2010 Cos d'Estournel, St Estèphe, Bordeaux UOM black cherry and bilberry fruits

black cherry and bilberry fruits penned in by muscular but welcoming tannins

with integrated structural tannins which support generous red and black fruits

black fruit and soft

it is once again magnificent

Both bottles I tasted point to a Dom Ruinart that is quite a bit more polished and sophisticated than it often is at this stage

2010 Cos d'Estournel, St Estèphe, Bordeaux UOM black cherry and bilberry fruits78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. Iconic. Inspirational. Electric. A sensory overload but not in an over extracted, phony way just in such a dense, pure and decadent sense. Its massive but with a rapier like precision of cool and eucalyptus fresh Cabernet that takes your breath away. It has a very defined and ridiculously long finish. A finer, more Bordeaux like perfection than 2009, it is quite humbling,