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2010 Coufran, Haut-Médoc

2010 Coufran, Haut-Médoc

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RP

Wine Advocate

Reviewed September 2013
This Merlot-dominated wine has always been popular because of its easy drinkability/ accessibility. The 2010, despite coming from a more structured and tannic year, is dark ruby, round and well-endowed with soft mocha and herb-tinged berry fruit. (RP)

Professional Reviews

VN

Vinous

Review Date: 05/2011
Deep ruby. Lovely aromas of dark plum, blackcurrant, graphite and black pepper. Then smooth and rich on the palate, with ripe blackberry and chocolate-covered blackcurrant flavors showing very good precision and lift. Finishes with lively acids and a bit of warmth, but this balanced, serious wine will provide delicious early drinking. (ID)

Staff Reviews

RS
Ralph Sands

Ralph Sands

Impressive Médoc Merlot; what a value!

Notes

At the very top of the Haut-Médoc, embedded in a sea of gravel just next to the Gironde River north of St-Estèphe, sits the anomaly of the Left Bank: Château Coufran, the "Pomerol of the Médoc," so-called for its high propensity of Merlot vines in a region where Cabernet reigns supreme. While practically all of its Left Bank neighbors are making structured and powerful clarets, Coufran continues to make softer, silkier, classically tailored Right-Bank-style wines. Owned by the Miailhe family since 1924, the wine has been prized by those in the know for its early approachability and fantastic value, which is part of the reason it’s been a staple of K&L’s Bordeaux department for decades. Not only does the wine historically drink well at a younger age, it evolves beautifully over a five to ten year period.

Details

OriginBordeaux, France
Type/VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU1066853