2010 Domaine Meo Camuzet, Corton Grand Cru, Les Perrieres

Good medium red. Sexy aromas of sappy cherry, orange peel and minerals. At once creamy and energetic, with intriguing spice and saline nuances to the black cherry flavor. The tactile finish offers terrific length and cut. Built to age.

The 2010 Corton Les Perrieres comes across as quite firm, tannic and unyielding. This is all about pure length and minerality. Dark red and black fruit notes struggle to emerge with air, but the wine’s energy is so massively implosive that it is hard to get a great read at this stage. Still, it is impossible to miss the focus and sheer verve of what is in the glass. There certainly appears to be the potential for the Perrieres to develop into a splendid wine. It is already pretty terrific, if not fully formed. Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045.

Jean-Nicolas Meo was away on the day of my visit, so I tasted with assistant winemaker Peer Reiss. The harvest started on September 22 and took about ten days to complete. Overall, I am a big fan of the 2010s here. Although I did not get a chance to taste the 2009s from bottle, my notes suggest 2010 will turn out to be the more interesting vintage. The Meo-Camuzet negociant wines are reviewed separately.
– Wine Advocate #199, Feb 2012

An elegant, admirably pure and highly complex nose speaks of really lovely aromas of wild red berries, raspberry liqueur, plum and discreet mineral nuances. The supple and round larger-scaled flavors possess an intensely stony character that imparts both lift and refinement to the linear and persistent finish that is underpinned by a notably firm tannic spine. Drink: 2025+
– Burghound.com, Issue 45. Tasted: Jan 2012