2010 Bordeaux

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

2010 vintage. Decanted and tasted immediately. Lean and mean. Medium body but only because of the concentration. Dark fruits and plenty of espresso influence evident. Slightly less delicate than other P-C efforts fortunate enuff to taste. Tighter than the outstanding 2009 upon initial impressions. Needed more time to coddle this one but couldn't carve it out. ***EDIT 6.27.26***Delectable was having a moment during the review process and couldn't access previous wines/research properly, so went with memory. Ha so bad. It WASN'T the 2009 I thought I previously had. Actually confused vintages and had this exact 2010 vintage on 12.5.25 (9.6) with enough time to appreciate properly. The 2010 quickie was still nice at 9.4 but not nearly as good as being 9.6 romanced properly. 6.20.26. — 8 days ago

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Somm David T

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I might have exited the planet by the time the well made 2010 Bordeaux’s peak.

Château Lagrange

Les Fiefs de Lagrange St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Vintage 2010 | Glad I kept this — 6 months ago

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Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Rim to rim no waver. Slightest bricking. Nose of earth, chocolate, cedar, violet. Palate showing grainy tannins and bing cherry shrouded in black currant with red currant emergent. Black mushrooms have a showy cameo with a chocolate-tobacco high kick. The wine is slightly green and just slightly aggressive though thoroughly enjoyable in every sense. Give this one a couple more years, even if most 10s are showing. Enormous energy with black cherry riding out the sunset.

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— 8 months ago

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Andrew Cullimore

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Lovely wine and nice notes @David Kline , well done!

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

2010. Drinks great. Amazing balance, structured tannins, licorice and bark, solid minerals, organic oak — a year ago

Domaine de Chevalier

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Won a small scale Pessac-Léognan tasting recently. — 3 years ago

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Has moved into the beginning of that drinking window that rewards the patient. Good juice and a great price/value relationship. — 3 years ago

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Château Saint-Pierre

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Very nice floral and fruited nose. Black cherry, black and red fruit together. Savory spices, oak, meaty. Enjoyable but expected more from a 2010. — 3 years ago

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How much$?
Nathan Renfro

Nathan Renfro

Got it fairly recently for $90

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Paul K
9.6

Blown away — a month ago

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It tends to do that to you! @Paul K
James K

James K

A 2010?! Wow. Bet it was great.

Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Nice dark fruit on the nose. A bit of tobacco as well. Smooth and well balanced with a long finish Not overly complex but a good sipper — 5 months ago

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Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Jan A
9.7

Young ish, wait 5 years — 7 months ago

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Château d'Armailhac

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Vintage 2010 | last year our Brabantse Wine Society wine friends @Eric Hoepelman @Willem Jan Withagen @Rob van Kalmthout @Martijn went to the worldchampionship blindtasting and visited Mouton R. This year they are so kind to share experiences with @Berry Marinussen @Liselotte Brouwers Maarten Drop and myself who will attend this year in Jura. This was one of the beautiful wines in the line up — 10 months ago

Dave, Jeroen and 18 others liked this

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Great still needs a lot more time — a year ago

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Château Giscours

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Typical Margaux from a great vintage, can’t go wrong — 3 years ago

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2010 needs a lot of cellaring. Better things in old age.

Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Le Petit Haut Lafitte Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

We had the 2010 Vintage on 8/19-20/23. A wonderful wine. Full bodied but still Old World. The bouquet was very Bordeaux with aroma of graphite, tobacco and cigar box. Blackberry, plum on the palate. Real good for a second label — 3 years ago

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Decant and pour.  On the nose:  dark fruit, pencil shavings, green bell pepper, leather, mushrooms.   Taste:  a brooding, still austere, structured wine with dark fruit, cassis, smoked earth, cigar, minerals, crushed stone.  Some pronounced tannins want you to give it more time for a better score in the future.

At Cote, Last Vegas
— 2 months ago

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Château Cantenac Brown

Margaux Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Great choice for Christmas Prime Rib. Oaky, tannic with blackberry, tart blackberry, plum, 13.5 ABV. Really drinking well and will be even better with more age. Unfortunately, only bottle in my cellar. — 6 months ago

Château Sociando-Mallet

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Medium deep ruby garnet core , quite narrow garnet ruby rim. Grafite , cassis , deeper , darker fruit than the 2017. Blackberry and some ash and tobacco. On the palate this is deeper, with more darker fruit also, grafite , cassis and with a roundness and richness that the 2017 doesn’t have . Quite fresh acidity and gritty tannins , good length with grafite and cassis freshness . This is showing well but can still improve over the next 5 or so years and will last well over the next 10 years if not more . Quite refined , complete and well balanced for Sociando Mallet — 8 months ago

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Château d'Issan

Margaux Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Blend 2010

Not our favorite vintage. Classical claret with lots of finesse, cedar wood, black currant, anise spice, tobacco. Medium bodied with these bold tannins of the year. But with a very light hand and light extraction, this got to be one of the better bottles we had from this highly overrated vintage. Good stuff but will be better with 5 more years in bottle. Like a 1995 but better done. — 10 months ago

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2010 is a vintage for the end of your life if you are 40+ and for your children.
Alexandre Pagliano

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Ditto David !

Château Cos d'Estournel

Les Pagodes de Cos Saint-Estéphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

A caveat - this is direct from the Chateau. I bought a different vintage from a local store and it is quite different. This is just a direct hit for me. Great spine, smooth finish, and great terroir. Even with shipping, this is good value and I just ordered a case of the 2013, 10 years on but direct from chateau. I have a soft spot for Cos having visited with a highly recommended tour with Anais there. We’re fans — 3 years ago

Château Poujeaux

Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Vintage 2010 | charming cigarbox very long aftertaste — 3 years ago

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