2010 Bordeaux En Primeurs First Look and Exclusive Offers

Wine Spectator: This has a solid frame, with graphite and roasted cedar holding the core of steeped plum and currant fruit together. A loam hint chimes in on the medium-weight finish. Drink n...

Wine Spectator: Dark and ripe, with a lush edge to the plum sauce and dark fig notes that's held in check by a charcoal frame. Bitter orange and Campari hints flash through the finish, with a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A terrific wine from proprietor Thierry Gaudrie, this wine, which has a similar blend to the La Vieille Cure (73% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon), ...

Wine Enthusiast: Concentrated, with a strongly tannic element that is balanced by ripe fruits. It makes for a well-structured, impressive wine that also has a fruity element. Age for 4-5 y...

Wine Spectator: A bit compact, but still quite juicy, with briary black cherry, plum skin and sweet spice notes. Just a touch clamped on the finish, but should flesh out enough. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Succulent, with plum, blackberry and licorice notes. This has a solid dose of toast, but should absorb that. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: This has a good briary frame that adds vivacity to the core of loganberry and plum fruit, with a licorice snap edge enlivening the finish. Juicy and fun, with good stuffing on...

Wine Spectator: Features firm chalk and charcoal notes along the edges, with a mix of crushed plum and red currant fruit at the core. The bright, fresh finish lets the minerality meld with th...

Wine Enthusiast: Smooth and unctuous in texture, this has dense black fruits that edge toward dryness from the tannins. Dark chocolate and licorice notes lend a bitter edge. Rich and modern in...

Wine Spectator: Dense but fresh, with a saturated core of blackberry pāte de fruit, anise and plum sauce that races along with vibrant spice and graphite notes. The long finish shows cut and ...

James Suckling: It's a little close on the nose but the palate shows a lovely liveliness. Notes of mandarines and apricots on the palate. Round and tense. Medium sweet.

Wine Spectator: Juicy and open, with plum and blackberry fruit pushed forward by a mouthwatering chalky spine. Flickers of toasted spice fill in on the finish. Drink now through 2015. Tasted ...

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Wine Spectator: Ripe and solid, with a dark core of plum and blackberry laced with toasted anise, singed apple wood and graphite. Shows good drive through the finish. Drink now through 2015. ...

Wine Spectator: Has the ripeness of the vintage, with a dark core of plum and cassis guided by solid, well-integrated tannins that let black licorice and Black Forest cake notes play out on t...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Lamothe Guignard has a tightly wound bouquet with touches of lemon curd, spice, pear skin and light honey, good definition and freshness. The palate is fresh and taut...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and juicy, with a succulent edge to the cassis, plum and blueberry fruit, which stays defined through the spice-tinged finish. The fresh aftertaste is accessible now, wit...