2010 Wine

The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Benchland Select offers abundant blueberry and black currant fruit intermixed with notions of spring flowers. Deep rich and full-bodied it comes across like a great classic Napa Cabernet. Nothing is... Read More

Tasted at the Union de Grand Cru in London. This estate has been producing excellent white wines of late and the 2010 has a lot to offer. It is bestowed with a fragrant lime and passion fruit tinged bouquet with hints of melted... Read More

We were very much in the years here where Malartic was flexing its muscles and rising through the ranks of Pessac Léognan. With this wine you get not just potential for future development from this point but also tons of pleasure... Read More

Deep garnet colored the 2010 Malescot St. Exupery wafts gracefully out of the glass with scents of potpourri raspberry coulis and kirsch over a cassis and warm plums core with a touch of pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied... Read More

Deep garnet in color the 2010 Château Margaux features notions of minted blackcurrants new leather and Black Forest cake with nuances of sautéed herbs tar underbrush and wild fungi plus a waft of cedar. Full-bodied the palate... Read More

Deep garnet in color the 2010 Rauzan-Ségla is youthfully reticent and closed to begin slowly unfurling to offer notions of underbrush black truffles smoked meats and tar over a core of baked black cherries prunes and crème de... Read More

"The final blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot has resulted in a wine of great power stature gravitas and density. The wine has a black purple color and a brilliant nose of scorched earth creme de cassis espresso roast... Read More

Cellar Selection* A great wine packed with black currant fruits sweet tannins and beautiful acidity. Made by the team at Léoville las Cases this wine reveals an elegant restrained structure ripe and delicious fruit and a darker... Read More

This is one of my all-time favorite wines from Domaine de Chevalier a silky rather classic Pessac-Leognan with notes of scorched earth tobacco leaf and black and red currants but no hard edges. Fragrant complex aromatics are followed... Read More

Lisini's 2010 Brunello di Montalcino opens to dark concentration and extraction. On first nose it shows floral aromas of pressed rose and violet but after a few minutes in the glass the wine begins to offer dark cherry dried... Read More

Leather truffle underbrush and spice aromas swirl around the core of sweet cherry and raspberry in this multifaceted red. Vivid and firmly structured with a lingering aftertaste of mineral and tobacco. Austere now but this should... Read More

This complex red shows a duality between its rose strawberry and currant aromas and its savory notes of earth tobacco and mineral. The muscular structure is more allied to the latter but this remains fresh resonant and long. You... Read More

Mastrojanni's 2010 Brunello di Montalcino marks a gorgeous effort that excels beautifully in terms of intensity finesse and balance. The wine shows seamless integration of bright fruit tones that are characteristic of the... Read More