Bordeaux 2010: Tasting the Wines
When the proprietors and managers of prominent estates describe the vintage as “embarrassingly good” and “perfect” then you know you either have (a) a great vintage on your hands, or (b) an over-active hype-machine, or (c) a bit of both. Looking at Bordeaux’s track record, any one of these three is plausible. So, before I proceed to my region-by-region articles, can we confirm or refute any of these possibilities? Is 2010 a great vintage? Is it yet another Vintage of the Century?
First, let me be clear. These general thoughts apply to the red wines only. The dry and sweet white wines deserve special consideration, and I deal with them in my Pessac-Léognan and Sauternes instalments.
