Bordeaux 2011: growing confidence in quality
Bordeaux 2011: growing confidence in quality
Apr 3, 2012 6
(Decanter) - As En Primeur week gets into its first full day there is growing confidence that the vintage is a good deal better than expected.Most winemakers and critics agree that quality is mixed: those properties with the money and manpower to work the vineyards, and practice strict sorting once the grapes had been picked, have produced a fine classic wine.
‘The best wines have lovely freshness, and a relatively traditional structure,’ critic Richard Bampfield MW said, adding that in the lesser wines, ‘fruit and mouthfeel is the issue.’
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