Domaine de l'A 2010

The wine displays loads of roasted espresso bean with hints of white chocolate, rich cassis and cherry. With its opaque ruby/purple color, medium to full body, silky texture and very sweet tannins, this is once again a sleeper of the vintage, as it so often is in both great and good to very good years. Kudos to the Derenoncourts. Drink it over the next 5-10 years. Its alcohol is at an all-time high of 14%.

From the home estate of Stephane and Christine Derenoncourt, this blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc was produced from tiny yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare.

Very dark maroon. Open nose with some breadth. Very pure flavours but a little severe on the finish. Much less exaggerated than some of the other Derenoncourt Bordeaux. There is some legibility here.

Sumptuous nose. Pure fruit aromas and flavour. Caressing fruit on the palate. Tannins ripe and long. Drink 2015-2022.

From the home estate of Stephane and Christine Derenoncourt, this 2010 may turn out to be one of the finest wines ever made at Domaine de l'A. Yields were remarkably small (20 hectoliters per hectare) and everything about this wine delivers more for the money than one would expect. Composed of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, this opaque purple-colored wine offers a wonderfully perfumed nose of plums, Asian spices, black currants and blackberries. Deep, medium to full-bodied, opulent and fleshy, this is hedonism at its finest. Moreover, it will last for a minimum of 7-8 years. A sleeper of the vintage.