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Bordeaux 2010 at Southwold – the guide

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Every year, the Southwold tasting proves more illuminating and probably carries with it more surprises than the Bordeaux en primeurs themselves. From humble Médocs to the mighty first growths, the real beauties and beasts of the vintage are exposed in three days of blind tastings.

Below is the list of links to all the tasting notes plus background and opinion to this incredible logistical feat of a tasting. And, of course, we can rely on Alex to inject some wry humour into this most serious of topics...

Classic 2010 bordeaux reviewed (Free for all) 8 Feb 2014

Southwold 2010 – whites (Tasting articles) 7 Feb 2014

Southwold 2010 – right-bank reds (Tasting articles) 6 Feb 2014

Southwold 2010 – left-bank reds (Tasting articles) 5 Feb 2014

Alex asks himself about the '10s in Southwold (Alex on taste) 4 Feb 2014

Can you have too much fine wine? (Tasting articles) 28 Jan 2014

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