WINES : BORDEAUX FUTURE : Bordeaux

Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

I tasted this three separate times, and on two occasions I thought it had the potential to be a perfect wine. The home e...

Chateau Beau Sejour Becot Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

A great effort from the Becot family and their consultant, Jean Philippe Fort, the 2009 is a blend of 70% Merlot and the...

Chateau Bellefont Belcier Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Chateau Bellegrave Pauillac Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Chateau Bellisle Mondotte Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Chateau Berliquet Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Tasted on four separate occasions, many of the Bordeaux intelligentsia were high on the 2009 Berliquet. Consultant Steph...

Chateau Bernadotte Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

The finest La Bernadotte made to date, this 2009 is an undeniable sleeper of the vintage. Composed of 47% Cabernet Sauvi...

Chateau Bernadotte Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

The 2010 is a solidly made, atypically powerful La Bernadotte from the owners of Pichon-Lalande. It displays notes of wh...

Chateau Branaire Ducru Saint Julien Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Only time will tell whether the 2009, another great effort from Branaire, will eclipse the 2005 and 2003. Certainly at 1...

Chateau Branaire Ducru Saint Julien Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

Proprietor Patrick Maroteaux has completed a decade of brilliant performances at this chateau across the Medoc’s Route...

Chateau Brane Cantenac Margaux Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Only 37% of the production made it in to the 2009 Brane Cantenac (slightly lower than most properties because the fruit ...

Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

A higher alcohol content (13.8% versus 13.4% in 2009), but lower pH (3.7 versus 3.9 in 2009) has resulted in a concentra...

Chateau Cambon la Pelouse Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Chateau Cambon la Pelouse Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

A major sleeper of the vintage from this 100-acre vineyard near Cantemerle and Giscours, the 2010 is a blend of 50% Merl...

Chateau Camensac Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere Saint Emilion Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Proprietor Stephan von Neipperg has made so many terrific wines at this estate since the late 1980s, it’s hard to say ...

Chateau Cantelys Pessac Leognan Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with the Cabernet dominating, looks to be the best they have ever produced,...

Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

A quintessentially elegant style of Bordeaux, the opaque ruby/purple-tinged 2010 Cantemerle possesses elegant floral not...

Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

The greatest Cantenac Brown I have ever tasted, this monumental effort possesses enormous concentration, with loads of b...

Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

One of the finest Cantenac Browns made in the last half century, the 2010 may be even more impressive than the 2009. Swe...

Chateau Cap de Faugeres Cotes de Castillon Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

The relatively new proprietor, Silvio Denz, has made his finest wine to date from this Cotes de Castillon property. A bl...

Chateau Cap de Faugeres Cotes de Castillon Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Pre-Arrival 2009 (750ML)

Soft, silky, incredibly sexy notes of licorice, tobacco leaf, cigar tobacco, cassis, and cherries soar from the glass of...

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Pre-Arrival 2010 (750ML)

Abundant minerality, spicy unsmoked cigar tobacco and red and black currant characteristics emerge from this medium to f...