Bordeaux Preview: Will the 2014 Vintage Be Worth Betting On?
No one is calling 2014 a great, must-have "vintage of the century" as 2010, 2009, and 2005 were branded
This article is for subscribers only.
Several thousand people from around the world are in Bordeaux this week for the annual spring rite of en primeur, roaming from the Medoc to Graves, from Pomerol to Saint-Emilion to get a first taste of the 2014 vintage.
The wines are still aging quietly in barrels as merchants assess which ones to offer their clients as futures, and journalists furiously scribble their tasting notes.