2010 Bordeaux En Primeurs First Look and Exclusive Offers

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

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.

Wine Spectator: This delivers a solid beam of raspberry and cassis, with graphite and spice notes. Lightly firm through the finish, with dusty tannins hanging on the end. -J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This is a terrific wine from another estate that has a consistent record of excellence for close to two decades. The blend in 2010 is 50% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and th...

Wine Spectator: Round, bright and pure, with silky-textured plum, cassis and blackberry fruit and a long, iron-tinged finish. The grip really struts its stuff on the finish, with the fruit sh...

About this Wine: "La Couspaude is planted with the same grape varieties as the other great wines of Saint-Emilion, and in similar proportions: a large majority of Merlot (75%), as well as Cabe...

Wine Spectator: This gushes with exotic fig sauce, mulled blueberry and blackberry fruit and enticing black tea, anise and charcoal notes. Long and very fleshy, with powerful, pure fruit in r...