"Readers looking for an exuberant, nearly flamboyant, exceptionally well-made St.-Emilion should check out this effort...this cuvee reveals terrific fruit on the attack, mid-palate and finish. The vintage's freshness, precision and zesty acids give uplift to a big, opulent, fleshy wine." Robert Parker
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"A fabulous effort...a wine of impeccable purity, medium to full-bodied power, sweet tannin and stunning texture and length. With superb richness and beautiful overall equilibrium, it will benefit from 4-5 years of cellaring and keep for 25 or more years." Robert Parker
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"The 2010 reveals awesome potential. Deep, full-bodied and pure with singularity, freshness and precision, this stunning 2010 should be accessible in 2-3 years and last for 2-3 decades." Robert Parker
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"Full-bodied, moderately tannic, pure, fresh and precise, this beauty will require lots of patience from prospective purchasers." Robert Parker
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" Displaying more power, depth, muscle and tannin than usual, this opaque ruby/purple-hued 2010 should evolve for 20-25 years." Robert Parker
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"The finest La Chapelle de la Mission ever made (this cuvee now includes the production from the now extinct La Tour Haut-Brion vineyard). With amazing viscosity, a thick, earthy, forest-scented nose and copious quantities of black fruits and minerality, plus full body and supple tannins, it should drink well for 15 or more years." Robert Parker
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"A spectacular success in this vintage...The wine possesses great intensity, a multidimensional mouthfeel, stunning glycerin and richness, and wonderful freshness as well as precision because of the vintage conditions. Equaling what Clinet achieved in 1989 and 1990, it is the third successive great vintage for this estate. " Robert Parker
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"Huge notes of licorice, incense, blackberry and cassis liqueur intermixed with smoke and toast are all present in this full-bodied, opulent, fleshy wine, which has an unctuous texture, super purity, and a long finish. This is a broad, juicy, and savory St.-Emilion that will be drinkable early on and evolve for 12-15+ years." Robert Parker

"Firm, thick and super-concentrated, it is another outrageously impressive wine that will require 6-10 years of cellaring. It should keep for 30+ years. It is somewhat 2005-ish in its structure and palate impression." Robert Parker
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"Offers good muscle and heft, but also the rounded feel of the house style. " Wine Spectator

"Emmanuel Cruse has done a superb job. The dense blue/purple-tinged 2010 reveals notes of violets, blue and black fruits, a striking minerality, excellent purity, texture and length, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel and noticeable but sweet, well-integrated tannins." Robert Parker
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"A truly remarkable wine, with a dense purple color and a beautiful nose of creme de cassis, spring flowers and crushed rock, this full-bodied, sensationally concentrated wine has massive richness, high but very sweet tannin, and stunning purity and depth. Proprietor Bruno Borie seems to have pulled out all the stops in turning out an absolutely compelling effort that is the essence of Ducru Beaucaillou. " Robert Parker
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"A classic Pauillac. Bigger and more muscular than most previous vintages, this full-bodied Pauillac possesses stunning density as well as intensity. " Robert Parker
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"Exuberant and flamboyant with full-bodied richness, stunning purity and an impressive, textured mouthfeel and finish, this beauty should age effortlessly for 12-20 years. " Robert Parker
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"Another remarkable effort from Gazin. This seriously endowed, broodingly backward cuvee requires 6-8 years of cellaring and should keep for decades or more." Robert Parker
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"The over-achieving Giscours has turned in a great performance in 2010. It is very full-bodied and exceptionally opulent, fat and round, but the vintage's acids, precision, high glycerin, alcohol and extract are all present." Robert Parker
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"This gets my nod as the finest Gruaud Larose since the 2000 and 1990. It is full-bodied, dense and powerful, with stunning purity... " Robert Parker
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"An opulently styled effort....seamless integration of acidity, tannin, alcohol and oak is found in this full-bodied yet delicate, precise 2010. There is plenty of tannin but it is well-hidden behind the extravagant quantity of fruit. " Robert Parker
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"Haut-Brion produced a 2010 that should turn out to be one of its all-time greats. Full and opulent with nobility, finesse, purity and elegance, this amazing effort possesses extraordinary levels of extract as well as formidable, but sweet, well-integrated tannins." Robert Parker
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"Proprietor Denis Durantou has again produced one of Bordeaux's most profound wines, which seems to be happening routinely at this tiny estate on the Pomerol plateau....the 2010 is very expansive, multi-dimensional, with stunning purity, richness and equilibrium. The finish is very long, with significant tannins, but they are beautifully integrated. " Robert Parker
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"This is a sensational wine....he wine has fabulous fruit, a multi-dimensional mouthfeel, full-bodied opulence, and a stunning finish." Robert Parker
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"A monumental La Conseillante, the 2010 completes a remarkable decade for this estate...more power, muscle and concentration than most vintages and exquisite elegance, purity and personality. Serious tannin lurks beneath the surface, but the overall impression is of a medium to full-bodied, strikingly deep, beautifully pure, well-balanced wine. " Robert Parker
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"This is an incredible effort...I was dumbfounded-it appeared to have a character nearly identical to the great Petrus! Super-pure, deep and full-bodied, this remarkable wine will be one for the history books. " Robert Parker
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"The 2010 is another superb effort as well as one of the better values in Bordeaux. While uber-concentrated, full-bodied and pure, it retains both elegance and precision as well as a sensational 45-second finish. The suppleness of the tannins and stunning opulence suggest it will drink beautifully for 25+ years. " Robert Parker
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"Nevertheless, the pH is normal which gives the wine an extraordinary precision, freshness and vibrancy despite its massive size. This monumental, full-bodied, incredibly rich La Mission-Haut-Brion will need a decade of cellaring and should last for 40-50 years." Robert Parker
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"An excellent effort...Already complex, it reveals formidably endowed, full-bodied flavors, a skyscraper-like texture, marvelous depth, moderately high tannins and excellent precision as well as freshness (which gives the wine that 2005-like personality). This 2010 will require 4-5 years of cellaring and should age effortlessly for 20-25 years thereafter. " Robert Parker
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"With unreal concentration, full-bodied power, and a precision, freshness and refined level of tannins that are something to behold, this remarkable offering is one of my personal favorites of the vintage. " Robert Parker
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"The 2010 Le Gay is another extraordinary achievement...full-bodied, structured, masculine and backward with abundant minerality as well as ferocious extract and intensity, this 2010 requires at least a decade or cellaring. It should keep for three decades or more. " Robert Parker
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"One of the prodigious wines of the vintage, the Cuvelier family has produced an outstanding 2010. This seamlessly constructed St.-Julien possesses massive concentration, moderately high tannins, abundant glycerin, an unctuous texture, remarkably fresh acids and wonderful precision. " Robert Parker
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"a generously endowed, full-bodied, opulent wine with layers of concentration, a restrained yet exuberant personality, superb fruit purity and a long finish. There is plenty of tannin, no doubt elevated alcohol and wonderful freshness as well as delicacy. " Robert Parker
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"The most measured and polished of all the first growths I tasted, it is also less concentrated than any of the other first growths, but the elegance is classic. The harvest finished on October 15, which was not their latest by any means. This is one of the few first growths of 2010 where the tannins are remarkably delicate and sweet, and the softness of this wine will provide magical drinking at a relatively early age, yet its balance and concentration will carry it for 20 or more years." Robert Parker
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"Jean Delmas believes this is one of the all-time great wines of Montrose...Somewhat reminiscent of the 1989, only even inkier and richer. The tannins are less intrusive than I would have suspected for such a young Montrose, but they are unquestionably ripe and well-integrated. Deep, full-bodied and massive, this beauty should be at its finest between 2018-2050." Robert Parker
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"This backward, tannic, full-bodied, exceptionally promising 2010 reveals enormous weight along with extravagant levels of precise, fresh boysenberry and creme de cassis fruit. The abundant minerality is due no doubt to the fresh acidity." Robert Parker
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"A prodigious, blockbuster effort from Pichon Longueville Baron...It was absolutely compelling on each of the three times I tasted it. Stunningly pure and unctuously textured with high but sweet, well-integrated tannins, this superstar of the vintage is definitely a wine to purchase as a future. " Robert Parker
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"it reveals an opaque purple color as well as a thick, unctuous style with fresh blackberry and cassis fruit intermixed with hints of graphite, herbs and coffee. The vintage's tell-tale minerality is present in this structured, tannic, backward effort. It will require 5-6 years of cellaring and should age for 25-30 years." Robert Parker
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"A remarkable, full-bodied effort (as was the estate's 2009 and 2008), like so many recent vintages from proprietor Alfred Tesseron, it is of first-growth quality (some may even argue that it eclipses several first-growths). Multidimensional with massive concentration as well as vivid purity, precision and freshness, this is another astonishing effort from an obsessive/compulsive proprietor who is doing everything right." Robert Parker
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"Resurrected by Christian Moueix, the classic 2010 is similar in style and personality to that of the great Moueix estate of Chateau Trotanoy." Robert Parker
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"A candidate for one of the top wines of this remarkable vintage, it offers a thunderball of fruit, extract, glycerin and intensity... amazing concentration, unbelievable opulence and intense, but sweet, well-integrated tannins. Moreover, because of lower pH's and higher total acids across the board in 2010, the overall impression is one of elegance, freshness and precision." Robert Parker
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"An amazing wine, the 2010 is right up there with the extraordinary quality of 2009, 2005 and 1990. A seriously concentrated, super-intense mouthfeel, full-bodied power, a complex, multidimensional texture and a nearly 50-second finish. Just prodigious! " Robert Parker
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"This is a deep purple-colored wine, with loads of opulence and fat, a voluptuous texture and tremendous purity. The style is a modern-day version of what they probably achieved in 1947, 1949 and 1950. Thienpont attributes the wine's freshness to the lack of any real heat wave, the drought, and the very cool nights in September." Robert Parker
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