2010 Bordeaux Futures

Our Bordeaux team recently tasted the 2010 vintage at the Union des Grands Crus Bordeaux Tasting in New York City. 2010 is an amazing follow up to the the great 2009 vintage. There will be plenty of debates in the future as to which vintage is better. Regardless, 2010 is an outstanding vintage with great concentration, good acidity and plenty of ripe tannins. It's a very structured vintage that will have the capacity to age gracefully.

Most of the critics have published their final tasting reports and it's unanimously a great vintage. James Suckling reviewed 350 wines with 92 points or more. The Wine Spectator rated the vintage 99 points for the left bank and 98 points for the right bank. Neal Martin has posted his report with numerous 90+ point scores saying "These wines express their terroir with greater clarity than the 2009s." Robert Parker rated over 150 wines at 92 points or higher, including ten 100 point wines, and said "This is clearly another very great vintage in Bordeaux."