Médoc Crus Classés
Château Pédesclaux 2010
Pauillac, Cru Classé
The nose is aromatic, racy and offers power (full of finesse), a good definition and elegance. It reveals notes of quite ripe wild blackberry, quite ripe strawberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of dry mild tobacco, zan, a racy minerality (almost ioded) as well as fine hints of crushed raspberry, grey pepper and a subtle hint of underwood. The palate is racy, mineral and offers tension, justness as well as concentration (full of justness), powerful, silkiness as well as a fine on-hold side, richness/ matter and a fine freshness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy wild cassis, dry wild strawberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of small dry wild fruits, raspberry, rose, clove as well as a subtle hint of tobacco, camphor, dry almond, small hints of underwood and a racy/iodine minerality. Good length. Score : 17.25/20 (94-95/100)
Château Lynch-Moussas 2010
Pauillac Grand Cru Classé
The nose is fresh, elegant and offers an aromatic power as well as complexity. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of quite ripe raspberry, dry cherryand small notes of quite ripe cassis associated with touches of violet, wild strawberry as well as hints of underwood, camphor, toasted almond, a hint of truffle, black pepper and bergamot. The palate is fruity and offers freshness, minerality, gourmandize, elegance, volume as well as gourmandize, ampleness, a certain richness, fullness, a mineral frame, a beautiful definition and a small unctuosity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of quite ripe raspberry, wild strawberry, small nots of crushed cassis associated with touches of violet, lily as well as hints of almond, nutmeg, very discreet hints of underwood, a subtle hint of cinnamon and bergamot. Tannins are finely firm. A fine salinity on the finish/persistence.
Score : 16.75/20 (93-94/100)
Château Batailley 2010
Pauillac, Grand Cru Classé
The nose is aromatic, racy and offers a small concentration, a certain power, deepness and a small side of hot gravels. It reveals notes of quite ripe raspberry, ripe wild cassis and small notes of hot gravels associated with touches of Sichuan pepper, fresh mild tobacco as well as hints of underwood and a discreet hint of cuben pepper. The palate is fruity, fresh, mineral and offers gourmandize, tension, finesse, a beautiful finesse of the grain, an aerial side, a stretchy/in tension side and a fine acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/ripe blackberry, wild raspberry and small notes of cassis associated with touches of pulpy/juicy blue plum, cornflower, liquorice, fine hints of toasted, caramelization, tobacco as well as very fine hints of clove, underwood and a very discreet hint of vanilla (in the background). Good length. Tannins are elegant, precise and relatively chewy.
Score : 16.75/20 (93-94/100)
Château Saint-Pierre 2010
Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is aromatic, very finely tight and offers elegance, a fine grain as well as power (full of control). This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of griotte cherry, cornflower, blackberry and small notes of small red fruits, tonka bean, cuben pepper, spices, underwood, a very fine hint of truffle and an imperceptible saline hint. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, finely tight and offers a juicy/acidulous frame, a good definition, gourmandize, suavity, a small tension, power, a quite ripe fruit and an acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of quite ripe raspberry, juicy/ripe cassis and small notes of dry wild strawberry associated with touches of small juicy/pulpy red fruits, violet, lily as well as fine hints of cardamom, clove, a very fine hint of toasted and crushed almond. Tannins are finely marked. A very discreet chew on the finish/persistence.
Score : 17/20 (94/100)
Château Lynch Bages 2010
Pauillac, Cru Classé
The nose is beautifully built, elegant, racy and offers a beautiful power (full of delicacy), a multi-layer side, deepness, density, a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as complexity. This wine should be decanted and needs patience during tasting. It reveals notes of quite ripe wild strawberry, bright wild blackberry and small notes of quite ripe raspberry associated with small touches of Sichuan pepper, small blue fruits, lily, cornflower as well as hints of incense, sweet spices, toasted, nutmeg, a very discreet hint of clove, underwood, an imperceptible saline hint and mild tobacco. The palate is elegant, delicate, juicy, fresh, beautifully powerful (full of controlled), very finely tight, racy and offers density, deepness, a multi-layer side, structure and a beautiful finesse of the fat. On the palate this wine expresses notes of bright wild blackberry, ripe wild raspberry and small notes of small wild fruits associated with a touch of fresh plum, violet, lily as well as hints of mild tobacco, clove and an imperceptible hint of underwood. Tannins are racy. Good length and persistence. A very discreet firmness on the persistence. A beautiful wine! Score : 18/20 (96/100)
Château Pontet-Canet 2010
Pauillac, Grand Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, beautifully concentrated (full of finesse), freshness, deepness and a fine power. It reveals notes of quite ripe cassis, small ripe black wild berries associated with touches of incense, small crushed red berries, Sichuan pepper, griotte cherry as well as fine hints of strawberry, strawberry flowers, violet, cardamom and very discreet hints of sweet spices. The palate is elegant, fresh, wellbalanced and offers a good definition, silkiness, gourmandize, a fine acidulous frame, precision, a beautiful suavity, delicacy as well as power, concentration (full of delicacy), distinction, fullness and sapidity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of quite ripe cassis, violet plum and small notes of violet associated with touches of camphor, small quite ripe wild black fruits, saffron, sweet spices as well as hints of racy minerality, discreet hints of tobacco, clove and cigar (in the background). Tannins are elegant, precise and finely chewy. Good length. Score : 19.25/20 (98-99/100)
Château Pichon Baron 2010
Pauillac, Cru Classé
The nose is fresh, mineral, elegance, racy and offers a certain concentration. It reveals notes of quite ripe wild blackberry, raspberry and small notes of dry violet associated with touches of clove, nutmeg, lily as well as fine hints of dry plum, discreet hints of tobacco, underwood and an imperceptible hint of grey pepper. The palate is fresh, mineral, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, gourmandize, a beautiful freshness as well as an acidulous frame, tension, precision, a fine aerial side, a certain richness full of control, deepness, a beautiful precise grain and a certain straightness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of quite ripe wild blackberry, raspberry and small notes of redcurrant associated with small touches of dry violet, lily, dry cassis as well as hints of clove associated with small touches of dry violet, lily, dry cassis as well as hints of clove, a racy minerality, tonka bean, an imperceptible hint of hazelnut, almond and chocolate. A beautiful acidulous on the finish/persistence.
Score : 19/20 (98/100)
Château D’Armailhac 2010
Pauillac, Cru Classé
The nose is fresh, powerful, elegant, racy and offers a beautiful fine/very finely tight grain, a flowery side and complexity. It reveals notes of Boysen berry, violet and small notes of wild cassis associated with touches of Sichuan pepper, peony, lily, fresh nutmeg as well as hints of racy minerality, clove, fine hints of fresh tobacco and an imperceptible hint of fresh truffle. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a juicy/mineral frame, a good definition, gourmandize as well as a certain tension, a racy minerality, precision, a beautiful very tight finesse of the grain, a fine flowery side, fullness, a fine spheric side and a small fat. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy cassis, violet, lily and small notes of Boysen berry associated with touches of small quite ripe red berries, cherry, peony as well as fine hints of dry tobacco, Sichuan pepper, rose, clove, very discreet hints of underwood and a subtle hint of mocha. An imperceptible almost iodine hint (brings sapidity) on the finish/persistence. Tannins are elegant and finely firm.
Score : 17.25/20 (94-95/100)
Château Clerc Milon 2010
Pauillac, Cru Classé
The nose is powerful, aromatic, racy, full of control and offers precision, intensity (full of finesse) and deepness. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, spices and small notes of dry cassis associated with touches of racy minerality, cardamom, grey pepper as well as hints of underwood and a subtle hint of tobacco. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, racy, elegant, full of length and offers a small straightness, a mineral frame, juiciness, tension, energy, a beautiful finely unctuous touch, a fine/discreetly tight grain, a racy minerality and deepness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/quite ripe wild blackberry, quite ripe cassis and small notes of cherry associated with touches of small berries, tobacco, tonka bean as well as fine hints of underwood, camphor, grey pepper, a racy minerality, discreet hints of dry almond and clove. An imperceptible hint almost iodine on the finish/persistence.
Score : 17/20 (94/100)