2010 wine from Clos Fourtet St Emilion grand cru
The Wine Advocate,
2010 tasting notes RP 98 points
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Drink Date: 2018 - 2058
The wine has an opaque blue/black color and abundant notes of forest floor, spring flowers, black raspberry and blueberry liqueur in the aromatics along with hints of espresso and white chocolate. The wine is dense, full, rich, unctuously textured and very full-bodied, with its extravagant glycerin, fruit and extract covering the wine’s somewhat tannic structure. This is a bigger, more restrained and structured wine than the outrageously flamboyant and prodigious 2009. Give it 5-8 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 30-40 years.
This property has been on fire, qualitatively speaking, for well over a decade. Another compelling effort from the Cuvelier family, the 2010 Clos Fourtet is a blend of 87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc that came in at 14.5% alcohol. Yields were modest at 31 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest was late, starting at the very end of September and not finishing until the beginning of the third week of October.
The wines of Clos Fourtet, Premier Grand Cru Classe, embody the finest of Saint-Emilion. Smooth, intriguing and seductive, their pure natural aromas are delicately woven together in a charming display of the unparalleled potential of our terroir. Our wines mark the culmination of all of our efforts, unveiling themselves as time passes - alive, developing and maturing.
Harvest : 2010
Blending : 88 % Merlot, 8 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 % Cabernet Franc
Alcohol : 14.5 % vol
Ageing : 18 months’ ageing with 80% new barrels
Stocked stored in our warehouse in Derbyshire, we deliver to all of the UK
All prices include the VAT and duty
Bottle size 75cl
