Wednesday Offer - 2/8/2023
2021 Bordeaux Revisit
Hello Collectors,
There’s no better way to get perspective on a region or vintage than by traveling there and tasting. Over the last 23 years, I’ve been lucky to do this widely. Tasting with top winemakers and learning nuances, identifiers, and insights from their wines has been immensely educational. It’s helped me to be a better buyer, of course; but most importantly, these experiences can help you be a better collector. Last year’s trip to Bordeaux left a deep impression on me, totally changing my perception of the 2021 vintage, and it’s all been reaffirmed after tasting through the 2020s last week.
First off, I’m definitely not badmouthing the 2020 vintage. It’s clearly one of great promise, but really difficult to enjoy at this juncture, as they were built for the long haul. That’s the first of two major distinctions between 2020 and 2021: the ‘21s offer tremendous approachability and pleasure early, while also coming to their peaks much sooner than the ‘20s. The other is that the alcohol content is noticeably lower in the ‘21s, allowing for more complexity and aromatics. (For the armchair enologists: many volatile compounds are more soluble in alcohol than water, so bouquet can be more potent in lower alcohol wines—generally speaking.) In any case, it’s really not a fair comparison to pit 2021 versus 2020. Apples and oranges.
2021 in Bordeaux can best be described as a “throwback,” having much more in common with vintages of the 1980s than any other era in modern Bordelais winemaking. If—as I have—you’ve yearned for a vintage that shares its DNA with that golden age, then you’re in serious luck. The ‘21s are sophisticated wines that overcame a difficult year of multiple challenges, and the strongest survived. There was early talk of 2021 being a “bad” vintage, but this has turned out to be entirely off base. Did Mother Nature give winemakers and vignerons a serious run for their money? No question! But did they turn around and deliver wines that will be thoroughly enjoyable, and at relatively depressed prices? Also no question.
When we originally offered these en primeur last summer, they were available only as 6-packs, but we’ve broken them down to individual bottles this time. And rest easy, Bordeaux collectors: we’ll be back in a few months with news—and offers—from the 2022 vintage. But more on that later!
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2021 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe B 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Beauregard Pomerol 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Belgrave Haut Medoc Cinquieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Berliquet Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien Quatrieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Clinet Pomerol 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Cos d’Estournel Saint Estephe Deuxième Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau d’Armailhac Pauillac Cinquieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Duhart-Milon Pauillac Quatrieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Giscours Margaux Troisieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Gloria Saint Julien 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Grand-Puy-Ducasse Pauillac Cinquieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien Deuxieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Haut Bailly Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau La Gaffeliere Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe B 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Latour Martillac Blanc Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint Julien Deuxieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint Julien Deuxieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Malescot Saint Exupery Margaux Troisieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe Deuxième Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe Deuxième Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Saint Pierre Saint Julien Quatrieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Saint Pierre Saint Julien Quatrieme Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Tour Saint Christophe, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe B 1x750ml
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2021 Chateau Trotte Vieille Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1x750ml
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2021 Clos Fourtet Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1x750ml
$90.00 Add to cart -
2021 Clos Fourtet Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe B 1x750ml
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2021 Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classe 1x750ml
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2021 G d’Estournel 1x750ml
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2021 Haut-Bailly II Pessac-Leognan 1x750ml
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2021 La Croix de Beaucaillou Saint Julien 1x750ml
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2021 La Dame de Montrose Saint Estephe 1x750ml
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2021 La Dame de Montrose Saint Estephe 1x750ml
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2021 Le Carillon de L’Angelus Saint Emilion 1x750ml
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2021 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc 1x750ml
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2021 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Pessac-Leognan 1x750ml
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2021 Le Petit Lion Saint Julien 1x750ml
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2021 Le Petit Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 1x750ml
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2021 Les Carruades de Lafite Pauillac 1x750ml
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2021 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron 1x750ml
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2021 Les Pagodes de Cos Saint Estephe 1x750ml
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2021 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux 1x750ml
$155.00 Add to cart
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