a bit more a serious. BlackBerry, black currant, earth, tobacco, lavendar. I bought a bunch of the second wine and was really taken with it, so I jumped at the chance to try this. It did not disappoint. This is still young like most 2010.
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PNP, dark cab notes dominate. Fairly closed, licorice, cassis, blackberry, incense. Powerful palate, very compact. just had 2009 recently which was much more forward...as you would expect. Finish is showing a tad short.
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tasted after 2015. A bit more elegant and "classic", still a little restrained and not as flamboyant in comparison, but very good balance of fruit, acidity and tannins. Spicy, intense finish. 91-92+
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Second bottle. Similar experience as previous, very nice wine. Started the bottle with 30min decant. Great tasting bordeaux. Finished 2 days later (vacuum pump). Great tasting wine. Rich in fuits and the traditional bordeaux taste. I personally think is drinking great now. It can improve but you will enjoy it now with some decant.
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Poured one glass, tried off the bottle and left it to air for 1hr. Quite the difference so decant for at least one hour it can use more. Still tannings, softer but there, dark fruit with a cedar, tobacco finish that lingers. I would agree that is more of medium body. Quite enjoyable and of course great vintage helps. I think will improve with a bit more time but drinkable now.
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The Grand Tour - day eight (Bordeaux): Double decanted. Dusty, Ribena, cedar, slight violet and a menthol top note. I also get a smidge of leather and Autumn leaves. Soft but blocky tannins with plentiful spiced cassis. Long. Very pleasant.
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A pleasant surprise. Drank out of curiousity and probably way too early but the wine is surprisingly open after some airing. Will be interesting to follow how it develops
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Plum and blackberry fruit laced with minerals and tobacco. Violets and lavender in the glass... telling you exactly where it is from. Already throwing 2ndary characteristics, even at this young age. My recommendation is to hold for a few more years (it has the acidity to do so) or if drinking now, decant for 2 hours. Outstanding effort.
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This was dark and a bit rustic, but with wonderful aromas of black cherry, sweet herbs and earth. It was soft, elegant and expansive on the palate, with red and blue berry fruit and well-integrated minerality. The finish was long, with spice and mineral tones.
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Bordeaux Confidential USA, nose of plum, lots of tobacco and cigar box here, berry rather than cherry fruit, more of the same on the palate, subdued fruit on the mid palate, some complexity, medium/big body, and medium/long finish.
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Bordeaux Confidential SF (SF): Dark ruby, moderate plus concentration - more extracted. 2011 was rainy, 2010 is a bit more extracted. a little brighter, clear whiff of pyrazines. Beautifully savory pyrazine juice - stewed bell peppers. Underneath, there’s plummy fruit. Ripe. dark fruit. Definitely some new oak whiffs presenting as a bit of animal funk - new oak integrated with light brett influence. Alcohol - 13/13.5? A bit more extraction. This is nice. Aggressive tannins - dry, dusty. Not super extracted but light and flavorful. The intensity of flavors or acid or structure isn’t overwhelming. You have to sort of dig for the core now, so I don’t see these aging too well. 8.5
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Very deep in color and full of tannin. The taste of clay underneath...lighter, more floral up front and dry at the finish. A delightful wine to pair with duck or red meat.
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Again from half bottle, opened before I left for the airport and after nine hours of air the '10 Lichine is a bit more feminine than the last half bottle showing more Margaux flowers but overall I find this to be heavy, over extracted, high in alcohol, oaky...just way too much of everything. A wine for those with something to prove.
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Very saturated purple color. On the nose there is charred caramel, toffee popcorn from the oak which I don't dig but underneath that is a sense I've come to some serious ground with beguiling aromas of a cross of pure red and blue fruit. Purple fruit? There's also a streak of stony minerality but overall the oak today is very distracting. In the mouth I get singed hay, tar, charcoal, fairly high acid, and somewhat grippy tannin. I'm sure the Lichine is staining my teeth to the point I shouldn't go out in public after a few sips. It's strange to me that the '03 Ridge Monte Bello I'm drinking alongside the Lichine is savory and old world and 13.2% while this Bordeaux is 14% and definitely sweet and polished and far from savory. This is an extremely new world wine and I'm not excited about it. Big, saturated, and flashy doesn't mean better. Mother Margaux, where are my flowers?
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UGC 2010 Singapore (Singapore): 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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Soft, round, ripe and filled with black and dark red berries, licorice and earth, the wine ends with fresh, plums, spice and blackberry. The final blend turned out to be 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.
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A touch of coffee on the nose. Much more dense, powerful and tannic than any vintage of Prieure Lichine I have tasted, even compared to the 2009, which was charming. Not sure how this will develop compared to other vintages; first taste a bit confounding. Second taste: much better, showing much more open; nice and pretty. 91-94
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Le Salon du Vin de la Revue du Vin de France 2012 (Brussels): Completely different from the 2009 and very closed at the nose. On the palate it is very deep, the fruit concentration is remarkable, the omnipresent tannins are ripe and pleasant but just too many at the moment. This will need a very long time to somewhat open up and soften. Don't open this if you have it.
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UCGB tasting Bordeaux 2010 (Brussels): Beautiful bouquet with dark fruits and good oak. On the palate a juicy start with ripe cassis, some green bell peppers and round and creamy tannin. Don't know how to describe, but it has its own style. Excellent wine and like most 2010's; do not drink before 2020. 90+
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Prieure-Lichine From a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, the perfume offers aromas of cassis, earth, flowers and spice. Full bodied with soft tannins, the rich cassis, feminine wine ends with an elegant finish. 91-94 Pts
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Closed nose here offering very little, some hints of green unripe fruit; green entry on the palate, brutally tannic and certainly fresh though not showing off much today. 86-89
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5/4/2024 - Marquis du Vin wrote: 89 Points
This needs time... at the 2nd hour of decant and sadly the end of the glass, things developed rather nicely. The red fruits are there, but a wall of tannins prevails at this stage, maybe the 3rd hour would make things right? I have another and will give it 3 hours next time, but from what I can tell, this is going to be what it is, and I'm not waiting another decade for changes or buying more. That being said, it's an enjoyable wine, a bit dry a bit underdeveloped at this stage, but good nonetheless. It may be caught in a place where the wine needs time, but the sediment may pile up to get you there! 2010 remains one of the best vintages, and when you find those singing now, ohh boy what a song! This is stuck in the middle for now.
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4/24/2024 - Zweder Likes this wine: 93 Points
HWS Bordeaux 2009 vs 2010 (By me): Dark and red berries in the beautiful bouquet with beautiful oak and some chocolate. On the palate juicy red and dark berries and a firm amount of good and fresh acidity and sticky tannin. Classical and very beautiful complex wine with still a great future until 2035+. For now 92 – 93+.
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4/20/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 87 Points
Dark chocolate, tobacco, over ripe dark plums, over ripe blackcurrants, ripe black cherries, black licorice and a hint of green bell pepper on the nose. Smells like what I expect for 14 year old Bordeaux, though surprising it smells THIS old given that it's a 2010. Medium + intensity of aromas. On the palate, the oak makes its presence felt. Flavors of cedar wood, smoke, baking spices and anise dominate the over ripe dark fruits. Definitely more secondary than I like my left bank Bordeaux, though with a nice medium + intensity of flavors.
Full bodied with medium acid and medium + tannin. Developing. Will age well for 3-5 more years at least. Maybe 10. To my palate, I'll probably enjoy it more then.
Anyway, this is very much "international style" Bordeaux. It tastes like it could be from Argentina, or Sonoma or...anywhere. It's a style I don't always mind; but for the price of $93 here in California, I'm a little disappointed. And it's not like classified growths really *mean* that much anymore; but I was surprised that a wine so obviously in this style found its way onto a fourth growth (albiet one I am a lot less familiar with).
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11/17/2023 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (Eagle Brook CC): Double blind. Deep garnet color. As my nose reaches the glass I am immediately smitten by the black currant, tobacco and graphite aromas I find. Full-bodied and fine-grained, slightly sweet tannins and flavors of red plum, currant and graphite. As it opens in the glass there's a hint of molasses as well. I was thinking mid-2000s Pauillac.
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7/7/2023 - Psdycp wrote: 91 Points
Good density of tobacco, ripe blackberries, toasted clove and graphite on the nose. Good balance. Palate is a touch woody with firm and ripe tannins. Almost full-bodied. The huge structure is still hiding many finer aromatic elements for now. Finish is long and deep. Need a few more years for the wine to open and tannins to soften.
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4/24/2023 - chatters wrote:
En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Three (Bordeaux): Dark hued fruits, plum, liquorice, a little forward, a little over-extracted blackcurrant, leathery notes. Medium plus intensity acidity, grape and wood tannins are drying, black hued fruits, sweet spice with some slightly gamey, meaty notes and a little leather on the palate as well. This is quite forward for a 2010 (for me anyway). Hmm
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11/23/2022 - chatters wrote:
United Cellars Bordeaux dinner (The Gidley, King Street, Sydney): Biscuit, plums, blackcurrant, herbaceous notes, slightly meaty underpin, smells quite dense, a little leather farmyard and autumn leaves. Juicy acid, savoury, tight tannins, dark hued fruits resolve to blackcurrant and plum, non-intrusive alcohol warmth, long, balanced, pleasing.
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4/25/2022 - chatters wrote:
En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux): Quite forward for the vintage, leather, meaty, savoury black fruit, talc textured tannins. It’s rather lovely but I’d have guessed 05 or 00 if served blind.
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3/11/2022 - JHH51 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted one plus hours. Well made wine but lacks depth and breadth. Still somewhat tannic initially.
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2/24/2022 - Joeyskills Likes this wine:
Earthy, mushroom on the nose. Black fruit. Will revisit tomorrow.
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12/5/2021 - JB12 wrote: 91 Points
Decanted and consumed over an hour. Wine develops in that time and is smooth. Some vanilla and berry flavors, earthy notes as well.
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10/8/2021 - Smithc1214 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened and decanted for 4 hours. Had with ribeye steak. Was suprised how ready to drink this wine was. Definitely enhanced by the meal. Wine has many more years left to in.
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2/15/2021 - ChristoBretts Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for three hours. Full body. Nose and palate of cigar box, black fruit, oak and iron. Tannins and wood are perfectly integrated. An enjoyable 15-plus second finish. "Best the first day" after a few hour decant. This wine is in a great spot right now. Drink it up on day-1 if you can as it loses something afterwards.
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8/21/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank side-by-side with Malartic La Gravie. Both wines were excellent and classic BDX wines. Good value. I would buy in good vintages. This was after a 3 hour decant, though. So still a lot of life left in this wine.
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5/9/2020 - Blauweiss Likes this wine: 92 Points
Plenty of sweet cassis on the nose. Firm tannin, medium+ body, with cassis, sweet leather and tobacco, some fresh herbs, great length and beginning to show signs of secondary complex aromas, lovely!
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1/31/2020 - miadelt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still young but good. Will be even better in 5 years. Drink next 2025.
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11/9/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 90 Points
Rich and ripe nose of dark fruit, sweet spices with lots of oak. Drinks a little bit too modern for me, like a commercial CabSav from Chile. Not much complexity at the moment. 89-91
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1/20/2019 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 93 Points
Classy and traditional bdx. Big and strong, deep black and inky. 2010 showing its strength perhaps turning what would be a more feminine wine into a bit more a serious. BlackBerry, black currant, earth, tobacco, lavendar. I bought a bunch of the second wine and was really taken with it, so I jumped at the chance to try this. It did not disappoint. This is still young like most 2010.
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9/20/2018 - pdev wrote: 89 Points
PNP, dark cab notes dominate. Fairly closed, licorice, cassis, blackberry, incense. Powerful palate, very compact. just had 2009 recently which was much more forward...as you would expect. Finish is showing a tad short.
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6/16/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
tasted after 2015. A bit more elegant and "classic", still a little restrained and not as flamboyant in comparison, but very good balance of fruit, acidity and tannins. Spicy, intense finish. 91-92+
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6/2/2018 - christ80 wrote: 90 Points
smooth and elegant, could be stored for 5 more years but drinking well now
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5/29/2018 - GeorgeGj wrote: 92 Points
Second bottle. Similar experience as previous, very nice wine. Started the bottle with 30min decant. Great tasting bordeaux. Finished 2 days later (vacuum pump). Great tasting wine. Rich in fuits and the traditional bordeaux taste. I personally think is drinking great now. It can improve but you will enjoy it now with some decant.
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2/16/2018 - Larre Likes this wine: 92 Points
Classic and elegant in style.
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12/15/2017 - GeorgeGj wrote: 91 Points
Poured one glass, tried off the bottle and left it to air for 1hr. Quite the difference so decant for at least one hour it can use more. Still tannings, softer but there, dark fruit with a cedar, tobacco finish that lingers. I would agree that is more of medium body. Quite enjoyable and of course great vintage helps. I think will improve with a bit more time but drinkable now.
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12/14/2017 - "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 92 Points
Flott nese, kirsebær, blyantspiss, blomster. Strukturert, tøff, trenger tid. 90-92? (vanskelig å bedømme)
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12/2/2017 - Eugenedinapoli Likes this wine: 91 Points
90 minute decant. Deep Ruby. Floral, red/black berries, medium (medium/light) body, fine tannins, nice mouthfeel. A real lady
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12/1/2017 - Eugenedinapoli wrote: flawed
corked
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11/22/2017 - roelens wrote: 93 Points
Zeer rijke neus en rijp fruit, velours dans la bouche
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10/9/2017 - chatters wrote:
The Grand Tour - day eight (Bordeaux): Double decanted. Dusty, Ribena, cedar, slight violet and a menthol top note. I also get a smidge of leather and Autumn leaves. Soft but blocky tannins with plentiful spiced cassis. Long. Very pleasant.
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9/22/2017 - Honeyburst Likes this wine: 90 Points
A pleasant surprise. Drank out of curiousity and probably way too early but the wine is surprisingly open after some airing. Will be interesting to follow how it develops
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3/5/2017 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
quite nice, with a profile of red currant, black plum, pencil lead, cedar. beautifully balanced acids and tannins.
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2/28/2017 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Plum and blackberry fruit laced with minerals and tobacco. Violets and lavender in the glass... telling you exactly where it is from. Already throwing 2ndary characteristics, even at this young age. My recommendation is to hold for a few more years (it has the acidity to do so) or if drinking now, decant for 2 hours. Outstanding effort.
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8/13/2016 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was dark and a bit rustic, but with wonderful aromas of black cherry, sweet herbs and earth. It was soft, elegant and expansive on the palate, with red and blue berry fruit and well-integrated minerality. The finish was long, with spice and mineral tones.
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5/16/2015 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 89 Points
Bordeaux Confidential USA, nose of plum, lots of tobacco and cigar box here, berry rather than cherry fruit, more of the same on the palate, subdued fruit on the mid palate, some complexity, medium/big body, and medium/long finish.
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5/16/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points
Bordeaux Confidential SF (SF): Dark ruby, moderate plus concentration - more extracted. 2011 was rainy, 2010 is a bit more extracted. a little brighter, clear whiff of pyrazines. Beautifully savory pyrazine juice - stewed bell peppers. Underneath, there’s plummy fruit. Ripe. dark fruit. Definitely some new oak whiffs presenting as a bit of animal funk - new oak integrated with light brett influence. Alcohol - 13/13.5? A bit more extraction. This is nice. Aggressive tannins - dry, dusty. Not super extracted but light and flavorful. The intensity of flavors or acid or structure isn’t overwhelming. You have to sort of dig for the core now, so I don’t see these aging too well.
8.5
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8/31/2014 - adamtaki Likes this wine: 88 Points
Very deep in color and full of tannin. The taste of clay underneath...lighter, more floral up front and dry at the finish. A delightful wine to pair with duck or red meat.
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11/17/2013 - kanjimoti wrote: 88 Points
Again from half bottle, opened before I left for the airport and after nine hours of air the '10 Lichine is a bit more feminine than the last half bottle showing more Margaux flowers but overall I find this to be heavy, over extracted, high in alcohol, oaky...just way too much of everything. A wine for those with something to prove.
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10/21/2013 - kanjimoti wrote: 87 Points
Very saturated purple color. On the nose there is charred caramel, toffee popcorn from the oak which I don't dig but underneath that is a sense I've come to some serious ground with beguiling aromas of a cross of pure red and blue fruit. Purple fruit? There's also a streak of stony minerality but overall the oak today is very distracting. In the mouth I get singed hay, tar, charcoal, fairly high acid, and somewhat grippy tannin. I'm sure the Lichine is staining my teeth to the point I shouldn't go out in public after a few sips. It's strange to me that the '03 Ridge Monte Bello I'm drinking alongside the Lichine is savory and old world and 13.2% while this Bordeaux is 14% and definitely sweet and polished and far from savory. This is an extremely new world wine and I'm not excited about it. Big, saturated, and flashy doesn't mean better. Mother Margaux, where are my flowers?
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2/23/2013 - pavel_p wrote: 89 Points
UGC 2010 Singapore (Singapore): 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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2/13/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
Soft, round, ripe and filled with black and dark red berries, licorice and earth, the wine ends with fresh, plums, spice and blackberry. The final blend turned out to be 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.
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1/22/2013 - yofog wrote: 92 Points
Plush and a bit modern, plenty of new oak, but the quality of the fruit is real and with time this could be very, very good.
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1/21/2013 - amateurwino wrote: 92 Points
A touch of coffee on the nose. Much more dense, powerful and tannic than any vintage of Prieure Lichine I have tasted, even compared to the 2009, which was charming. Not sure how this will develop compared to other vintages; first taste a bit confounding. Second taste: much better, showing much more open; nice and pretty. 91-94
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1/18/2013 - rjonwine@gmail.com Likes this wine: 90 Points
2010 Bordeaux at 2012 Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux Tasting (Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California): Opaque red violet color; tart red currant, herbaceous, cedar nose; tart red currant, herbaceous, cedar palate; medium-plus finish (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot)
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11/12/2012 - vespasian wrote: 91 Points
Quite a rich dark fruited closed nose; a touch of fresh leafiness here. Good weight. Medium format. Tannins could be finer. OK. 90-92
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11/10/2012 - stassivo wrote:
Le Salon du Vin de la Revue du Vin de France 2012 (Brussels): Completely different from the 2009 and very closed at the nose. On the palate it is very deep, the fruit concentration is remarkable, the omnipresent tannins are ripe and pleasant but just too many at the moment. This will need a very long time to somewhat open up and soften. Don't open this if you have it.
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10/30/2012 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
UCGB tasting Bordeaux 2010 (Brussels): Beautiful bouquet with dark fruits and good oak. On the palate a juicy start with ripe cassis, some green bell peppers and round and creamy tannin. Don't know how to describe, but it has its own style. Excellent wine and like most 2010's; do not drink before 2020. 90+
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4/20/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points
Prieure-Lichine From a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, the perfume offers aromas of cassis, earth, flowers and spice. Full bodied with soft tannins, the rich cassis, feminine wine ends with an elegant finish. 91-94 Pts
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4/6/2011 - vespasian wrote: 87 Points
Closed nose here offering very little, some hints of green unripe fruit; green entry on the palate, brutally tannic and certainly fresh though not showing off much today. 86-89
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