Clos des Lambrays, Grand Cru, 2010
Perfumed, high-toned and complex, yet not too aloof, in fact this is one of the most sensual and open Clos des Lambrays I have tasted; brimful of creamy griotte, wild strawberry, bramble and Autumn raspberry flavours; so pretty and attractive yet deceptively strong and intense. Beautiful.
critic reviews
Bright pale-medium red. Higher-pitched but more reticent on the nose than the 2012, showing a distinctly floral aspect as well as a redder fruit quality; more delicate and pristine. Wonderfully sexy and complex if somewhat youthfully tight in the mouth, conveying an ineffable silkiness of texture rather than the sheer plushness of the '12. Less dark in its fruit character as well, offering flavors of red raspberry, cherry, brown spices and underbrush. Wonderfully tactile and delineated; this really glistens on the palate and on the very long, refined aftertaste. Here the tannins are suaver than those of the 2012. More about finesse than power, but this wine will nonetheless need time to express itself more fully. An essence of terroir and a wine of great verve. (13.4% alcohol; 3.55 pH; 3.7 g/l acidity)