2010 Château Moulin Haut-Laroque

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  11/4/2022 - egoya Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Enjoyable wine, will keep and even get better for another 10 years.

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  10/30/2022 - riskun Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Dark cloudy colour. Nose is nice with a lot of toasty vanilla oak. Not overdone but on the high side of oaked. Blackberry and currant. Entry is nice fruit with the mid mouth turning quickly vegetable, herbal. Finish with pepper and mid grained tannins. This is not the most elegant or refined bottle, frankly. The greenish, herbal coming quickly is not my favorite. Extended to 2030.

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  9/6/2021 - nebbiolo666 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This wine was in perfect condition of it's drinking window.
  
  The colour is deep and alive. Garnet with a ruby center. In the glass wine is bold and painting.
  
  The nose is pure, distinctive and balanced. Mostly fruity without a "lacquer". Medium+ intensive with black forest berries, blackcurrant jam and cranberries with hints of herbs.
  
  On the palate wine is strong and alive. Fruitiness makes it not s odry. There is cherries, blackcurrant, confiture and cigar box. Tannins and acidity is in very good condition.

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  6/29/2020 - Cailles wrote: 88 Points

  Bordeaux 2010 - 10 Years On - 61 Reds: Bordeaux 2010 after 10 years. 61 reds, mostly big names, tasted blind. Average score 92.1 and lower than the more open and charming 2009 vintage last year (93.4). A few observations: A) It’s not yet the harmonious, complex, classic, clean vintage. Especially the masculine appellations of the left bank need at least 5 more years to just open up, potentially longer to soften. B) Left bank trumps right bank thanks to less detectable alcohol, cleaner lines and the two best wines of the vintage (Mouton, Margaux). C) Pomerol shines bright with many strong wines which can all mask the high alcohol levels (best AOC slightly ahead of Pauillac). D) As in 2009, there are several right banks already past peak, incl. big names (Duffau Lagarosse, Ausone). All in all, 2010 is a very good vintage with pockets of greatness but today 2009 shows more open and hence complex. More information, top and worst 10 list, appellation rankings from five participants in the story link.
  
  TN: Complete fail and one of the worst wines in the tasting for me and the group. No bouquet, astringent, drying and alcoholic on the palate. Nothing positive to report here.
  
  Decanting: I would try a long decant but not sure that it will make the experience much better.
  
  Group average: 88.8
  Group rank: number 58 out of 61 wines

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  6/22/2020 - sirpat00 wrote: 90 Points

  Grand Bordeaux 2010 ten years on tasting; 6/21/2020-6/22/2020 (Fribourg): Big Bordeaux 2010 2-day horizontal hosted by a private collector. My 3 main takeaways from the vintage were 1) more frequent perception of heat, 2) a slightly stronger left bank and a less consistent right bank, 3) while in general it is still too early to pop the 2010s, wine selection is key as some appear to be in decline already, especially on the right bank. The top wines were Mouton (99), Margaux (98) and VCC (98). The biggest positive surprise was Clos Manou (95). Biggest disappointment was Pape Clement (86). More details and complete tasting overview included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Red fruit, dried tomato, dark leather and wet earth. Comes across slightly wild on the palate.

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