So what about 2010?
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:05 am
Vintage generalization is unfair. So many things can in grape growing, winemaking, oak aging, influence and change the wine in different ways. Personal taste is also something very non precised.
Drinking Château Latour 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, and all other great growths, and détermine which is the best vintage is a really tough job.
But, I'm with AlexR and some others, that the truth is "clearer" when you taste the "regular" red Bordeaux in these vintages. These producers don't have the same ressources to produce their wines, and the vintage has way more impact on their wine.
So, tonight, I opened an inexpensive 2010 Château Terrasson, that you probably never heard of. This is from the AOC Côtes de Bordeaux, from the Côtes de Castillon area. 70% Merlot, 15% of each cabernet.the color is medium red. Nose is light to medium power, on the traditionnal red berries, Merlot light plummy cherries, light oak and spices. With that little something like sweet tobacco. In mouth, this is fair, well fruited, with good acid cherries, light vanilla, oak, more ripe pomegranate, light vegetals, good tannins, and a decent long red currant finish. Stay balanced. Very nice, that deserved a TN of 84. No greeness, no hard edge, full of Bordeaux character and very light austerity. To me, that wine shoes that 2010 is something special, not as intense as the little Bordeaux from 2005 that will hold for 10-12 years easily, or the lush 2009 small Bordeaux that are very good now but a bit low on acids. That 2010 is good now, but is like a mix of the two others, but with more acids.
This is a simple analysis, but this wine is also balanced, proof that it should hold for 7 years easily. So personnally, and If I include the 2000 vintage, with my limited experience, i would say that 2010 seems like my third favorite vintage since 2000, behind 2005 and 2000.
Nic
Drinking Château Latour 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, and all other great growths, and détermine which is the best vintage is a really tough job.
But, I'm with AlexR and some others, that the truth is "clearer" when you taste the "regular" red Bordeaux in these vintages. These producers don't have the same ressources to produce their wines, and the vintage has way more impact on their wine.
So, tonight, I opened an inexpensive 2010 Château Terrasson, that you probably never heard of. This is from the AOC Côtes de Bordeaux, from the Côtes de Castillon area. 70% Merlot, 15% of each cabernet.the color is medium red. Nose is light to medium power, on the traditionnal red berries, Merlot light plummy cherries, light oak and spices. With that little something like sweet tobacco. In mouth, this is fair, well fruited, with good acid cherries, light vanilla, oak, more ripe pomegranate, light vegetals, good tannins, and a decent long red currant finish. Stay balanced. Very nice, that deserved a TN of 84. No greeness, no hard edge, full of Bordeaux character and very light austerity. To me, that wine shoes that 2010 is something special, not as intense as the little Bordeaux from 2005 that will hold for 10-12 years easily, or the lush 2009 small Bordeaux that are very good now but a bit low on acids. That 2010 is good now, but is like a mix of the two others, but with more acids.
This is a simple analysis, but this wine is also balanced, proof that it should hold for 7 years easily. So personnally, and If I include the 2000 vintage, with my limited experience, i would say that 2010 seems like my third favorite vintage since 2000, behind 2005 and 2000.
Nic