Bordeaux
With quality variable in the next two Bordeaux vintages to come, the newly arriving 2010s and remaining 2009s represent the best opportunities to procure great wines. The quality is clearly in the bottle.
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Cover Story
Bordeaux 2010: A Classic Vintage - Monumental reds, the ’10s are well-balanced and built for long-term cellaring. They stand in stylistic contrast to the more opulent, forward and fruit-driven 2009s. White wines also excelled, in dry and sweet styles
Alphabetical Listing - Scores for all of the more than 1,000 wines tasted
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Features
Domaine Tempier’s New Age - Under new leadership, this esteemed Bandol estate is rising to greater heights with its Mourvèdre-based reds
Grapevine
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Departments
This Issue/Marvin R. Shanken
Bordeaux Values, Piedmont Reds and Lively Whites
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Matt Kramer - The perils of tunnel vision
Lobster With New World Chardonnay - Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich, Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
The Buying Guide
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