2010 Rol Valentin
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Based on 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc brought up in 50% new wood, the 2010 Château Rol Valentin sports a healthy, darker plum hue as well as solid aromatics of gamey wild herbs, darker currants, truffly earth, and tobacco. This carries to a medium to full-bodied Saint-Emilion with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, textured mouthfeel, still present tannins, and outstanding length. It's a complex, nuanced, impressive Saint-Emilion that will continue to drink beautifully over the coming decade or so.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Grilled raspberry and butterscotch aromatics, this starts off well, but drops through the mid palate, and is less successful than the 2009.
Blackish crimson. Very sweet and rather caricature St-Émilion of the 1990s on the nose! Not that concentrated on the palate. This wine seems less informed by the vintage than most of its peers – although there is a marked charge of tannins on the very end. Dry finish. (JR)