Ever since the final grapes were gathered in October of last year, there has been growing excitement about the quality of the 2010 vintage. 2009 it is not. Its style is absolutely the opposite,

Here is Matthew Jukes’ Bordeaux 2010 Report. He is superb company on any tasting trip and his writing is invariably illuminating and highly entertaining.

Reported to me from an impeccable source: “When asked whether 2009 or 2010 was the better vintage, Alfred Tesseron of Pontet Canet replied 2010.

Final thoughts (on first impressions).
2010 is a great vintage in Bordeaux.
2010 is a vintage that will age for many years. It has the structure, the

After quite a late night at Chateau de Sours where the very generous owner Martin Krajewski opened some fine bottles including imperiales of Leoville Las Cases 1982,