2010 Bordeaux En Primeurs First Look and Exclusive Offers

Wine Enthusiast: Smooth and rich, this is an opulent wine. It has ripe acidity and tropical fruit notes, while also crisp at the edges, like biting into a ripe pear. The wine, with its stru...

Wine Spectator: Superfleshy but very direct, with long, racy raspberry ganache and red currant notes. Almost flashy, but stays focused through the long finish. Tasted non-blind. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: This is loaded with enticing raspberry and blackberry fruit, along with crushed plum and cherry sauce notes. Sleek and racy through the finish, with the graphite edge starting...

Wine Spectator: Velvety plum sauce, fig and cassis fruit flavors are backed by a lightly firm edge of cocoa and tobacco. Almost chewy in the end, but with enough polish. -J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 2010: Given the fact that the 2008 shows far better out of bottle than it did from cask, I would not be surprised to see the 2010's score rise after bottling. Proprietor Denis...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and rounded, with a velvety feel to the blackberry, blueberry and raspberry fruit. Shows nice range, with a suave finish. -J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 2010: This 2010 appeared to have just come off malolactic fermentation as it was grapy and primary with a disjointed personality. Normally a very strong effort from proprietor...

Wine Spectator: Rounded and forward, showing friendly blueberry cobbler, linzer torte and warm fruitcake notes, with a blast of licorice on the finish. Yet this is perhaps a touch overextract...

Wine Spectator: This has the rich, dark blueberry and blackberry fruit of the vintage, with ample graphite and spice and a solid, tannic backbone. Toasty, but with flesh. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Toasty but integrated, this offers alluring black tea and anise notes that weave through the plum, blackberry and fig fruit, with a polished finish. -J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 2010: How this producer has been able to retain two of the most famous names in the wine world is a story in itself. However, this blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc h...

Wine Spectator: Muscular, with raspberry and plum sauce notes pushed by velvety but substantial tannins. The long finish is filled with roasted fig and spice. One of the bigger Pomerols in 20...

Wine Spectator: A toasty, lush style, with lots of blueberry, fig and boysenberry fruit layered with roasted spice and lush toast and backed by a long, well-structured finish. -J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This wine has developed beautifully during its elevage, and the blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot (one of the highest percentages of Cabernet Franc in all of St.-Emil...

Wine Spectator: Soft, with a light raisiny edge to the blackberry and cherry pie notes, followed by a rounded, toasty finish. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Dark and winey, with lots of crushed plum, braised fig and cassis notes pumping along. There's a nice graphite spine and solid drive on the black tea-tinged finish. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Dense and very tight, with a core of plum, cassis and blueberry fruit harnessed by toasty grip. The muscular finish is a bit unyielding now. This seems to be relying more on p...

Wine Spectator: Offers a very enticing raspberry aroma and flavor, with sweet spice and ganache notes filling in behind. The focused, lightly taut finish has a dash of bitter cherry. -J.M.

James Suckling: I like the silky tannins and blueberry character in this wine, with licorice and tar. Full and in balance. Better than 2010.