2010 White Bordeaux
Learn more about 2010 White Bordeaux
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. A week of wine tasting in Bordeaux leads me to believe that 2010 may well overtake them both, and I cannot recall a more thrilling week’s tasting in terms of the quality of the wines.
Bordeaux 2010 - White Wines
Conditions were excellent for the production of good dry whites but I confess to being slightly disappointed overall. Many wines have fresh, semi-tropical aromas, some tending even toward the exotic, but lack precision and definition on the palate.
The top estates have avoided this feature and have made stunning wines, but the vintage overall falls short of the legendary 2007 status.
In Sauternes there was, mercifully, a harvest of greater volume than normal; thick skins made it difficult for botrytis to take hold until well into the autumn, and when it did come into play it did not create wines with the complexity of 2001 or the richness of 2007.
Instead, the acidity mentioned above has imbued the wines with a delicious freshness, so that they possess a clean, pure, aromatic sweetness with no cloying element. The 1988 wine vintage comes to mind as a possible comparison.
Alun Griffiths MW
Wine Buying Director
Read the report on the red Bordeaux wines for the 2010 vintage here
Bordeaux 2010 En Primeur - Reports & Recommendations
- Vintage Overview
- Bordeaux 2010 En Primeur Tastings - Video Reports
- Photogallery from the En Primeur Tastings
- Vintage Reports by The Wine Spectator
Prices:
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Nick Pegna, SE Asia Director
Wow! Ch. Suduiraut is in Ch. d'Yquem's rear view mirror this year. It is almost as good and will be a fraction of the price. Enjoy it early.
Simon Staples, East Asia Fine Wine Director
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Max Lalondrelle, Bordeaux Wine Buyer
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Max Lalondrelle, BBR Bordeaux Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Sauternes has bucked the trend this year by enjoying higher than normal yields, but the drought thickened the skins of the grapes and thus made it harder for the much sought-after noble rot (botrytis) to take hold. However, the long, dry autumn allowed the growers to wait and, when the time was right, they were able to harvest a good crop of beautifully sweet grapes but without huge levels of botrytis.
As such, Yquem displays a fabulous clean, pure sweetness, with aromas of citrus peel honey and apricot, and not a hint of any cloying character. The finish is very long and, while not as opulent as 2007 or as profoundly complex as 2001, the wine is very much more in the register of elegance, and thus bears comparison with the lovely 1988.
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
