Château Gruaud-LaroseSaint-Julien 2010
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet Blend
Bordeaux, France
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Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet BlendBordeaux, FranceChateau Gruaud-Larose has long been considered a gate-keeper of one of St Julien's most formidable cellaring wine styles - a wine that in youth needs time to mesh, but with maturity soars. The estate is competently managed by noted winemaker and grower Georges Pauli and consists of some 84 hectares of vines. Dense gravel soils hold mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, but Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are also planted alongside. This is a full-bodied, full-throttle release set firmly in the vin de garde mould in which cellaring is nearly essential - here, a spell of a decade should serve the wine well, and it will mature well for thirty years.
Chateau Gruaud-Larose has long been considered a gate-keeper of one of St Julien's most formidable cellaring wine styles - a wine that in youth needs time to mesh, but with maturity soars. The estate is competently managed by noted winemaker and grower Georges Pauli and consists of some 84 hectares of vines. Dense gravel soils hold mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, but Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are also planted alongside. This is a full-bodied, full-throttle release set firmly in the vin de garde mould in which cellaring is nearly essential - here, a spell of a decade should serve the wine well, and it will mature well for thirty years.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeCabernet Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionBordeaux
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.0%
- CountryFrance
- Brand NameChâteau Gruaud-Larose
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Vintage 2010
93 points erobertparker.com
Dark garnet/plum/purple, with loads of spice, earth, underbrush, red and black currants, licorice, and even a hint of Provencal garrigue, this full-bodied, tannic, masculine style of St.-Julien needs 5-6 years of cellaring, but is full, beefy, rich and impressively endowed. There are plenty of firm tannins in the background of this blockbuster wine, which has been built for the long haul. This is one 2010 where patience will be required. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040.
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