Bordeaux 2010 Ex Cellars

The 2010 Vintage This is the third great Bordeaux vintage in 10 years, but completely different to either of the other two; 2005 and 2009. Because it is so different, it should be represented in the cellar of every Claret lover but in the expectation that its wines will in most cases take longer to mature and will probably outlast both the 2005s and 2009s. One thing that this vintage certainly has in common with 2009 is that, in selecting the right wines to buy - the successful 2010s - balance is all and the less expensive the wine, the more important it is to follow good advice. This is not a vintage you can "choose with a pin." Uneven flowering in the Spring led to a small crop which ripened and was harvested in dry weather conditions, producing grapes with high sugar, good acidity and some of the highest tannin readings ever recorded. As a result the wines have great concentration. In the top châteaux, the Crus Classés, which can afford the best and most skilful winemakers, some remarkable wines were made: wines with superb concentration and fruit to balance the generous tannins and alcohols of the vintage. It was an Elizabeth Taylor of a vintage, with an abundance of everything but requiring skilful management to harness the potential. The 2010's will need to mature for a longer period than usual - say fifteen to twenty years and will keep for ages. They will be truly memorable. Among the less expensive Clarets, which should have rather shorter maturing periods, our tasting team made their selections with great care, avoiding many an unbalanced wine with too much tannin and not enough fruit to support it. If you buy the less expensive wines from this vintage without the right advice, you may be very disappointed. On the team visiting Bordeaux to buy this vintage we had two Master of Wine who, between them, have 65 years experience of buying en primeur! If you follow our selections, we are confident that you will put in your cellar some remarkable wines for the price.

Chateau La Croix du Duc, Bordeaux 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £44.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very complete claret with a nice fruity nose, well-managed tannins and a lively acidity. The attributes of the vintage have been neatly captured in an inexpensive claret which will repay you if decanting it like a more expensive wine and this will give great pleasure over several years. (2014 -2019)

Chateau Jalousie, Bordeaux Superieur 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £47.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This old Hicks & Don favourite has produced a well-balanced and generous Claret, with plenty of ripe fruit, the concentration of a 2010 and a good flavour. Like most Clarets of the vintage there is a backbone of tannin which will stand it in good stead as it develops in bottle. (2015 - 2020)

Chateau Sauman, Cotes de Bourg 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £49.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A new property to us but a really stylish Bourg which has been brought to life by the vibrant acidity of the vintage. Well endowed with fruit and backed by a frame of fine tannins, it was one of the best Petits Chateaux that we tasted. (2016-2022)

Chateau Raveaux, Cotes de Bordeaux - Blaye 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £50.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) The 2010 vintage has brought out the wonderful scented nature of Raveaux. Here is a classic Blaye, with a good clarety nose and forthright flavour, generous fruit to balance the tannins and the fresh acidity of the vintage. This successful property is clearly on top form. (2015 . 2020)

Chateau Roc de Pellebouc, Bordeaux 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £53.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This impressive wine, with its hugely concentrated body, singing fragrance and ripe fruit, balanced by ripe tannins and fresh fruit acidity, was made by the distinguished winemaker, Nicolas Guichard, who resisted the temptation of adding oak to an already lush wine. The proprietors, Monsieur and Madame Baudouin Thienpont are members of a Bordeaux dynasty whose properties include Vieux Château Certan, Le Pin and Pavie-Macquin. One of our most exciting finds. (2014 - 2018)

Chateau Barrabaque Cuvée Antoine, Canon Fronsac 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £55.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) One of the best value wines of the vintage, coming from a leading property of the appellation. In 2010 we preferred this unoaked cuvée, which displays attractive fruit and a real lightness of touch, to the more expensive oak-matured version. Antoine will give lots of uncomplicated pleasure. (2016-2022)

Chateau Bel Air, Bordeaux Superieur 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £56.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A particularly fragrant wine displaying one of the chief virtues of the 2010 vintage, a racy vitality. Bel Air is not as full-bodied or rich in tannins as most of its peers, rather it is a luncheon-weight claret of freshness and charm. (2014-2018)

Chateau Haut Pommarede, Graves 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £58.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This was an uplifting discovery in this vintage, even eclipsing one of our perennial value for money clarets; Lamanieu. Overflowing with fruit, beautifully balanced and with just the right kind of tannins for an attractive maturity. Every order for 2010's should include a case of Haut Pommarède. (2016-2022)

Chateau des Landes, Lussac St Emilion 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £75.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very successful Lussac with a slightly peppery nose and a melting flavour. A touch of fine tannin will see it through to a very attractive maturity and you will be getting a good glassful of wine from the St Emilion mould at an eminently sensible price. (2016-2022)

Domaine du Bouscat "Caduce" Bordeaux Superieur 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £77.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A charming wine with an abundance of plummy fruit and a lovely texture for a wine at this price level. Despite the freshness of the flavour the acidity is quite soft and the mature wine will probably have more of a mellow roundness to it than most Petits Chateaux in this vintage. A winner! (2015-2020)

Chateau l'Embrun, Cotes de Bordeaux - Blaye 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £89.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) We recently listed the 2004 from this Château as a mature wine and have had very favourable comments from the many wedding parties we have supplied already this summer, so here is a chance to buy it en primeur. With dried apricots and prunes on the nose, l.Embrun is an oaked style of wine and very well balanced with scented length. (2016-2022)

Chateau Robin, Cotes de Bordeaux - Castillon 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £90.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This is a Castillon in which the terroir of the appellation really speaks out. With ripe, almost chocolatey, Merlot fruit to the fore and a firm backbone of tannin it needs time to resolve itself into a wine of forthright individuality. (2017-2025)

Chateau Moulin de Lille, St Estephe Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £92.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Rather an exciting discovery from this famous commune where, as in Pauillac and St Julien, it is hard to find good examples at a reasonable price, mainly because the crus classés are snapping up all the vineyards! This ripe, characterful Moulin de Lille certainly fits the bill. (2018-2025)

Chateau Fleur St Antoine, Bordeaux Superieur 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £93.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This is a Bordeaux Superieur which shone in the company of wines with a much more prestigious appellation and, in our opinion, fully justified its price. Made under the guidance of leading oenologist Stéphane Derenoncourt, it has all the richness and fresh acidity of the vintage combined with beautifully managed tannins and oak. (2015-2020)

Chateau Cissac, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £95.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very skilfully made wine with considerable elegance and a rich, oak influenced flavour that finishes with a particularly delicate flourish. Fashioned in a very contemporary style, Gironville will grace the table whenever it is served and was a definite cut above Chateau Beaumont at a similar price. (2017-2024)

Chateau de Gironville, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £103.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very skilfully made wine with considerable elegance and a rich, oak influenced flavour that finishes with a particularly delicate flourish. Fashioned in a very contemporary style, Gironville will grace the table whenever it is served and was a definite cut above Chateau Beaumont at a similar price. (2017-2024)

Chateau Puygueraud, Cotes de Bordeaux - Francs 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £108.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) The 2010 from this well-known property, which lies on the continuation of the limestone ridge of St. Emilion, is a complete, full-bodied and structured Claret, with lots of fruit, ripe tannins and a good long flavour, predominantly of Merlot. A Thienpont family Château, making one of the top wines in the parish. (2020 - 2030)

Chateau Senejac, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £110.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Sénéjac has made a cracker this year and the owners have taken the opportunity to nudge up the price as a result. Even so we were in no doubt that this was one of the classiest wines on the tasting bench and well worth the extra money. With a firm frame and a long finish it can be allowed to develop at leisure. (2020-2030)

Chateau d'Aurilhac, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £111.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This is a cru bourgeois that has featured many times in our en primeur offers on account of its remarkable concentration and rumbustious character. With smoky oak leading the charge it fairly bowls you over but there is nothing clumsy about the flavour or the balance. (2018-2025)

Chateau La Tour de By, Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £119.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Over the years we have built up quite a following for this archetypal cru bourgeois, with its powerful frame of tannin and distinctively médocain flavour. In a year when the Cabernet Sauvignon has done so well, La Tour de By has come up trumps. (2020-2030)

Chateau Haut Chaigneau, Lalande de Pomerol 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £119.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A nicely constructed middleweight with real charm and a supple grapiness. There is backbone of tannin that will need time to soften but the scented Merlot on the finish promises very well for the future. (2018-2025)

Pavillon du Glana, St Julien 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £125.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A highly successful second wine displaying the elegance and length of a St Julien at a very reasonable price. If you want a slice of the action from one of Bordeaux.s top addresses, but don't want to spend more than you have to, then this is a wine to consider very seriously. (2015-2020)

Chateau Lilian Ladouys, St Estephe Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £135.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Another supremely well-made wine from a château which has been making waves for almost a decade now. Very much in the modern style, with deep colour and mellow oak, this is a classic claret of the 21st Century and will be a real pleasure to drink! (2020-2030)

Chateau Paloumey, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £144.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) This Haut Médoc reflects the power and concentration of the vintage, but without losing sight of the elegance expected of the appellation. With a good ration of tannin and a very satisfying length of flavour it will turn out to be a classic. (2019-2026)

Clos Floridene, Graves 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £145.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) An especially appealing Graves, one of several this year, in which the fragrance of Cabernet Franc provides a real bit of light and shade to lift the richness of the Cabernet Sauvignon to new heights. The white wine of this property is well known and this year, the red is a positive revelation (2018-2025)

Chateau Cambon La Pelouse, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £155.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Tasted after the rather more fashionable Chateau Charmail, this wine has noticeably more generosity about it and much finer tannins. Buyers of Cambon La Pelouse have a very mouth-filling and attractive glass of claret to look forward to. (2019-2027)

Chateau Citran, Haut Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £155.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) We are consistently impressed by the restrained delicacy of Citran, never a wine that seems to be trying too hard. In this rich vintage it has, once again, come across with singular elegance and purity of flavour. (2017-2024)

Chateau La Garricq, Moulis Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £155.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A modern style of wine with a rounded flavour in which oak plays a part.There is plenty of ripe and supple fruit but also a good frame of positive tannins. It will make a very attractive bottle from an appellation that seems to have been especially successful in this vintage. (2018-2025)

Chateau Couhins, Pessac Leognan 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £169.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Couhins is one of the Graves wines that is a classed growth for whites but not for reds. We thought the red this year was right up there with the best, beautifully balanced and overflowing with loganberry fruit. (2017-2024)

Chateau La Gurge, Margaux Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £173.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A classic Margaux with lovely vitality and scented Cabernet Sauvignon fruit. The palate is distinctly rich and backed by a manageable tannin which willmake this wine a charmer whose direct appeal could emerge relatively early on. (2018-2028)

Chateau St Hubert, St Emilion Grand Cru 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £182.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A wine in which, like so many modern St Emilions, oak plays a significant part. In this one, however, the balance is absolutely right and the tannins very nicely rounded. If you like the mellow flavours and added complexity that a touch of extra oak can bring to Merlot then St Hubert would appeal. (2016-2025)

Chateau Vieille Cure, Fronsac 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £183.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Here is a Fronsac of character and generosity, the sheer richness of fruit far outweighing the firm tannins typical of the appellation. Fronsac was cited by Robert Parker as a region with the potential to rival St Emilion, this must be the sort of wine that he was talking about. Indeed it outclassed the majority of them in 2010 (and he gave it 90 points) ! (2017-2025)

Chateau du Glana, St Julien Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £186.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A perfectly made manifestation of the vintage with fine tannins, mouthfilling fruit and a long scented finish. We don.t often list the second wine from a cru bourgeois so our listing of Pavillon du Glana speaks volumes for the quality of the grand vin. (2020-2030)

Chateau de Sales, Pomerol 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £186.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A well-priced Pomerol that has caught our eye before for its purity of flavour. With the hint of the liquorice that very ripe Merlot can possess, it has an opengrain texture and very appealing balance of fruit and fine tannins which will make a particularly silky glass of Claret. (2019-2027)

Blason d'Issan, Margaux 2010 (second wine of Chateau d'Issan) Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £190.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Along with Lagrange, d.Issan is one of the crus classés whose second wine we particularly like to follow and the Blason 2010 certainly did not give us a moment's hesitation. Pure in flavour, fine in tannin and with a good deal of substance to the fruit, this will be a highly satisfactory result for the Château. (2016-2022)

Chateau Maucaillou, Moulis Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £190.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Just the sort of quality that we expect from Maucaillou, a wine that we have been listing en primeur, off and on, since the 1970's. With sweet, ripe fruit, well-judged oak and a stylish flavour, this will undoubtedly turn out to be a most satisfying glass of claret. (2019-2030)

Les Fiefs de Lagrange, St Julien 2010 (second wine of Chateau Lagrange) Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £190.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very well balanced second wine, if anything even richer and rounder than last year and a testimony to the high quality of wine-making at Bordeaux's largest Classed Growth. Les Fiefs always displays the distinctively cedary character so typical of the grand vin, maybe because there is so much top-quality fruit to go round! (2016-2022)

Lacoste Borie, Pauillac 2010 (second wine of Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste) Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £195.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Due to the sports shirt logo, "Lacoste" makes Chinese wine buyers think of crocodiles, no more popular over there than they are here. So there should be plenty available of this very well-made second wine of Grand Puy Lacoste, with its fleshy Merlot, cassis undertones and firm tannins. (2020-2030)

Chateau Bouscaut, Pessac Leognan Cru Classé 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £230.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very friendly wine indeed, relatively early-maturing for a cru classé and with a lovely purity to the nose of distinctively ripe Cabernet Sauvignon. This is intelligent wine-making knowing that you have some fantastic fruit to work with but not trying to turn out an Haut Brion! (2017-2028)

Chateau Laroze, St Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £235.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) One of our star wines of the right bank, regularly offering some of the best value of all the wines that we taste. Over the years we have come to expect great things from Chateau Laroze and the 2010 has a rich seam of damson fruit in impressive depth, a subtle presence of new oak, and a long, lively finish. We are much looking forward to its maturity. (2020-2030)

Chateau Siran, Margaux Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £235.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) The wines of Siran always display a good deal of tannin when young but in 2010 they definitely are of the type which will fade into the background, leaving the fragrant fruit, so obvious on the nose at present, to burgeon into one of the finest Sirans of the decade. (2021-2030)

Chateau Bellegrave, Pomerol 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £250.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A very fine example of how good the Pomerols were in this vintage, with rich, ripe Merlot character and excellent concentration. The melting tannins indicate that this will make a deliciously velvety bottle in a reasonably short time. (2018-2028)

Chateau Fonbadet, Pauillac Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £250.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A ripe, scented Cabernet Sauvignon nose speaks of the quality that Fonbadet is able to produce from a vineyard set amongst a sea of classed growths. Elegant tannins and a vibrant acidity make for a long, lingering finish and there is no doubt that this will make a very fine bottle. (2020-2030)

Chateau Pedesclaux, Pauillac 5eme Cru Classé 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £250.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) What an outstanding wine this has become, year after year it impresses us mightily with its scented fruit, perfect balance and, in short, sheer elegance. If you are a cru classé drinker, rather than an investor, you should definitely have a case or two of this tucked away in your cellar! (2025-2040)

Chateau Poujeaux, Moulis Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £254.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A substantial wine from a property that has the reputation of punching well above its weight. Soft acidity is what makes the wine quite closed at present but there is a good deal of concentration and the promise of something fairly monumental in years to come. (2022-2035)

Chateau Meyney, St Estephe Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £270.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) A popular Cru Bourgeois with plenty of vigour and the pungent fruit beloved of St Estèphe fans. In this vintage Meyney has turned out a wine of considerable substance supported by a backbone of nicely tuned tannins. If you are looking for a claret that really fills the glass then this could be the one for you. (2024-2035)

Chateau Pibran, Pauillac Cru Bourgeois 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £290.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) "Very full colour. Good rich nose. Very well-balanced, with ripe, well-integrated tannins and lovely fruit." Robin Don rated it as the best 2010 Cru Bourgeois of the trip, putting it down in part to the expertise at the disposal of the winemaking team of Chateau Pichon Baron. (2020-2032)

Chateau La Pointe, Pomerol 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £295.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Very much in the style of the La Pointe of the previous owners, and in contrast to the richer style displayed last year, this is a wine to go for if you favour elegance and delicacy. With a very pure fruit flavour and a long, scented finish, this will be a lovely wine. (2019-2030)

Chateau Berliquet, St Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £300.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) Nicolas Thienpont, who showed us this wine alongside 1er Grand Cru Classé Pavie Macquin, told us that the soil was lighter here and the wine had more "energy." We didn't think lightness was a problem, particularly as this very juicy wine sports 15 degrees of alcohol, but energy it certainly has and like so many "maxed out" wines in this vintage it is in perfect balance and promises a very exciting ride. (2019-2030)

Clos du Clocher, Pomerol 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £320.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) The Clos is right in the heart of the appellation, with some pretty classy neighbours, and is definitely becoming a more stylish wine year on year. The 2010 has a distinctly cedary character alongside the richness of the vintage and everything is in elegant balance. Will need lots of time to mature. (2020 - 2030)

Chateau La Couspade St Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £410.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) The wines of Vignobles Aubert; Vielle Curé and St Hubert being the others, definitely struck a chord with us in this vintage and La Couspade was certainly one of the most successful St Emilions that we encountered. With ripe, scented fruit, a very attractive balance of acidity and a long, lingering finish, it will be a real beauty! (2018-2030)

Alter Ego de Chateau Palmer, Margaux 2010 Call 01747 824292 or email us for more information Price: £538.00 (EX duty, VAT & Shipping) "Deep colour, almost to edge of glass. Quite a lot of nose for its young age, but will develop much further. Amazing concentration for a second wine. Very close-knit and homogenous, beautifully balanced ripe tannins, but needs 8 years." Robin Don MW (2018-2025)

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