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Bordeaux 2010 – guide to our coverage

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Here's a guide to our coverage of the topic du jour, the latest vintage to be offered by the Bordelais, which is looking dangerously good. I was in Bordeaux three times over the last two months and have been adding my tasting notes and reviews systematically, with more detailed introductions than in the past. The most recent articles and tasting articles are at the top of the two lists below. I must thank Tamlyn Currin especially for her extremely efficient and rapid processing of my tasting notes.


TASTING ARTICLES

Bordeaux 2010 tasted blind – left-bank reds 2 April 2020

Bordeaux 2010 tasted blind – right-bank reds and sweet whites 1 April 2020

BI's 2010 bordeaux showcase 26 Feb 2020

How are 2010 bordeaux tasting now? 21 Sep 2018

Left-bank bordeaux 2010 tasted blind 16 Dec 2014

Southwold 2010 – whites 7 Feb 2014

Southwold 2010 – right-bank reds 6 Feb 2014

Southwold 2010 – left-bank reds 5 Feb 2014

Bordeaux 2009-2012 compared 6 Aug 2013

Bordeaux 2010 in bottle 21 Nov 2012

2010 crus bourgeois impress 4 Oct 2012

Crus Classés 2011-2008 compared 10 May 2012

Bordeaux 2010s reassessed 10 April 2012

Sweet whites 26 Apr 2011

AC Bordeaux and Côtes 25 Apr 2011

St-Estèphe 21 Apr 2011

Pauillac 20 Apr 2011

St-Julien 19 Apr 2011

Margaux 18 Apr 2011

Pomerol, Lalande-de-Pomerol and Fronsac 15 Apr 2011

St-Émilion and satellites 14 Apr 2011

Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis and Listrac 13 Apr 2011

Graves and Pessac-Léognan reds 12 Apr 2011

Dry whites 11 Apr 2011


MORE GENERAL ARTICLES AND VIDEOS

Bordeaux better at ageing than selling? (Free for all) 29 Feb 2020

How the 2010s were judged (Free for all) 3 Jan 2019

Tanners Super Claret 2010 Haut-Médoc (Wines of the Week) 30 Oct 2015

Ch Reynon 2010 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux (Wines of the Week) 12 June 2015

Ch Charmail 2010 Haut-Médoc (Wines of the Week) 13 Mar 2015

Ch Paveil de Luze 2010 Margaux (Wines of the Week) 10 Oct 2014

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

Bordeaux 2010 at Southwold – the guide (Free for all) 7 Feb 2014

When bourgeois is good (Free for all) 6 Oct 2012

Ch Lamothe Vincent 2010 Bordeaux Rouge (Wines of the Week) 3 Feb 2012

En primeur insights – part 2: the château MD (Inside information) 16 Aug 2011

En primeur insights – part 1: the ex-participant (Don't quote me) 2 Aug 2011

Bordeaux 2010 and the Great Wine Bubble (Members' forum)

TONG 10 on Bordeaux 10 (Free for all) 20 Jul 2011

First Growth pains (Members' forum)

2010 campaign reassessed (Free for all) 9 Jul 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – a trader's conclusions (Free for all) 7 Jul 2011

2010 bargain alert (Inside information) 6 Jul 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – an ft.com video (Free for all) 17 Jun 2011

More Bordeaux (Members' forum)

Are you buying Bdx 2010? (Members' forum)

1000 pounds a bottle (Members' forum)

When sugar is good (Free for all) 11 Jun 2011

More Bordeaux (Members' forum) 17 May 2011

Bordeaux – the transatlantic divide (Don't quote me) 16 May 2011

Who'll buy the 2010s? (Inside information) 10 May 2011

Bordeaux mania – or not? (Free for all) 4 May 2011

Chewing the 2010 cud with Staples (Videos) 20 Apr 2011

2010 – The Shakira vintage? (Free for all) 16 Apr 2011

How the 2010s were judged (Videos) 13 Apr 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – our publishing plans (Free for all) 11 Apr 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – what are we really tasting? (Free for all) 9 Apr 2011

Report from Bordeaux 6 (Inside information) 8 Apr 2011

Filming every slurp (Videos) 8 Apr 2011

So when is the great wine bubble going to burst? (Members' forum) 7 April 2011

Report from Bordeaux 5 (Inside information) 7 Apr 2011

Breakfast at Le Pin (Videos) 7 Apr 2011

Report from Bordeaux 4 (Inside information) 6 Apr 2011

Cellar treasures at Latour (Tasting articles) 5 Apr 2011

Report from Bordeaux 3 (Inside information) 5 Apr 2011

Latour's headless bottle (Videos) 4 Apr 2011

Report from Bordeaux 2 (Inside information) 4 Apr 2011

Report from Bordeaux 1 (Inside information) 1 Apr 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – tannin alert (Inside information) 31 Mar 2011

Bordeaux – who consults whom? (Inside information) 31 Mar 2011

Blatch on Bordeaux 2010 – the wines (Inside information) 29 Mar 2011

Blatch on Bordeaux 2010 – the vines (Inside information) 28 Mar 2011

Forum discussion on when to publish (Members' forum) 22 Mar 2011

Primeurs 2010 – when to publish? (Free for all) 22 Mar 2011

Dubourdieu on 2010: 'another very great vintage' (Free for all) 28 Feb 2011

Bordeaux 2010 – eye-witness account (Free for all) 20 Oct 2010

Bordeaux 2010 – the latest (Free for all) 11 Oct 2010

2010 in Bordeaux and Burgundy (Free for all) 24 Sep 2010

Bordeaux – the 2010 vintage so far (Free for all) 29 Jul 2010

The picture was taken in the tasting room at Ch La Mission Haut-Brion at sunset at the beginning of the first of three trips I have made to Bordeaux recently to taste the 2010s.
 

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