2010 Clos Les Lunelles (750ml) (FUTURE ARRIVAL)

WINE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN 2012-14

Vintage: 2010
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Clos Les Lunelles
Vineyard:
Designation:
Appellation: Cotes de Castillon
Producer: Clos Les Lunelles
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Entre-Deux-Mers

Tasting note: 2010: A sensational wine made from 80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc from yields of 25 hectoliters per hectare, and by far the most alcoholic of all the Perse estates (14.4%), this is also the most concentrated and densest wine of the appellation, coming from the clay and limestone plateau of the Cotes de Castillon. A full-bodied beauty, opaque purple in color, with notes of cassis, black raspberry, licorice and camphor, some smoky oak is also present in this super-intense, uber-concentrated wine, which transcends the appellation. Drink it over the next decade. A sleeper of the vintage. (90-93pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: May 2011
Score: 90-93
Drink: 2013-21

Tasting note: This has a lovely balance with dark fruits, cherries and fresh acidity. Full and refined, with lovely fruit. Lovely acidity. (89-90pts. James Suckling)

Tasted: April 2011
Score: 89-90
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: This sports some toasty punch, with dark fig, blueberry sauce and blackberry notes laced with ample toast. A hefty style, but nicely rounded. (89-92pts. JM, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Mar. 2011
Score: 89-92
Drink: N/A