Our Favourite Wines of the Vintage

We thought 2005 to be a landmark wine vintage, unlikely to be matched for a generation, then along came 2009 to rival and in some cases surpass it. Read the Alun Griffith's MW Vintage report or watch the video of Simon Staples and Jancis Robinson MW going head to head on the vintage assessment.
See all Released Wines and the wine scores by various wine critics
We have compiled a list of our stand-out 2010 wines from our endeavours:| The Best Wines of the Vintage |
The Best... from £500 to £1000 per 12 btl case |
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| Ch Margaux | 20/20 | Dom. de Chevalier, Rouge | £540 | 17.5/20 |
| Ch. Latour | 20/20 | Ch Branaire-Ducru | £540 | 17/20 |
| Ch. Ausone | 19.5/20 | Ch. Pavie Macquin | £912 | 17/20 |
| Ch. La Mission Haut-Brion | 19/20 | Ch. d' Issan | £540 | 17/20 |
| Ch. Palmer | 19/20 | Ch. Léoville-Barton | £846 | 16.5/20 |
| Ch. Lafite-Rothschild | 19/20 | Ch. Brane-Cantenac | £600 | 16.5/20 |
| Ch. Mouton-Rothschild | 19/20 | |||
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The 5 Best... less than £500 per 12 btl case |
The 5 Best... less than £300 per 12 btl case |
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| Ch Giscours | £498 | 17.5/20 | Ch. Batailley | £300 | 17/20 |
| Ch. Haut-Bages Liberal | £324 | 16.5/20 | Ch. du Tertre | £282 | 16.5/20 |
| Ch. d'Armailhac | £390 | 16.5/20 | Ch. Ormes de Pez | £249 | 16.5/20 |
| Ch. Clos du Marquis | £396 | 16.5/20 | Ch. Poujeaux | £210 | 16/20 |
| Ch. Haut Batailley | £318 | 16/20 | Ch. Chasse Spleen | £216 | 15.5/20 |
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# Cs
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PRICE | SIZE |
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Ch. Chasse Spleen, Moulis | France » Bordeaux » Moulis | |||
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Chateau Chasse-Spleen Moulis is definitely a property on the move; the 2008-2010 are three amazing vintages. The 2010 has lovely juicy black cherries with a touch of strawberry jam on the nose. The wine has great power in the middle with intense crunchy fresh fruits, a very well balanced finish ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 730 cases | £216.00 | |||
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Ch. Ormes de Pez, St. Estèphe | France » Bordeaux » St-Estèphe | |||
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
14% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Apart from a very few exceptions, we have struggled with St Estèphe as a commune this year, with many wines suffering from its usual ‘ungenerous, mean, tight’ characters. Throw that script out of the window with this wine though, it is glossy and glamorous but with a classic ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 275 cases | £249.00 | |||
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Ch. du Tertre, Margaux | France » Bordeaux » Margaux | |||
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
13% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Best ever! A bold statement? Perhaps, but we have been going here to taste for 11 years, and every year it just gets better and better. Always soft, round and ripe, the team has brought it to another level. Lovely crushed raspberry and cream on the nose and a deliciously velvety ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 312 cases | £282.00 | |||
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Ch. Batailley, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. The 2010 Batailley wine is absolutely brilliant! I might just leave the note at that actually. Batailley is always faithful and true and it always delivers a great glass of proper Paulliac without pomp or fan fairs. It is not pretentious and you know (really, really hope this year) that ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 439 cases | £300.00 | |||
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Ch. Haut-Batailley, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. In recent years Haut-Batailley, under the ownership of Francois-Xavier Borie, has been a regular value-buy of the vintage. 2010 has a charming attack of fruit within a beautiful structure of tannins with lovely freshness. Its purity comes through and, whilst classic, it is very attractive. This ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 64 cases | £318.00 | |||
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Ch. d'Armailhac, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. This is an explosive raspberry flavour sensation! The complete opposite to the masculine Clerc Milon, it is soft, silky, elegant, curvy and oozing sex appeal; luscious! Probably the wine I'm looking forward to buying for myself the most this vintage. It’s their best to date. There is ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 156 cases | £195.00 | |||
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Domaine de Chevalier Rouge Pessac-Léognan | France » Bordeaux » Pessac-Léognan | |||
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
Organic in Conversion,
Biodynamic in Conversion,
13% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Simply sensational! This has absolutely everything I love in a bottle of Bordeaux. It’s almost like a made-to-measure suit and, as with a suit that would fit me, this is extremely voluminous and capacious. Fabulous wafts of gently crushed blackberries ooze out of the glass like dry ice; ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 649 cases | £270.00 | |||
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Ch. Branaire Ducru, St. Julien | France » Bordeaux » St Julien | |||
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Lots of depth and already showing fragrance and complexity, perfect concentration and refreshing, harmonious length, another great wine from the château on top of its form. (Steven Spurrier – Decanter – Apr 2011) |
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| 6 x 75cl | 30 cases | £270.00 | |||
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Ch. Léoville-Barton, St. Julien | France » Bordeaux » St Julien | |||
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Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery.
The style of this vintage is perfectly suited to Léoville-Barton. Always the epitome of elegance and breed, the wine in 2010 embodies the classical proportions of the vintage with a lovely harmony between fruit, acidity, tannin and alcohol. It is certainly destined for a long life, ...
MORE
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| 6 x 75cl | 235 cases | £423.00 | |||
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Ch. Pavie Macquin, St. Emilion | France » Bordeaux » St-Emilion | |||
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Merlot,
For laying down,
13.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. A soaring nose of ripe, almost exotic, creamy red fruit with a hint of new oak, this wine is concentrated but not pushed; it is supple, lush, velvety. This is a fabulous compliment to its brilliant 2009, with real definition on the finish that lasts two or three minutes! However, I think the ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 76 cases | £456.00 | |||
| VINTAGE | WINE | REGION |
# Cs
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PRICE | SIZE |
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| VINTAGE | WINE | REGION |
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PRICE | SIZE |
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Ch. Chasse Spleen, Moulis | France » Bordeaux » Moulis | |||
|
|
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|
Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Chateau Chasse-Spleen Moulis is definitely a property on the move; the 2008-2010 are three amazing vintages. The 2010 has lovely juicy black cherries with a touch of strawberry jam on the nose. The wine has great power in the middle with intense crunchy fresh fruits, a very well balanced finish ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 730 cases |
£216.00
(In Bond)
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Ch. Ormes de Pez, St. Estèphe | France » Bordeaux » St-Estèphe | |||
|
|
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
14% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Apart from a very few exceptions, we have struggled with St Estèphe as a commune this year, with many wines suffering from its usual ‘ungenerous, mean, tight’ characters. Throw that script out of the window with this wine though, it is glossy and glamorous but with a classic ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 275 cases |
£249.00
(In Bond)
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Ch. du Tertre, Margaux | France » Bordeaux » Margaux | |||
|
|
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Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
13% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Best ever! A bold statement? Perhaps, but we have been going here to taste for 11 years, and every year it just gets better and better. Always soft, round and ripe, the team has brought it to another level. Lovely crushed raspberry and cream on the nose and a deliciously velvety ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 312 cases |
£282.00
(In Bond)
|
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Ch. Batailley, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
|
|
|||||
|
Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. The 2010 Batailley wine is absolutely brilliant! I might just leave the note at that actually. Batailley is always faithful and true and it always delivers a great glass of proper Paulliac without pomp or fan fairs. It is not pretentious and you know (really, really hope this year) that ... MORE |
|||||
| 12 x 75cl | 439 cases |
£300.00
(In Bond)
|
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|
|
Ch. Haut-Batailley, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
|
|
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|
Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. In recent years Haut-Batailley, under the ownership of Francois-Xavier Borie, has been a regular value-buy of the vintage. 2010 has a charming attack of fruit within a beautiful structure of tannins with lovely freshness. Its purity comes through and, whilst classic, it is very attractive. This ... MORE |
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| 12 x 75cl | 64 cases |
£318.00
(In Bond)
|
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|
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Ch. d'Armailhac, Pauillac | France » Bordeaux » Pauillac | |||
|
|
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|
Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. This is an explosive raspberry flavour sensation! The complete opposite to the masculine Clerc Milon, it is soft, silky, elegant, curvy and oozing sex appeal; luscious! Probably the wine I'm looking forward to buying for myself the most this vintage. It’s their best to date. There is ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 156 cases |
£195.00
(In Bond)
|
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Domaine de Chevalier Rouge Pessac-Léognan | France » Bordeaux » Pessac-Léognan | |||
|
|
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|
Medium Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
Organic in Conversion,
Biodynamic in Conversion,
13% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Simply sensational! This has absolutely everything I love in a bottle of Bordeaux. It’s almost like a made-to-measure suit and, as with a suit that would fit me, this is extremely voluminous and capacious. Fabulous wafts of gently crushed blackberries ooze out of the glass like dry ice; ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 649 cases |
£270.00
(In Bond)
|
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|
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Ch. Branaire Ducru, St. Julien | France » Bordeaux » St Julien | |||
|
|
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|
Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Lots of depth and already showing fragrance and complexity, perfect concentration and refreshing, harmonious length, another great wine from the château on top of its form. (Steven Spurrier – Decanter – Apr 2011) |
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| 6 x 75cl | 30 cases |
£270.00
(In Bond)
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Ch. Léoville-Barton, St. Julien | France » Bordeaux » St Julien | |||
|
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|
Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Cab.Sauvignon Blend,
For laying down,
12.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery.
The style of this vintage is perfectly suited to Léoville-Barton. Always the epitome of elegance and breed, the wine in 2010 embodies the classical proportions of the vintage with a lovely harmony between fruit, acidity, tannin and alcohol. It is certainly destined for a long life, ...
MORE
|
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| 6 x 75cl | 235 cases |
£423.00
(In Bond)
|
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|
|
Ch. Pavie Macquin, St. Emilion | France » Bordeaux » St-Emilion | |||
|
|
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|
Medium-Full Bodied,
Dry,
Red,
Merlot,
For laying down,
13.5% alc.
Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. A soaring nose of ripe, almost exotic, creamy red fruit with a hint of new oak, this wine is concentrated but not pushed; it is supple, lush, velvety. This is a fabulous compliment to its brilliant 2009, with real definition on the finish that lasts two or three minutes! However, I think the ... MORE |
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| 6 x 75cl | 76 cases |
£456.00
(In Bond)
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| VINTAGE | WINE | REGION |
# Cs
|
PRICE | SIZE |
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