2010 Bordeaux En Primeurs First Look and Exclusive Offers

Geoffrey Binder: Pale ruby core that pushes to the rim. This is quite attractive, showing ripe, yet restrained aromas of raspberry, black cherry and cola with underlying notes of baking spice ...

John Gilman: The Rossignol vines in Teurons are beautifully situated, at the top of the slope in this vineyard and right along the border with Les Cras, which is the chalkiest section of t...

Burghound: Here the nose is more deeply pitched and a bit riper as well with distinct floral and humus notes present on the purple fruit infused nose. The supple, generous and suave midd...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright red-ruby. Blackberry and violet on the pure, vibrant nose. Denser and sweeter than the Aloxe-Corton, with crushed blackberry flavor framed by a firm edge of acid...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright medium red. Expressive aromas of cherry, marzipan, menthol, leather, flowers and spices. Supple and pliant on the palate, offering moderate delineation but lovel...

Jancis Robinson: Very nicely balanced pure stuff. Quite a bargain! Made from a blend from four different climats (Baudes, Noirots, Groseilles and Gruenchers). Quite delicious. 17.5/20 VGV

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Red fruits and spices on the nose. Round, fleshy and sweet; a bit deeper in pitch than the village Volnay, and more saline and soil-driven. Good serious Volnay,...

John Gilman: The lovely 2010 Petits Monts from Domaine Georges Noëllat was raised in fifty percent new oak and was showing quite well at the time of my visit in March, wafting from the gla...

Burghound: This is not quite as elegant as the Caillerets but it's close with a beautiful and well-layered nose of violet, plum and black raspberry. There is excellent volume to the very...

About this Wine: Nuits St Georges wines make you long to bite into them. Although their name evokes twilight and nightfall, these premier crus have a fairly vigorous nature, hard while immatur...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Black cherry, dark chocolate and a hint of earth on the nose and palate. Sweet and vinous, with lovely balance and intensity for village wine. Finishes with ser...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Black cherry, licorice and a note of tar on the nose. Complex and aromatic in the mouth, with musky redcurrant, game and mocha flavors complicated by an earth...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red-ruby. Wilder on the nose than the Savigny, with black cherry and smoke aromas complicated by hints of dark chocolate and leather. Juicy and quite tight in the ...

Wine Enthusiast: Firm, concentrated and solid, this has a tight core that's surrounded by sweeter dark-plum fruit. This is ripe and full bodied, with a definite need for aging.

Wine Enthusiast: Ripe and fruity, this has tannins that are soft and rounded. It has structure and concentration, with ripe black-cherry fruit. It's surprisingly ready to drink for a Pommard, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Palish red. Redcurrant, cherry, spices, minerals and a whiff of game on the nose. Sweet, silky and fairly deep, offering a fine-grained texture and very good energy and inte...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright red-ruby. Slightly reduced, wild aromas of black fruits, leather and fresh blood. Dense, thick, creamy and very ripe, but with harmonious acidity giving shape and lif...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes sweeps across the palate with rich, textured dark cherries, flowers, mint and graphite. The fleshy fruit is nicely supported by vei...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good dark red. Reticent on the nose, but already boasts plenty of incipient complexity to its scents of red berries, flowers, tobacco, linden leaf and underbrush; like an inf...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Pungent crushed-stone minerality lifts aromas of red berries, meat and mocha. Round and sweet in the mouth but given shape by strong, well-integrated acidity ...