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Rocheyron 2010
HED97548
75 cl
13%
£90.00
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Château Rocheyron 2010 is a full-bodied, Merlot-based red wine from the St-Émilion appellation of Bordeaux. Château Rocheyron is a St-Émilion estate owned and operated by Peter Sisseck, the winemaker best known for producing Pingus in Spain’s Ribera del Duero. The 2010 is the debut vintage of this highly regarded property "Well-packed, offering layers of boysenberry, fig and blackberry pâte de fruit, inlaid with anise, roasted apple and singed spice notes. Dense and grippy, showing detail and energy through the lengthy finish, with a backdrop of minerality that should blossom in the cellar. Best from 2015 through 2025." Wine Spectator, 2013
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Robert Parker
The 2010 Château Rocheyron was the maiden vintage under Peter Sisseck, who actually does not look back fondly at this vintage, which was vinified at Château Faugères at a low temperature. Despite this, he finds it a bit too much in terms of tannins. Weirdly, it has a rather Ribeiro del Duero-like nose with touches of camphor and mint infusing the smudged fruit, hints of dark chocolate but, overall, missing the freshness that the 2010 needs. The palate is chewy on the entry with dry and firm tannin, quite animal with a slight bitterness on the heavy-handed finish. Peter said that this was not the kind of wine he wanted to make. I can understand that. - Neal Martin
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