2010 Bordeaux En Primeurs First Look and Exclusive Offers

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Reticent but very pure aromas of yellow peach, hazelnut and vanillin oak; comes across as riper than the utterly primary basic Corton-Charlemagne. Sweet...

Wine Enthusiast: Using grapes sourced from 70-year-old vines, this has a wood element that combines with citrus and yellow fruits. An apple flavor melds with a menthol note, bringing out herba...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. White peach, licorice, clove, honey and hazelnut on the nose. Smooth, thick and sweet but with serious, harmonious acidity giving shape to this highly concent...

Wine Enthusiast: There is such elegance on this concentrated wine, combining richness with intense structure. A blend of yellow fruit, crisp apple and lemon zest flavors surface on this opulen...

Wine Enthusiast: This is a deeply rich, very impressive wine from a great white-wine vintage. It's concentrated with the essence of pure Chardonnay. It has tension along with a full texture. A...

Wine Enthusiast: Nervy and textured, this is a wine under tension. It is crisp with acidity, with lots of bright green-fruit and citrus flavors. This is complex and age worthy, bringing out th...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale bright yellow. Pure but reticent aromas of apricot, peach pit and iodine. Dry and extremely unforthcoming, revealing more nutty oak than primary fruit. Extremely dense...

Wine Enthusiast: Using grapes sourced from the upper part of the Charmes Vineyard, this is rounded and full, showing the thin soil through its concentration. Touched by toast and spice notes, ...

Wine Enthusiast: A signature wine for Girardin, this is powerful and rich, with apricot, quince and green plum fruits that are layered within the taut texture. A toast note rounds out this com...

Wine Enthusiast: This is a floral wine that combines structure, firm acidity and intensely ripe fruit. Flavors of green fruit, citrus, toast and some smoke give complexity to this concentrated...

Wine Enthusiast: Soft and rich, with ripe fruit flavors, this is warm and opulent. Packed with notes of spice and toast, the ripe peach flavor is layered into the fine, elegant structure. Agin...

Wine Enthusiast: Opulent and very minerally, this is deeply flavored and concentrated, with a lively, crisp edge. It's fruity while also having a textured finish that shows a structured, age-w...

Wine Enthusiast: Wood and ripe fruit flavors drive this explosively fruity wine. Its richness is balanced by the acidity from green apple and lime fruits. Spice from the wood aging adds piquan...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (from 80-year-old vines): Very closed nose hints at toast and resiny oak. Fatter, sweeter and oilier than the Pucelles but less floral and perfumed. Impressively chewy and ...

About this Wine: The vineyard is located in the village of Chablis, in the very heart of the Chablis country, on the left bank of the Serein River, with a south-south east exposure. It is loca...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Gingery peach, toast, crushed stone and smoky minerality on the slightly reduced nose. Rich, sweet and plush, with a touch of spice to the ripe, smoky stone f...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Gingery peach, toast, crushed stone and smoky minerality on the slightly reduced nose. Rich, sweet and plush, with a touch of spice to the ripe, smoky stone f...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, green-tinged yellow. Captivating aromas of white peach, pineapple, curry powder, medicinal herbs and musky lees. Sappy, chewy and dry, but completely locked up follo...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, pale yellow. Very pure, reticent aromas of lemon, lime and white flowers. Dry and penetrating to the point of painful, with pristine flavors of crushed stone, l...