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2010 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
For laying down
Robert Parker
94/100
17/20
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
James Molesworth
90-93/100
Robert Parker
94/100
Product: 20108011853
2010 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

The 2010 Ch. Talbot is a favourite with many, and with good reason. Don't expect huge detail and complexity, but what it does provide is great focus, a depth of crunchy bright fruit which builds on the palate and serious structure. This is a very generous wine with superb length on a fresh and uplifting finish, perhaps the best since the great 1986?

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Talbot

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 94/100
One of the best Talbots over recent years, and possibly the best since the 1986 and 1982, this sexy juggernaut of a wine struts forth with an opaque plum/ruby/purple color and terrific notes of creme de cassis, licorice, roasted herbs and smoky barbecue. It is a brilliant effort, with full body, wonderful fruit, a savory, expansive mouthfeel, sensational texture and a long finish, but no hardness or astringency. This is a fabulous Talbot to drink over the next 20-25 years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 28/02/2013
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Feb 2013)
17/20
Rich, very ripe cassis Cabernet fruit, smooth, even succulent flavours, quite an open style in the 2010 vintage.
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Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Dark crimson. Delightful, rather floral fragrance. Medium weight. Polished and fine. A really very winning wine with great balance even if it is not the most intense 2010. For relatively early drinking. jancis_robinson_mw MW- jancis_robinson_mw.com, Apr 2011
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2011)
James Molesworth 90-93/100
The 2010 Ch. Talbot isplump and rather open, with delicious plum, raspberry and black cherry fruit melded with spice and anise. This has a nice chocolaty finish, with a velvety feel. james_molesworth – The Wine Spectator – Mar 2011
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Mar 2011)
Robert Parker 94/100
One of the best Talbots over recent years, and possibly the best since the 1986 and 1982, this sexy juggernaut of a wine struts forth with an opaque plum/ruby/purple color and terrific notes of creme de cassis, licorice, roasted herbs and smoky barbecue. It is a brilliant effort, with full body, wonderful fruit, a savory, expansive mouthfeel, sensational texture and a long finish, but no hardness or astringency. This is a fabulous Talbot to drink over the next 20-25 years. robert_parker - Wine Advocate - Feb 2013 Abundant amounts of sweet, up-front fruit give this wine a precocious appeal compared to many of its brethren. It exhibits a dense plum/ruby/purple hue along with sweet boysenberry, black currant, cherry, smoke and licorice aromas and flavors. This deep, medium to full-bodied, classic Talbot should be approachable when released, and age effortlessly for 15 or more years. robert_parker- Wine Advocate- May 2011
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (May 2011)

About this wine

Chateau Talbot

Château Talbot is one of the best-known Bordeaux wine estates to a UK audience, not surprisingly because it takes its name from John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, who in 1453 suffered the ignominy of losing the  battle, and with it his life, which allowed Bordeaux and its vineyards to slip back into French control after belonging to the British Crown for over 340 years. In the last century it has been owned by the Cordier family, and the red wine of the estate has long enjoyed a reputation for solid dependability. It is one of the largest estates in the Médoc and its 102 hectare single vineyard is situated inland from the Gironde River and west of the hamlet of St-Julien-Beychevelle.
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