2010 Bordeaux: a preview

Whew! What a week is has been!  Primeurs 2010 (the annual preview of the upcoming vintage) in Bordeaux is done! Tasting young red wines at this early state is rather difficult, but also quite enlightening. What better way to get a jump on the vintage, especially when the pre-vintage hype has already begun, than to immerse one’s self into it for a week of non-stop tastings, punctuated only by lunch, unavoidable dinners, and a bit of sleep now and again.


 2010 offered a bevy of wonderful wines, across all price ranges, although it has been one of the most difficult vintages to actually TASTE. The wines are tannic (as always) but had the added pleasure in 2010 of relatively high acidity, which gives the wines a wonderful freshness and adds to the overall balance and age-ability, but at the same time makes them savagely hard to taste, especially at this young stage.


 Certainly, quality is variable, as always, but the Classified Growths, both on the Medoc as well the the Right Bank, showed great class, assuring 2010 a place among top  vintages.


 Oh, yes….price? Let’s wait and see!!!!


More to follow...


Shayne Hebert, Wine Supervisor Central Florida


 



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