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Essence De Dourthe 2010

Bordeaux, France

Community Score: 4.7/5
Community Reviews: 12

Price: $300.00

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 13.5%

Drink: 2018-2035

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Essence De Dourthe

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 91/100 with the following review:

This wine is the pride and joy of the Vignobles Dourthe profile. It's a New World approach of focusing in on the best grown grapes sourced from all over Bordeaux, from their varied estate holdings. The result is meant to be a combination of the best Bordeaux grapes from the places they grow best.
Pretty hedonistic and likely to do well in a North American market.
The colour is a glass-coating deep ruby, with a bit of bricking.
Loads of dark, juicy fruit aromas. Some roasty coffee notes too. Fig jam, olive tapenade, underbrush, cigar box, and coca powder.
Great flavours of dark chocolate, damson, Christmas cake, pipe tobacco, mint, blackberry, cassis jam, and black cherry.
This one came from Château Belgrave (Haut Medoc), Château Le Boscq (St. Estephe), Château La Garde (Pessac Leognan), and Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac (St.Emilion Grand Cru). Mostly Merlot and Cab Sauv, with a dash of Franc and Verdot.
They spared no expense. No cost ceiling, according to them. They asked their vignerons to help construct the best quality wine they could, from the constituent grapes.
They only make this on good vintages. The 2010 one is obviously pretty dense, considering how awesome a vintage that was.
Dense and ageworthy. Drink it now, or in five to ten years. Put it alongside fresh figs, dates, and Beemster.

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