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| One of the references in the Crus Bourgeois category, Labégorce is a modern and subtle Margaux wine with a strong identity. The Château has made the most of the 2010 vintage, producing a well-structured wine with dark fruit, spices and nice tannins that provide a great balance and a lovely finish. In short, very high quality here for this great value Margaux. | |||
| Wine Characteristics | Tasting and cellaring | ||
| Domain | Château Labégorce | Eye | Bright dark garnet |
| Vintage | 2010 | Nose | Red fruits and spices |
| Appellation | Margaux Cru Bourgeois | Mouth | Medium-bodied wine, round and fresh with ripe lively fruits |
| Area | Bordeaux | and sweet tannins on the finish | |
| Colour | Red | Drink from | 2015 |
| Grapes | Cabernet Sauvignon (45%) Merlot (45%) | Drink before | 2025 |
| Cabernet Franc (6%) Petit Verdot (4%) | Open | 2 hours before | |
| Type | Dry | Drinking temperature | 15-16°C |
| Food pairing | |||
| Pair it with a nice and juicy grilled beef on the bone and chocolate pudding | |||
| A word about the domain | |||
| Hubert Perrodo bought Châteaux Labégorce and Labégorce-Zédé in 2006 but never really had a chance to make a history of it as he tragically died a few months later in a ski accident. However, his daughter Nathalie, in her late 20's at the time, took over and she did what her father had planned: merge the two vineyards in one under the name Labégorce and turn it into a reference in the Crus Bourgeois category. | |||
| What experts say | |||
| About the domain Bettane & Dessauve: 2* (Serious and consistent production) La Revue du Vin de France: 1* About the wine Jancis Robinson: 16.5+ (tasted in Nov 2012) "Dark-fruited intensity. Plenty of oak spice but the fruit shines through, though there's a very slight bitterness on the dry finish. Tight and furled and well balanced even though it is pretty closed now. (JH)." Robert Parker: 87 (Wine Advocate #205, Feb 2013) "A blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this wine exhibits sweet tannin, medium body and blue and black fruits intermixed with underbrush, licorice, cedar and spice box in a medium-bodied, elegant style with moderate tannin. Forget it for several years and Drink it over the following decade." Wine Spectator: 89 (Issue: Web Only - 2013) "Slightly chunky in style, displaying a firm, singed apple wood frame to the core of plum and anise notes. Medium-weight, with a flash of briar on the finish. A bit shy on stuffing in the end, as the firm toast wins out." Decanter: 17 (April 2011) “Deep, robust, slightly leathery cassis fruit, good freshness and clarity that gives lift to the natural weight, very satisfying wine." Gault&Millau: 17/20 Bettane & Dessauve: 15 | |||
| And finally for the wine geeks… | |||
| Soil type | Fine sandy-gravelly soils rich in clays and silts with chalky outcrops | ||
| Age of the vines | 30 years old | ||
| Harvest | Manual | ||
| Maturing | Oak barrels (60% new barrels) | ||
| Aging | 14 months in barrels | ||
| Production | 120,00 bottles | ||
| Bottled | December 2011 | ||
| Alcohol | 13.0% | ||
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