Chateau Dauzac 2010 Margaux Fifth Growth《Terroir Collection - ZTF487A 》

Region : Margaux Grand Cru Classe , France 

Grapes : 65% Cabernet Sauvignon , 35% Merlot  

Alcohol : 13.5% vol

Website: http://www.chateaudauzac.com/

⭐️ Bordeaux Expert - Stephen Brook praised "Dauzac has been seriously underrated."

⭐️ Consulted by Eric Boissenot

⭐️The Robert Parker and WA team believes 2010 is better than Dauzac's best vintage - 2009

⭐️ Superb quality for a Fifth growth of 1855 grand cru classes

⭐️Robert Parker once praised 2009 as the best Dauzac ever and chanted "Has Dauzac ever made a wine this good?"

🏅Wine Advocate 91+ pts

🏅James Suckling 91 pts

🏅Vinous 90 pts

🏅Wine Spectator 90 pts

The estate’s history is full of visionaries with new ideas that have enabled Dauzac’s outstanding terroir to come through in the wine.

1685: wine merchant Paul Drouillard transforms Dauzac into one of the finest wine estates in the Médoc 1855: the Wiebroock family, who had acquired the estate in 1841, obtain recognition of Château Dauzac in the famous classification.

1863: the Johnstons, also owners of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, perfect the famous bouillie bordelaise (copper sulphate soution) at Dauza, thereby helping to save the European vineyards from destruction.

1929: Jean-Jacques Bernat acquires the estate. He was the first to practise temperature control during fermentation by using blocks of ice.

1988, the MAIF (or Mutuelle d’Assurance des Instituteurs de France) mutual insurance company acquires the estate.

2013: Dauzac’s new Managing Director, Laurent Fortin, institutes a development plan to strengthen the estate’s position and enhance the renaissance of this unique great growth.

🏅Wine Advocate 91+ pts

Tasted at the vertical retrospective at the property. The 2010 Château Dauzac, a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, has a well-defined, precise bouquet with blackcurrant, cedar and just a touch of brown sugar. I find more "Margaux" expression here than on the 2009. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, very well balanced with more finesse than the 2009. There is so much to like about the 2010: less austere than many of its peers, precise with a tender, silky finish. This is excellent and it has the capacity to age for 15 to 20 years without too much problem. Tasted June 2015.

(Vintage 2010)

🏅James Suckling 91 pts

A dense and powerful red with lots of ripe and exotic fruit. Good dose of wood too. Full body, round and chewy. A little old school.

🏅 Vinous 90 pts

Bright medium ruby. Youthfully medicinal aromas of blackberry and licorice. Dense, sweet and deep, with a distinctly tangy quality to the fruit-driven flavors of blueberry, boysenberry and licorice. Not the last word in complexity but finishes with sweet tannins and a light touch. Nicely done.

🏅Wine Spectator 90 pts

A forward red, with soft-edged blueberry, blackberry and plum compote notes laced with sweet toasted spice and backed by a plush edge on the finish. Shows ample depth on the back end, offering a well-embedded tarry hint and a flash of singed mesquite that should emerge more with cellaring. Rather polished for Margaux. Best from 2014 through 2024.