93 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, February 2013

This shows a wonderful nutty character with chocolate. It's round and soft with a beautiful texture. Wonderful character of jasmine and cocoa powder. Delicious now but wait for four or five years. This is the best wine from here ever. From same owners and team as Cheval Blanc. Mostly Merlot. Try in 2016.

91 -93 points,

Jeff Leve, TheWineCellarInsider.com, April 2011

85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc helped to produce a wine that hit 13.9% alcohol. Floral, cherry blossom, anise and black cherry scents open this supple, fresh, sweet, ripe wine that finishes with spicy black raspberries in a finesse style.

89 points,

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, November 2012

Tasted at Cheval Blanc, the La Tour du Pin '10 is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. It has a perfumed, floral bouquet of crushed strawberry, raspberry and a little iodine. It would benefit from just a little more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with a pointed entry, crisp acidity, a little disjointed at the moment although it comes together in the glass. I just find the finish needing some more flesh, especially on the second half.

93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2013

The 2010 La Tour du Pin is showing incredibly well. A blend of 75% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc from just over 17 acres, this wine is a sleeper of the vintage. It offers up loads of blueberry, black raspberry and boysenberry fruit, stunning opulence, freshness and precision, despite its flesh and fat. Pure, fragrant and -open for business,- so to speak, this is a gorgeous wine to drink over the next 10-15 years. The world wine market hasn't caught up to the quality of this estate, which is now owned by the proprietors of Cheval Blanc and operated under the administration of the same staff that produces that outstanding Bordeaux.

91 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2013

Frankly ripe, with a slightly jammy edge to the blueberry, plum and boysenberry notes, which slowly give way to a solid charcoal spine and a lingering alder note on the finish, which is needed to offset the up-front feel of the fruit. Best from 2014 through 2024. -JM

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