2010 Fleur Cardinale
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This wine has ripe plum and dark berry fruit flavours with good density and concentration and attractive floral notes. The finish is fairly long and the tannins are firm and ripe. This well made St Emilion will keep for at least a decade or two given its tannin and dense flavour profile. asianpalate.com
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Fleur Cardinale From an 18 hectare, clay and limestone vineyard, located next to Valandraud and across the street from Faugeres, Florence and Dominique Decoster put a lot of effort into their 2010, starting with reducing their yields to 36 hectoliters per hectare. With its deep color, cassis, blackberry, licorice and jammy liqueur aromas exude from the glass. This full bodied wine offers layers of opulent dark fruit ending with a fresh, licorice, blackberry, dark cherry and chocolate finish. From an assemblage of 78% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Merlot, the wine reached 14.5% alcohol. This is the best wine from the estate since the outstanding 2005. For consumers not familiar with this property, they remain one of the top Bordeaux wines combining price and quality. winecellarinsider.com
Dark chocolate and blackberry character with beautiful polished tannins and full body. This is gorgeous. jamessuckling.com
Rich, ripe and decadent, this wine just oozes sumptuous fruit. Plum and berry aromas and flavour. Bold, firm tannins. James Lawther, decanter.com