What are the best vintages for Bordeaux? – Episode #30
Apr 02
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Today’s question was sent in by Leroy from New Canaan CT who asks “What are the best vintages for Bordeaux?”.
Video sum up: What are the best vintages for Bordeaux?
There are many best vintages. The most recent ones are 2005 and 2000. Going back further 1995, 1990, 1989, 1982, 1961 were exceptionnal.
A great vintages is when mother nature cooperates and produces a warm, dry fall that allows the grape to mature on the vine.
Finally use these exceptionnal years as a guide. If you are lucky enough to taste an exceptionnal vintage take a picture of you and the bottle and enjoy the wine. Otherwise keep in mind that good producers manage to produce consitently good wines every year and that exceptionnal years have also a lot to do with marketing (remember 2000 was the vintage of the century, 2005 was then the vintage of the century…)
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Apr 24, 2010 @ 08:48:29
I risk to seem the layman, but nevertheless I will ask, whence it and who in general has written?
Apr 24, 2010 @ 14:26:12
Hmmm. I am not sure what your question is, but – I sense – who said these are the vintages of the century? Great vintages? Some combination of Decanter, Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate, etc… the media makes these declaration, but I would also imagine the Bordeaux press machine has something to do with it too. We’re coming up on yet another grand vintage in Bordeaux, much heralded – 2009 – see this article – the 2009s are the new 2005… http://www.newbordeaux.com/documents/177.html
That is the 4th heralded vintage of the last 10 – 2000, 2003, 2005 and now 2009. Strongest string since the 80s… 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989 (some will throw 88 in there too, but only as much as St Emilion on Pomerol goes.)
The fact is – even in the most challenging vintages good wine makers can make great wine – but, it always helps when mother nature lends a hand.