Chateau Haut-Maurac, Médoc, Bordeaux, 2010

Tasting: Crus Bourgeois 2010

Rich toasty blackberry nose, with a whiff of smoke and coffee. Rich, broad, and fleshy, this has abundant fruit and good concentration. Very ripe and close to jammy, but balanced by firm tannins. Moderate acidity but quite long and succulent.

Tasting: Crus Bourgeois 2010

Fine nose, delicate fruit and light oak finish, clean tannins and length, light tobacco and cedar wood finish.

Tasting: Crus Bourgeois 2010

Deep concentrated red, nice fragrance of red and black berry fruits, already showing depth and class, good smoothness on the palate, oak well-handled and natural tannins for a good future, a suppleness perhaps due to high Merlot content, a classy, elegant wine.