Château Siran: Tasting & Drinking
My early experiences of Château Siran told me that these were solid, rather dependable wines, reliable and structured although perhaps not showing the flare, poise or panache of grander names in the Margaux appellation. The 2001 I found to be very easy drinking with some promise for the cellar, and I suspect – from tasting the second wine – that the 2005 would offer the same sort of experience. The 2004 and 2007 were perhaps less enthralling, but this is perhaps unsurprising when taken within the context of the vintages, at least with the latter of these two years.
More recent encounters of wines (and barrel samples, it has to be said) tasted at the château were a touch more convincing, however, perhaps showing the benefit of grand vintages such as 2010 and 2009. It is often said that a rising tide lifts all boats, and I think that in many cases this seems true in Bordeaux. It certainly seems true of Château Siran, as I thought the 2009 – tasted once before and twice after bottling – was a remarkable effort for the estate, full of the evocative fruit that can sometimes be missing from less exuberant vintages. The 2010 was an admirable halfway house, clearly a vintage blessed with ripe fruit, but also displaying the tell-tale structure of the vintage underneath.
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