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Bordeaux 2010: All That Glitters… (May 2011)

(75% merlot, 24% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon; 3.65 pH; 88 IPT; 14.2% alcohol) Dark ruby. Lovely high-pitched floral/mineral aromas of cassis and coffee. Fresh and perfumed in the mouth, offering concentrated flavors similar to the aromas. This juicy, fresh wine finishes a little simple, but with good grip and a lingering floral quality.

Bordeaux 2010: All That Glitters… (May 2011)

(78% cabernet sauvignon, 19% merlot, 2% petit verdot and 1% cabernet franc; 13.5% alcohol) Bright, dark red. Floral, fruity aromas of red berries, plum, red cherry and minerals, with the fruit element intensifying with aeration. In the mouth, bright red berry and sweet spice flavors are joined by a strong mineral quality and lifted by…

Squares & Circles: Bordeaux ‘10 At Ten (Apr 2020)

The 2010 Batailley has a vivacious, outgoing and quintessentially Pauillac nose with blackberry, mint and graphite bursting from the glass and demanding attention! The palate is medium-bodied with ample black fruit laced with graphite, sage and cracked black pepper. Wonderful depth and grip here, fanning out nicely towards the finish where there is a soupçon…

2011 Bordeaux from the Bottle (Jul 2014)

Good full ruby-red. Perfumed aromas of blackcurrant, fresh herbs and cocoa. Sweet, round and nicely vinous, with good depth to the flavors of chocolatey dark fruits and spicy underbrush. Finishes with fine-grained tannins, firm structure and lingering cocoa and floral notes. Offers plenty of early appeal and better texture than many 2011s.

The Comedown: Bordeaux 2011 Ten-Years-On (Apr 2022)

The 2011 Langoa-Barton has an open nose, well defined, a little lean at first though it gains more fruit intensity with aeration. Quite conservative compared to its peers though. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, a little oaky perhaps, decent depth with a touch of black pepper and tobacco. What is missing is just…

Bordeaux 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (May 2013)

(67% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot and 3% petit verdot). Dark ruby. Raspberry, rose petal and violet on the nose; grew purer and more floral with aeration. Sweet and seamless but a bit diffuse, this wine showed an increasingly sappy quality and lovely violet and blackcurrant flavors as it opened in the glass. A firm edge…