Château La Serre Saint Emilion Grand Cru Grand Cru Classé 2010

Deeper in colour than the 2009, and the whole structure of the wine is younger and will benefit from another few years in bottle. Olives, spiced plum, touches of orange peel and chocolate shavings, still very young, powerful, dominated by red fruits, raspberry and blackberry, takes its time before the salinity and mouthwatering finish arrives. A gorgeous wine with clear mint leaf on the finish, real complexity of the aromatics also, takes its time to show off, so give it time in the glass. 50% new oak. Yields back to relatively normal at 45hl/h (in fact this is generous here, 40-43hl is more typical because of the limestone soils with just 30cm of topsoil in many parts). If you are going to drink this soon give it plenty of time in a carafe to allow the generosity to show itself.