Chateau Saint-Pierre - Saint-Julien 2010 (750ml)
Price: $103.00
| Producer | Chateau Saint-Pierre |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Sku | 123978 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
"The final blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot has resulted in a wine of great power stature gravitas and density. The wine has a black purple color and a brilliant nose of scorched earth creme de cassis espresso roast blackberries truffles and licorice. Full-bodied extremely powerful yet with abundant sweet tannin this stunning effort should prove sensational if given 7-10 years of cellaring. It should also last for 30-40 years."
Jane Anson: 97 Points
Deep plum colour oyster shell salinity on the first nose a classic signature of 2010 that is quickly followed up by bitter black chocolate and tight liquorice root. Great quality just a stunning sleek damson and cassis-filled wine but these bristling tannins remain very much in control right now and I suggest giving it a good few more years before the excellence is truly released. No question in my mind that it is going to storm into the top of St Julien when fully in its drinking window. 50% new oak 44hl/h yield.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
The 2010 from Chateau Saint-Pierre is a straight up tour de force that?s an incredible value in today?s market. Inky colored deep rich and sensationally concentrated yet also fresh and lively it gives up tons of minerality in its graphite chocolate covered black cherries currants scorched earth and licorice aromas and flavors. It?s still a baby yet the tannins are sweet it has fabulous purity of fruit and huge finish. Give bottles another 2-4 years and enjoy over the following 3-4 decades.
The Wine Independent: 95 Points
The 2010 Saint-Pierre is deep garnet in color. It flies out with open-knit mature scents of cigar box cast-iron pan and dusty soil over a core of Christmas cake figs and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied the palate is packed with evolved muscular fruits supported by firm chewy tannins and lively acidity finishing long and mineral-laced. 02/23
Vinous: 94 Points
"Good bright ruby. Knockout nose combines blackberry cassis minerals espresso and nutty oak. Dense sweet plush and deep with a texture of liquid velvet and subtle floral lift. This impeccably balanced and seamless wine actually shut down in the glass and showed a serious underlying structure. A great and eminently ageworthy vintage for this Saint-Julien estate whose wines have been on fire in recent years."
