Private Seller Auction | Iconic South African Collection and benchmark 2010 Bordeaux

Timed Online Auction, 30 April - 12 May 2025

International
About the Session

The international list is cropped with benchmark Bordeaux from the incredible 2010 vintage. 


Sold for

ZAR 11 139
Lot 122
  • Gloria; Saint-Julien; 2010; 12 (1 x 12); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 139
Location
Wine Storage
Delivery
Delivery within South Africa included
Shipping

About this Item

2010 Saint-Julien
12 (1 x 12) 750ml

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'The 2010 Gloria has a very attractive and quite intense bouquet with a surfeit of blackberry and wild strawberry scents, cedar and light seaweed coming through with aeration. The palate is very well balanced with supple but firm tannins framing the pure blackberry and bilberry fruit, laced with black pepper and clove. Very complex, very focused and very precise on the finish, this is an outstanding 2010 Saint-Julien. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal. 2025-2055' - Neal Martin, Vinous, 94/100 (Feb 2020)

'Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Gloria features notions of cedar, sandalwood and dusty earth with a core of black cherry compote and black berry pie plus wafts of tapenade, truffles and charcoal. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and lively acid with emboldened flavors and an earth-laced finish. 2020-2045' - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate, 93/100 (Mar 2020)

'Juicy and direct, with a relatively friendly feel to the plum, blackberry and blueberry fruit, all coated with a ganache note that hangs through the finish. Surprisingly accessible, and not quite as grippy as when tasted from barrel.' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 90/100 (Mar 2013)

'Dark and rich and very upright. Beautifully balanced, dry and cool without being austere of drying. The fruit is succulent and yet the framework is there. Very luscious indeed but very 2010. Very firm mineral finish. Long. Bravo!' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Apr 2011)

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