châte au dauzac Margaux GR AND CRU CLASSÉ EN 1855

CHÂTEAUWINE SPECIFICATION DAUZAC SHEET 2010 VINTAGE

CHÂTEAU DAUZAC 33460 - MARGAUX - www.chateaudauzac.com +33(0)5 57 88 32 10 CHÂTEAU DAUZAC 2010 VINTAGE - A wealth of tannins and infinite suppleness make this wine an exquisite enigma. Powerful and delicate at the same time, Dauzac wine never cheats, always astonishes and ages marvelously.

Appellation: Margaux Aging: 15 months in barrels thanks to the efforts of its production Château: Château Dauzac (50-80 % new depending on team. The 2010 vintage boasts a deep Production area: 42 hectares / 104 acres the vintage) with racking based and dense ruby colour. Soil type: Deep gravel on tasting results Nose: Its already voluptuous and Rootstock: 101-14, Riparia Gloire Fining: With egg white powerful bouquet of mocha and and 3309 Aging potential: Peak expression forest fruits is communicated through Fertilizer: Organic fertilizer between 5 and 10 years, to be aged delicious flavors in its attack. Planting density: 10,000 vines for 15 to 20 years Mouth-feel: Next come harmony per hectare and balance with savory notes (vanilla, Average vine age: 30-35 years 2010 VINTAGE coffee, chocolate), all the trademarks Grape varieties on the property: Wine style: Bold and intense of great wines. The smooth, almost Merlot 60% / 40% Weather: Winter was harsh (with endless finish allows lengthy cellaring. Pruning system: “Guyot double” numerous frosts) and spring was This wine will improve remarkably over pruning with disbudding fairly cool. Sunshine was abundant time to be the perfect accompaniment Harvest: By hand in small crates throughout 2010. The period from to pheasant in pastry or roast beef with and sorted on tables before and after June 21st to the end of September porcini mushrooms. de-stemming was consistently dry, which proved Fermentation: Fermenting room beneficial to the vines. RECOMMENDED FOR: supplied by gravity-fed wine shed. Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, 2015-2030 Fermentation in thermo-regulated, Merlot 35% stainless steel vats with a patented Consulting enologist: Eric Boissenot OUR SUGGESTIONS: cap crumbling system - White meat Fermentation temperature: 27°C / TASTING NOTES - Game 80.6°F Appearance: Today, Dauzac’s wine - Cheese Malolactic: Yes is a perfect example of a Margaux, - Red meat RATING AND COMMENTS - www.chateaudauzac.com

Gault et Millau: Christine Lurton de Caix, daughter The Wine Advocate: 06/01/2013 – Rating: 18/20 of André Lurton, a household name 05/01/2011 – Special issue “The Ideal Cellar”— of winegrowing. Neighboring Rating: from 89 to 91/100 Seductive. It is one of the great Siran, in the town of Labarde just south A blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon improvements. With violet and of the appellation, but classed in 1855, and 34% Merlot, aged in new barrels blueberry, it is a delicacy with a savory it cultivates 46 hectares to produce for 70%, this Dauzac 2010 has a classic taste that is both acidic and voluptuous dense, colorful wines that have become nose that reminds me of Brane- (pralines, spices...) It has lovely body consistently more refined in recent years. or Tertre thanks to notes and a certain behavior that will soften The 2010 vintage confirms this of blackberry leaves, undergrowth and to reveal even more charm. evolution, adhering ever more to the a hint of tobacco. It is fairly structured Margaux style. This is excellent value on the palate, with ripe tannins, both The Wine Enthusiast: for money. Tasting notes: In the very hearty and well-knit, structure— 01/02/2013 – Rating: 93/100 smooth Margaux style with very full certainly the most intense Dauzac Dauzac, a vineyard located in the tannins, this full-bodied, charming in recent years, but completely precise. southern part of the Margaux region, wine seduces with its mature, It deserves to be cellared for 5-6 more produced an austere wine with straightforward personality. This years. A classic Margaux. Tasted in impressive tannins in 2010. It is Margaux lacks neither depth nor April 2011. (Neal Martin) not without charm, however, and ambition. It will age nicely and perfectly will most certainly develop a nice accompany a bacon-roasted guinea fowl. Le Point: structure over the next few years. 05/01/2011 – Rating: 16/20 Give this dense wine time. Bettane et Desseauve: Nice nose, very fruity, red fruit, 07/01/2011 – Rating: 16/20 raspberry, tender on the palate, Terre de Vins : Very strong color, very dense structure, more stretched, long, nice reach, 11/01/2012 – Rating: 17/20 strong alcohol content, firm tannins, the cabernet stretches the wine—to Château Dauzac came under the care more impressive than it is seductive, be cellared 20 years. of the MAIF and is managed by necessitates lengthy cellaring. (Jacques Dupont) RATING AND COMMENTS - www.chateaudauzac.com

La Revue du Vin de France: freshness in the nose. Then great The Wine Spectator: 04/28/2011 – Rating: from 16.5 opulence. Really marvelous, it lacks 04/12/2011 – Rating: from 90 to to 17.5/20 almost nothing. A few dry tannins 93/100 “Coulure” (shattering) limited the yield, at the finish, but also a lot of taste— A pure style, shining, with aromas which was at 44hl/ha in 2010. The everything needed to make a great wine. of gooseberry, raspberry and blending of the first wine makes room And what a nice surprise it would blackberry mixed with full notes for the cabernet sauvignon (66%). be to find out that it is fairly affordable! of violet and voluptuous spices. The wine has a straightforward profile, (Undoubtedly the best Dauzac I have The finish is long, silky and with structure on the palate with acidic notes ever tasted.) Drink between 2020-2030. latent power. Delicious. at the finish and a slight touch of mint. (James Molesworth) The tannins are strong, but mature and The Wine Enthusiast: silky. This is a nice, medium-bodied, 04/12/2011 – Rating: from 93 to 95/100 Decanter : classic Margaux that will evolve nicely. Enormous, juicy fruit with huge waves 04/11/2011 – Rating: 17/20 of perfectly ripened blackberry Excellent expression of an earthy Jancisrobinson.com: that envelop tannins which dry it out Cabernet, but elegant, nice structure Primeurs 2010 and give it firmness. An impressive and length, fairly rich, with well 04/18/2011 – Rating: 17.5/20 structure. balanced tannins, promising. Drink Very dark. A particularly lively (Roger Voss) between 2017-30.