2010 Cotes de Tablas
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The Tablas Creek Vineyard Côtes de Tablas is a blend of four estate-grown Rhône varietals: Grenache, Syrah, Counoise and Mourvèdre. Like most wines of the Southern Rhône, it is a blend of varietals, featuring the fruit and spice of Grenache balanced by the spice and mineral of Syrah, the appealing briary wildness of Counoise, and the structure of Mourvèdre.
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2010 Cotes de Tablas Released March 2012
We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2010 Cotes de Tablas, the follow-up to our Wine Spectator "Top 100" from 2009. The wine has been allocated out nationally to our distributors by state, and was also a part of the March 2012 VINsider Wine Club shipment. It is now available for purchase.
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91 points; "excellent clarity and spicy persistence": Tanzer's IWC (Nov. 2012)
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90 points; "refined": Wine Advocate (Aug. 2012)
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91 points; "made all the more inviting by its price": Connoisseur's Guide (Jul. 2012)
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92 points; "gorgeously textured... a brilliant value": The Rhone Report (Jun. 2012)
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Outstanding; "lots of flavor and gorgeous fruit": Underground Wine Journal (May 2011)
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"Impeccable": Gang of Pour (May 2011)
Tasting Notes
The 2010 Côtes de Tablas shows a spicy nose of crushed rock, licorice and black cherry, with sweet spices like nutmeg and cinnamon coming out with air. The mouth is nicely vibrant with flavors of fig and cherry, leather, balsamic and mineral, with chalky Grenache tannins coming out on the lingering, spicy finish. Drink now and for the next decade.
We shared updated tasting notes from a November 2018 tasting on the Tablas Creek blog.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 14.5% Alcohol by Volume
- 2640 Cases Produced
Blend
- 46% Grenache
- 39% Syrah
- 10% Mourvedre
- 5% Counoise
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Grilled steaks
- Pastas with meat sauces
- Rich beef stews
- Spicy sausages
Production Notes
The grapes for our Côtes de Tablas were grown on our 120-acre certified organic estate vineyard.
The 2010 vintage saw healthy rainfall after three years of drought. The ample early-season groundwater and a lack of spring frosts produced a good fruit set. A very cool summer delayed ripening by roughly three weeks, with harvest not beginning until mid-September and still less than half complete in mid-October. Warm, sunny weather between mid-October and mid-November allowed the later-ripening varieties to reach full maturity. The long hangtime and cool temperatures combined to produce fruit with intense flavors and dark color at low alcohol levels. Syrah was harvested between September 28th and October 13th, followed by Grenache between October 4th and November 13th, Counoise between October 17th and November 6th, and Mourvèdre between October 4th and November 18th.
All varietals were fermented in a mix of stainless steel and wooden upright fermenters with the use of native yeasts. After pressing, the wines were racked, blended, aged for a year in 1200-gallon French oak foudres, and then bottled in January 2012. The wines underwent only a light filtration before bottling.