Allen Meadows of Burghound writes: "Jean-Marc Pavelot's son Jean-Hugues told me that 2010 produced a 'very small crop but one with excellent concentration and outstanding phenolic maturity. We began picking on the 22nd of September and there wasn't much sorting necessary as the small crop and cool weather provided good aeration and poor conditions for the development of rot. The concentration came about due to the high incidence of shot berries and along with that came good potential alcohols and there was basically no chaptalization to speak of. We did our normal vinification and about the only change from what we typically experience was that the malos were significantly longer than usual. I really like the wines as they are a wonderful combination of balance and power with really lovely freshness and energy'."