2023 Bordeaux produced a plethora of charming wines with character, style, complexity, freshness and early drinkability. Plus, a lot of the gems are selling for consumer friendly prices.
2024 Bordeaux is the most challenging vintage in over a decade. Yet, some estates were able to produce a modern interpretation of classic Bordeaux, lower in alcohol, with more freshness, leaning to the red fruit side of the style range offering early-drinking, charming wines.
2022 Bordeaux is going to be seen as a legendary vintage in the years to come. It has the character, style, and consistency in every appellation at all price levels needed for greatness. There are numerous 100 Pt wines, as well as wines that are superb that sell for a song. 2022 Bordeaux is a vintage you need to pay attention to!
2023 is a good vintage with some great wines! Stylistically, the wines are a modern version of classic Bordeaux, lower in alcohol, vibrant, fresh, and elegant. They will drink well young, and age for decades. With almost 650 wines reviewed, there are some beautiful wines this year.
2022 Bordeaux could be the best young vintage I have ever tasted. The wines are concentrated, silky, sensuous, fresh and most importantly, exciting, character filled wines built to age. Yet, many can be enjoyed young as well.
2020 is the third vintage in a row from Bordeaux offering a fabulous array of superb wines in every price category and style. This is the lead article with links to over 20 different articles covering every major appellation in Bordeaux. Not only can you find all the most famous names, but numerous, good scoring, value wines in 2020 Bordeaux.
2021 Bordeaux is not an easy vintage to handicap. I spent 3 weeks tasting over 700 wines to find the gems of the vintage. If you are a fan of classic Bordeaux, like lower alcohol wines, and enjoy more crisp red fruits with savory touches, you are going to like a lot of these wines.