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Bordeaux 2011 – a guide to our coverage

Wednesday 11 April 2012 • 1 min read
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6 May – Just to remind you that, owing to Nick's scheduled gut operation, from which he is making excellent progress now, I was unable to go to Bordeaux to taste the 2011 primeurs. Julia Harding MW went instead and did a first-class job, publishing an awe-inspiring set of tasting notes in record time – JR

Here's a guide to our coverage of Bordeaux 2011, complete with Julia's picture of one delighted putto at Ch La Mission Haut-Brion.

Please note that the tasting article titles will link to the relevant article only once they are published, but there are already 16 other, more general articles listed below the list of tasting articles.

TASTING ARTICLES (most recent first) 

Bordeaux 2011 – sweet whites 10 years on 22 October 2021

Bordeaux 2011 – left-bank reds 10 years on 21 October 2021

Bordeaux 2011 – right-bank reds 10 years on 20 October 2021

2011 bordeaux – in need of a magic wand? 27 Jan 2016

Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the whites 12 Feb 2015

Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the left bank 11 Feb 2015

Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the right bank 10 Feb 2015

The last three Bordeaux vintages? 1 April 2014

Bordeaux 2011 in bottle 30 Oct 2013

Cru bourgeois 2011s 3 Oct 2013

Bordeaux 2009-2012 compared 6 Aug 2013

Bordeaux – 2011 and 2008 compared 29 Aug 2012

More Médocs, tasted in London 22 May 2012

Notes from Bibendum's London tasting 15 May 2012

Crus Classés 2011-2008 compared 10 May 2012

Sweet whites 25 Apr 2012

St-Émilion and satellites 24 Apr 2012

Pomerol, Lalande-de-Pomerol and Fronsac 23 Apr 2012

Graves and Pessac-Léognan reds 20 Apr 2012

Margaux 19 Apr 2012

St-Julien 18 Apr 2012

Pauillac 17 Apr 2012

St-Estèphe 16 Apr 2012

Dry whites 13 Apr

AC Bordeaux and Côtes 12 Apr 2012

Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis and Listrac 11 Apr 2012

Cercle Rive Droite 2011s 27 Mar 2012


MORE GENERAL ARTICLES AND VIDEOS (most recent first) 

Festive cheer? Not in Bordeaux! (Don't quote me) 13 Dec 2013

Ch Belle-Vue 2011 Haut-Médoc (Wines of the Week) 4 Oct 2013

Bordeaux 2011 – the campaign that wasn't (Don't quote me) 8 May 2012

Blatch on Sauternes 2011 (Free for all) 30 Apr 2012

Liv-ex on Latour – some comments (Don't quote me) 25 Apr 2012

Last chance to win £80 tickets to taste Bordeaux 2011 (Inside information) 25 Apr 2012

How low does Bordeaux 2011 EP need to be? (Forum)

Latour to stop selling en primeur (Forum)

Who is interested in Bordeaux 2011s en primeur? (Forum)

Latour – life beyond primeurs (Don't quote me) 16 Apr 2012

Bordeaux 2011 – Julia's overview (Inside information) 11 Apr 2012

A year in the Médoc (Videos) 9 Apr 2012

Dubourdieu on 'the strange case of 2011' (Free for all) 19 Mar 2012

Bordeaux 2011 – our plans (Inside information) 14 Mar 2012

Bordeaux 2011 – survey results (Free for all) 26 Jan 2012

Bordeaux 2011 primeurs – a survey (Inside information) 23 Jan 2012

Making the most of Médoc 2011s (Inside information) 22 Nov 2011

2011 – a crazy year for growers (Free for all) 8 Oct 2011

Latest news from Bordeaux (Inside information) 23 Sep 2011

A hailstorm in St-Estèphe (Inside Information) 5 Sep 2011

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