2018 Chronicles

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Bordeaux red futures 2017 : the good surprises that I did not expect

From Bordeaux I have followed the vegetal cycle live. This winter I tasted separate lots of twenty different wine estates, from the simplest to the most famous ones. A first assessment is essential: irregular results (there is no 2017 vintage but several ones) and no green taste has been noted. The presence of the latter would have been a sign of absence of ripeness, hard tannins and lean body.
Today I have just finished two fabulous weeks, tasting more than 300 wines. Here are the results:
 

The outstanding greatness of Bordeaux reds 2016 and their differences with 2005, 2009 and 2010.

(March 12, 2017)
 
This vintage has something genius, unusual and inexplicable about it. A fabulous and very rare combination perfectly balanced between a fantastic quality of tannin, moderate alcohol degrees and sustained but imperceptible acidity.