Bordeaux Vintage 2010 Outstanding

This confirms what our palates told us in our recent tasting of our wines in Bordeaux: the 2010 vintage is outstanding!

Thanks to my contacts in LinkedIn, I have connected with a new friend, Ronald Rens, M. Sc., Wine Master Wine writer and President The Bordeaux Wine Experience, who is a great exponent of what is happening with the 2010 vintage in Bordeaux. I will share his notes with you here:

Dear Benjamin,

This is the Bordeaux 2010 Vintage Special!

This is the Bordeaux 2010 Vintage Special!

Remember I said in the 2009 vintage special that I was not into hypes? Well nothing has changed but when the climate, technical progress and people’s dedication keep producing outstanding vintages, what do you do?

Outstanding
Let me cut to the chase: the Bordeaux vintage 2010 is yet another excellent and sometimes outstanding vintage. We have attended the tastings organized by the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, the UGCB. I will tell you all about these tastings, the official opening dinner at Smith Haut Lafitte and of course I will give my verdict on all wines tasted including the First Growths.

Quote of the month:

“What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile. “- William Sokolin

22 points on a scale of 20?
Last year I thought “this is as good as it gets.” But amazingly it’s possible to improve on perfection. I have seriously considered adding points to my scale and start rating on a scale of 22 points. Some wines are just that good this year! I was tempted by Lafite, Margaux and Latour to add points to the scale but Margaret convinced me to stay within the traditionally 20 points. Ratings and points are easy to use but we mustn’t forget that rating are the result of one taster expressing his or her opinion on a wine. In the case of the Futures Tastings this is even an opinion based on a sample of an unfinished wine. In this Bordeaux 2010 vintage special I will give you my humble opinion. I do hope you enjoy reading this Vintage Special and I wish you a lot of wisdom with your decisions on buying futures for this great vintage.

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Ronald with First Growth Mouton Rothschild's Managing Director Hervé Berland
First Growth Mouton Rothschild’s Managing Director Hervé Berland (R): We’re very lucky to have another great vintage like this”