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Bordeaux 2010: Right Bank ‘fresher than 2009’The overall quality of the St Emilion and Pomerol wines is high in the Bordeaux 2010 vintage, but whether they are superior to 2009 is a moot point.
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Bordeaux 2011: frost threatens buds brought on by heatwaveBordeaux vignerons are by turns delighted and worried by the extraordinary mini heatwave that sat over Bordeaux last week.
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Bordeaux 2010: merchants celebrate difference to 2009Wine merchants in the UK are confident they are going to be able to sell Bordeaux 2010 – simply because it is so 'wildly different' to its predecessor.
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The Decanter Quiz – Bordeaux Special #3The en primeur scores have been released but do you know enough about Bordeaux to keep up!? How far does your knowledge stretch? Find out here!
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Bordeaux 2010: First prices releasedChateau Bourgneuf Vayron in Pomerol and Chateau La Tour de By in the Medoc have released their Bordeaux 2010 prices, just a week after the official end of the wine futures tasting.
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Bordeaux 2010 prices: more releases on Right Bank
A handful of Bordeaux chateaux, including several properties belonging to the J-P Moueix stable, have released their prices.
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Bordeaux 2010 campaign finally gets underwayMore prices have been released from the Medocs and the Sauternes, including Chateau Angludet and Chateau Clauzet
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Bordeaux 2010: Sociando Mallet releases in ‘slowest’ en primeurThe Bordeaux 2010 campaign is the slowest for a decade, according to brokers' figures in Bordeaux.
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Jefford on Monday: Bordeaux 2010 – The Titanic Campaign
Agreed, it is too soon to reach definitive conclusions, but the word 'Titanic' springs to mind in connection with the Bordeaux 2010 sales campaign.
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Bordeaux 2011: Record rain deficits, temperatures and sunlightBordeaux needs rain, say winemakers, as the region has seen record dryness, high temperatures and hours of sunlight so far in 2011.
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Bordeaux 2010: Price flood ‘kiss of death’ for smaller propertiesPontet Canet's release today has dominated the en primeur campaign – and spoiled the prospects of other properties, wine merchants say.
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波尔多Bordeaux 2010：梅多克Medoc梅多克
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波尔多Bordeaux 2010：波尔多区 卡斯蒂永 与弗朗Cotes De Bordeaux波尔多区 Côtes de Bordeaux: 卡斯蒂永Castillon与弗朗Francs
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Decanter launches Bordeaux 2010 Chinese guide onlineFor the first time, Decanter has published its entire Bordeaux 2010 coverage in Chinese on Decanter.com
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Bordeaux 2010: Mouton Rothschild release mirrors Margaux, Palmer keeps 2009 priceChateau Mouton Rothschild is the second of the great chateaux to release – and it has only offered 35% of its wine to the negociants.
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Major Chinese retailer ditches Left Bank BordeauxOne of China's largest wine retailers has announced it will stop promoting the classified estates of the Medoc as their prices make them 'too dangerous'.
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Bordeaux 2011: Calls for price drop after ‘arrogant’ 2010sBordeaux was 'arrogant' in its pricing last year, the managing director of Chateau Lafite has told Decanter.com as merchants call on Bordeaux to come down in price on the 2011s.
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Bordeaux approves official Chinese namesBordeaux's classified growths have approved the first-ever standardised Chinese translation of their names, Decanter.com can exclusively reveal.
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Bordeaux admits prices must reflect depressed marketThe proprietors and negociants of Bordeaux admit that prices must be ‘realistic’ on the 2011 vintage – while insisting its quality should not be downplayed.
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Bordeaux 2011: Whites set to shine as campaign gets underwayEn Primeur week began yesterday in brilliant sunshine and broad optimism on the part of producers – especially when it comes to the white wines.
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Bordeaux 2011: growing confidence in qualityAs En Primeur week gets into its first full day there is growing confidence that the vintage is a good deal better than expected.
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Bordeaux 2011: one first growth ‘will be half price’ of 2010, other chateaux set release dateAt least one of the first growths will come out at half the price of last year, Decanter.com has learned, while a group of chateaux has announced a release date for prices.
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Bordeaux 2011: Price is ‘single factor’ of vintage, say merchantsAs the UK wine trade makes its way back from Bordeaux they are more preoccupied with price than at any time since the 2008 vintage.
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Bordeaux 2011: Charles Chevallier of Chateau Lafite RothschildChateau Lafite Rothschild technical director Charles Chevallier talks to Decanter about the Bordeaux 2011 vintage, during the en primeur tasting week in Bordeaux
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Bordeaux 2011: Chateau Angludet first to releaseMedoc cru bourgeois Chateau Angludet is the first Bordeaux 2011 to release - at £198 a case in bond from London merchants.
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Bordeaux 2011: New releases but Lafite dominating early sales, say merchantsA handful of releases this week all show price drops, of up to a third less than last year, but still merchants are reporting a sluggish campaign with little interest in anything except Lafite.
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Bordeaux 2011: Releases rush expected after quiet startAfter a temporary pause for the first of the many May bank holidays in France, the en primeur campaign is expected to recommence with a flurry of releases today.
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Bordeaux 2011: Primeurs offers being met with ‘stony silence’, merchants reportAmerican merchants say they are buying very little Bordeaux 2011 because prices are too high for the quality - and because they still hold unsold stocks of the more expensive 2010.
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Bordeaux 2011: Price drops boost campaignA spate of price drops has breathed life into the 2011 en primeur campaign.
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Bordeaux 2012: Soft tannins and ‘ripe fruit’ potential say vigneronsBordeaux 2012 is a vintage with low, soft tannins and good fruit flavours, vignerons say – but a good deal of work is necessary in the winery to deliver that potential.
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Bordeaux 2012: testing vintage looks better for whites and roses say producersBordeaux’s 2012 wines will express finesse rather than power after a year in which the weather tested winemakers' nerves to the limit, producers say.
