Chateau Chauvin (Futures Pre-sale) 2010
Bordeaux Red Blends
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James
Suckling -
Robert
Parker
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2010
Size
750ML
Your Rating
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Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This wine really develops on the palate, with mineral and blackberry character. Very polished and refined. Full yet elegant. Better than 2009.
Barrel Sample: 92-93 Points -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Chauvin produces a stylish wine, always exhibiting plenty of black cherry fruit intermixed with garrigue notes as well as hints of spice box and Christmas fruitcake in a medium to full-bodied, elegant yet savory and expansively textured style. The 2010 has a precociousness that gives it an up-front, sexy appeal, but then clamps down on the palate as the tannins begin to accumulate in the wine's finish. Forget it for 3-4 years and drink it over the following 25.
The vineyard is located to the north-east of Saint-Emilion, near Pomerol, half-way between Cheval-Blanc and La Cote Roi. The 37 acres are planted with 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernent Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The soil of the estate is sandy while the subsoil is characterised by the presence of clay and iron.
We have been in partnership with BIOVITIS since 1994. Half of the vineyard is ploughed mechanically, while the other half is cultivated with grass-cover between the rows. Green harvesting is carried out throughout the vegetation cycle, to bring yields to 35 to 40 Hl/Ha.
At Chauvin the wine is made in the traditional way, while also making the most of what modernity has to offer: nothing is done systematically and each year every effort is focused on adapting the techniques to the qualities of that year's grapes.
VCXCAPM_1140_10_2010 Item# 109524