2010 Château Luchey-Halde

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91 points

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  11/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points

  Ten Vintages Haut Bailly vs Mission HB: Preamble: All wines tasted blind in 10 vintage flights (1994-2015). To every flight one random third wine from Pessac Leognan added (2x Haut Brion, 2x Smith, 2x Pape Clement, 1x Branon, 1x Luchy Halde, 1x Carmes, 1x Chevalier). All wines opened a few hours before consumption but no decanting.
  
  Some findings:
  1) Haut Bailly outperformed Mission (5 vs 4 wins, 92.5 vs 90.5 average). 2) Haut Bailly is a rather structured wine which seems to shine bright in ripe and warm vintages, without any form of excess ripeness or extraction. 3) When done right (05/15), Mission eclipses Haut Bailly with its depth and delineation , but several vintages showed a bit too ripe but especially with the alcohol not well masked (09/10). 4) Pessac wines usually need quite some air to open up. In this setting (no decanting), most wines needed a lot of swirling to fully open up and will need more cellar time. 5) The best wines today were Haut Bailly 09 (96pts) & 10 (95pts) and Mission 05 & 15 (95pts).
  
  TN: Fresh, dark fruited nose, pure dark and blue berries, hints of candied fruit underneath. Intriguing, restrained but still revealing its potential. On the palate this is very fresh, high acid but with round tannins. Probably a touch too acidic. The fruit is quite fresh. . Superb freshness but not much complexity shining through yet. Overall fine but nothing too exciting.
  
  Decanting: An hour or two should do the job.

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  6/29/2020 - Cailles wrote: 91 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: The nose is rather strange with vegetal and some green aromas but the palate shows fine, ripe and slightly candied red and dark red fruit embedded in a classic structure with high but fine tannins and a high but well-integrated acidity. It is not a complex wine but drinks well today.
  
  Decanting: A short decant 1 hour should do the job.
  
  Group average: 90.6
  Group rank: number 49 out of 61 wines

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  6/21/2020 - 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:
  Dark berries and dark barnyard aromatics. A nice nose overall, but heavy-handed palate and balance less than ideal.

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  11/26/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points

  Nose of dark fruit, some smoke, vanilla. A modern and ripe wine but not over the top, remains fresh and elegant enough.

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