2010 Château Cantin

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  10/5/2020 - james05500 wrote: 88 Points

  Rich, dense, liquor like, overwhelmed by oaky notes, 200% of new oak like wine.

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  1/13/2017 - grapenomad wrote: 92 Points

  What a nice color this Right Bank Bordeaux is showing - humongously deep garnet with a chunk of sediment left in the bottle, so, automatically, here's one more reason to finally invest in that decanter you were putting off since last Christmas. I like to say that the nose is typical Bordeaux, i.e. that chances are very, very small to get this region wrong on a blind tasting. It's elegant, smooth, a bit restrained, but leaving out the bullshit completely. Smelling notes of plum, dark cherry, blackberry, raspberry, sweet spices and a whole lotta tertiary tones, coming from bottle aging (mushrooms, wet forest floor, hint of tar and allspice). The palate is rich, juicy and silky at the same time with ripe medium (+) tannins, medium acidity, but powerful alcohol (15,5%, son!). Beautiful balance, structure and depth, but I'd say it needs more primary-tertiary integration. Long finish which last for minutes on end. Paired with homemade cheeseburger with just enough fat to blend everything together perfectly.

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  4/21/2013 - il_diavolo wrote: 89 Points

  Well if 2010 is the restrained classic answer to 2009, someone forgot to send the postcard to cantin. This is huge from the get go: purple colour, huge fruity nose of cassis with noticeable wood. Palate is big and i feel the alcohol but the dark fruit is dense and can just about carry the wood treatment that remain obvious. I liked this as a big, hedonistic wine but the strength of the vintage's fruit probably saved the day here - otherwise the oak would have been too much (buyers of other vintage years beware).

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  12/4/2012 - Man in Black wrote:

  Clean high intensity cherry red with purple rim. Clean medium-low intensity nose, vanilla, ripe red fruit, toffee and hints of coffee. Dry, medium acidity, high tannins, astringent, high body, medium structure. Medium-long aftertaste of medium intensity.

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