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Wine	WS	RP	JS	Offer Price		Wine	WS	RP	JS	Offer Price
WS = Wine Spectator, RP = Robert Parker, JS = James Suckling
Sauternes
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Climens	-	94-96	-	145.00		Lafaurie Peyraguey	-	91-93	-	60.00
De Fargues	92-95	94-96	-	153.00		Myrat	-	91-93	-	37.00
Doisy Daene	92-95	92-94	-	52.00		Rieussec	93-96	90-92	-	91.00
Doisy Daene L'Extravagant (375ml)	94-97	95-97	-	270.00		Sigalas Rabaud	-	91-93	-	62.00
Doisy Vedrines	92-95	91-93	-	41.00		Suduiraut	93-96	94-96	-	100.00
Guiraud	92-95	91-93	-	68.00		Yquem	93-96	96-98	-	820.00
La Tour Blanche	93-96	92-94	-	78.00
Graves
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Branon	92-95	96-98	93-94	162.00		La Mission Haut Brion Blanc	94-97	93-95	98-99	1180.00
Clarence du Haut Brion	93-96	90-93	93-94	SOLD OUT		Larrivet Haut Brion	-	87-89	93-94	SOLD OUT
De Fieuzal	90-93	90-92	91-92	51.00		Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc	-	90-92	92-93	49.00
De Fieuzal Blanc	89-92	92-94	92-93	SOLD OUT		Le Clarte de Haut Brion Blanc	-	90-92	-	118.00
Domaine de Chevalier	92-95	91-93	95-96	SOLD OUT		Les Carmes Haut Brion	-	88-90	93-94	SOLD OUT
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc	91-94	92-94	-	126.00		Malartic Lagraviere	91-94	92-94	94-95	70.00
Haut Bailly	-	95-97	95-96	SOLD OUT		Malartic Lagraviere Blanc	90-93	93-95	94-95	90.00
Haut Bergey	92-95	92-94	92-93	SOLD OUT		Pape Clement	93-96	93-95	96-97	191.00
Haut Bergey Blanc	89-92	90-92	90-91	42.00		Pape Clement Blanc	92-95	93-96	-	196.00
Haut Brion (To purchase with Clarence de Haut Brion only)	96-99	98-100	97-98	1300.00		Smith Haut Lafitte	93-96	95-97	95-96	155.00
La Chapelle de La Mission Haut Brion	92-95	91-94	93-94	SOLD OUT		Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc	92-95	92-95	-	131.00
La Mission Haut Brion	95-98	98-100	95-96	1180.00
Haut Medoc/Medoc
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Bernadotte	89-92	87-89	89-90	SOLD OUT		La Tour Carnet	89-92	92-94	-	44.00
Cantemerle	-	91-93	-	SOLD OUT		Lanessan	-	87-89	91-92	-
Goulee	90-91	90-92	-	30.00		Poujeaux	88-91	90-92	92-93	SOLD OUT
La Lagune	89-92	93-96	-	SOLD OUT		Sociando Mallet	-	91-93	-	SOLD OUT
Margaux
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Alter Ego de Palmer	92-95	-	91-92	SOLD OUT		Malescot St Exupery	93-96	94-96	96-97	SOLD OUT
Brane Cantenac	90-93	93-96	-	109.00		Margaux	96-99	96-98	100	1460.00
Boyd Cantenac	90-93	91-93	-	76.00		Marquis De Terme	91-94	-	92-93	52.00
Cantenac Brown	91-94	92-94	-	73.00		Palmer	95-98	95-97	97-98	430.00
D'Issan	89-92	94-96	93-94	SOLD OUT		Pavillon Blanc de Margaux	-	-	95-96	210.00
Du Tertre	90-93	87-89	91-92	47.00		Pavillon Rouge de Margaux	92-95	90-92	94-95	SOLD OUT
Giscours	91-94	92-95	94-95	SOLD OUT		Prieure Lichine	89-92	92-94	94-95	76.00
Kirwan	90-93	90-93	-	82.00		Rauzan Segla	94-97	92-94	97-98	168.00
Lascombes	89-92	94-97	91-92	144.00
St Julien
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Beychevelle	91-94	90-92	93-94	108.00		Langoa Barton	92-95	90-92	93-94	90.00
Branaire Ducru	92-95	93-95	93-94	SOLD OUT		Leoville Barton	94-97	91-93	97-98	SOLD OUT
Clos Du Marquis	92-95	91-93	92-93	73.00		Leoville Lascases	95-98	95-98	95-96	SOLD OUT
Ducru Beaucaillou	-	96-98	99-100	320.00		Leoville Poyferre	92-95	95-98	93-94	175.00
Gloria	92-95	91-93	90-91	56.00		Saint Pierre	91-94	95-97	92-93	104.00
Gruaud Larose	93-96	92-94	93-94	SOLD OUT		Talbot	90-93	91-93	92-93	80.00
La Croix de Beaucaillou by Jade Jagger	-	90-92	92-93	68.00
Paulliac
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Clerc Milon	93-96	91-93	95-96	97.00		Le Petit Mouton	91-94	90-93	-	216.00
D'Armailhac	92-95	89-92	92-93	SOLD OUT		Les Forts de Latour	-	92-95	94-95	365.00
Duhart Milon	-	94-96	91-92	168.00		Lynch Bages	95-98	95-97	98-99	205.00
Echo de Lynch Bages	90-93	-	90-91	51.00		Mouton Rothschild	95-98	97-100	99-100	1440.00
Grand Puy Ducasse	90-93	92-94	-	SOLD OUT		Pedesclaux	90-93	-	91-92	44.00
Grand Puy Lacsote	92-95	93-96	95-96	SOLD OUT		Pichon Baron	95-98	97-99	95-96	SOLD OUT
Haut Bages Liberal	91-94	91-93	-	56.00		Pichon Lalande	92-95	92-95	-	269.00
Haut Batailley	90-93	88-90	92-93	SOLD OUT		Pontet Canet	96-99	96-100	97-98	235.00
Lafite Rothschild (To purchase with Ch Rieussec only)	96-99	98-100	100	1900.00		Reserve de La Comtesse	89-92	89-91	90-91	61.00
Latour	96-99	98-100	98-99	SOLD OUT
St Estephe
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Calon Segur	-	92-94	92-93	116.00		Les Ormes de Pez	91-94	87-90	92-93	41.00
Cos d'Estournel	96-99	95-97	96-97	388.00		Les Pagodes de Cos	92-95	90-93	92-93	80.00
Dame de Montrose	91-94	91-93	91-92	61.00		Lilian Ladouys	90-93	-	90-91	22.00
Lafon Rochet	90-93	92-94	-	SOLD OUT		Montrose	95-98	96-99	95-96	285.00
Le Crock	90-93	90-92	90-91	30.00		Phelan Segur	90-93	89-91	92-93	56.00
St Emilion
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Angelus	94-97	94-96	97-98	440.00		La Confession	-	92-95	92-93	SOLD OUT
Ausone	94-97	98-100	96-97	SOLD OUT		La Dominique	92-95	92-94	94-95	SOLD OUT
Barde Haut	90-93	91-94	91-92	SOLD OUT		La Fleur Cardinale	91-94	92-95	92-93	51.00
Beausejour Becot	89-92	91-93	93-94	SOLD OUT		La Fleur Morange	-	92-94	92-93	-
Beausejour Duffau	-	96-100	98-99	360.00		La Mondotte	95-98	96-98	96-97	470.00
Bellefont Belcier	90-93	91-93	87-88	SOLD OUT		Larcis Ducasse	92-95	95-97	95-96	SOLD OUT
Bellevue	89-92	92-94	92-93	90.00		Le Carre	91-94	92-94	90-91	91.00
Bellevue Mondotte	93-96	93-95	95-96	SOLD OUT		Le Dome	92-95	94-96	92-93	SOLD OUT
Berliquet	90-93	90-93	92-93	47.00		Le Petit Cheval	91-94	91-93	94-95	315.00
Canon	91-94	92-94	95-96	181.00		Monbousquet	92-95	91-93	92-93	SOLD OUT
Canon La Gaffeliere	94-97	92-94	94-95	119.00		Moulin St Georges	90-93	87-89	92-93	SOLD OUT
Chapelle D'Ausone	90-93	92-94	95-96	SOLD OUT		Pavie	94-97	95-98	96-97	SOLD OUT
Cheval Blanc	95-98	96-98	99-100	1670.00		Pavie Decesse	93-96	94-96	95-96	245.00
Clos de L'Oratoire	92-95	92-94	94-95	SOLD OUT		Pavie Macquin	95-98	96-98	95-96	157.00
Clos Fourtet	92-95	95-97	-	145.00		Peby Faugeres	-	94-96	94-95	179.00
Croix de Labrie	-	94-96	-	97.00		Quinault Enclos	88-91	90-92	91-92	39.00
Faugeres	91-94	91-94	93-94	46.00		Rol Valentin	92-95	90-93	-	46.00
Fonroque	-	88-90	91-92	-		Teyssier	89-92	89-91	88-89	SOLD OUT
Gracia	-	95-98	-	205.00		Troplong Mondot	93-96	96-98	-	195.00
L'Arrosee	89-82	91-94	-	SOLD OUT		Vieux Chateau Mazerat	91-94	92-94	89-90	77.00
Pomerol
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Bon Pasteur	89-92	92-95	95-96	SOLD OUT		Latour a Pomerol	95-98	92-94	95-96	-
Clinet	92-95	95-98	95-96	SOLD OUT		Le Gay	92-95	95-97	93-94	SOLD OUT
Gazin	92-95	93-95	-	SOLD OUT		Le Pin	96-99	96-98	95-96	SOLD OUT
La Conseillante	94-97	95-98	97-98	308.00		L'Eglise Clinet	94-97	96-100	97-98	540.00
La Croix de Gay	-	89-91	90-91	43.00		L'Evangile	-	96-98	94-95	360.00
La Croix St Georges	90-93	90-93	91-92	SOLD OUT		Nenin	92-95	90-92	92-93	84.00
La Fleur Petrus	96-99	95-98	98-99	SOLD OUT		Petrus	95-98	98-100	-	-
La Pointe	91-94	89-91	-	49.00		Trotanoy	-	93-95	97-98	490.00
Lafleur	95-98	95-98	99-100	-		Vieux Chateau Certan	96-99	96-98	100	370.00
Lalande de Pomerol
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
La Fleur de Bouard	88-91	89-91	91-92	39.00		Le Plus de La Fleur de Bouard	89-92	91-93	92-93	167.00
Others
	WS	RP	JS	S$			WS	RP	JS	S$
Clos Les Lunelles	89-92	90-93	89-90	34.00		Domaine de I'A	90-93	89-92	92-93	SOLD OUT
D'Aiguilhe	90-93	89-92	92-93	31.00		La Vieille Cure	-	91-93	-	27.00

 

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A few quotes from top wine critics on 2010

“2010 is another top vintage for the Bordelais region-was Bob Dylan singing about them in the mid 60s ("With God on our side").” Robert Parker

“The Cabernet Sauvignon relished the growing season. I had the pleasure of tasting some of the greatest embryonic Cabernets en primeur around Pauillac and a clutch of these may turn out to be legendary wines.” Neal Martin

“Some of the baby reds are chateaux's best ever, or best in decades. They will be must buys for Bordeaux lovers around the world.” James Suckling

“2010 looks like it will give ’09 a run for its money qualitatively” Wine Spectator

“I find it hard to imagine that I will ever again encounter such successful consecutive vintages in Bordeaux as 2009 and the infant 2010s I have just been tasting.” Jancis Robinson

 

 

Vintage Summary

We thought 2005 to be a landmark wine vintage unlikely to be matched for a generation, then along came 2009 to rival and in some cases surpass it and now it seems that another great vintage is on our doorstep.

2010 is a fabulous year for the wines of Bordeaux. The reds are ripe and powerful but with fine acidity and firm tannins, the dry whites are exotic but crisp and bright. The sweet white wines have good botrytis and balance – fresher and less exuberant than 2009. This vintage is a twin for the equally exceptional 2009 – but certainly not an identical twin!

In general, 2010 can be viewed as a great vintage after another much like 1989 and 1990.  The 2010s veer more towards precision, structure and underlying power than outrageous opulence. What these two vintages do share in common are very high levels of concentration and potential alcohol – oh and they are both already regarded as two of the best Bordeaux vintages in time immemorial.