Bordeaux

Question 1

2022

Answer 1

Looking very good, Aromatic, sleek, fresh and pure

Question 2

2021

Answer 2

Terrible, 2nd smallest crop of the century, frost and rain, not for aging

Question 3

2020

Answer 3

Heat wave, sweet fruit that is not balanced by acidity, structured

Question 4

2019

Answer 4

Richly fruited, but tannins can be austere

Question 5

2018

Answer 5

Dense and tannic reds, elevated alcohol, good for aging

Question 6

2017

Answer 6

Fresh and pure vintage, frost, low yields, pleasant drinking relatively early

Question 7

2016

Answer 7

Ripe and tannic, racy and fresh, great vintage, big quantity

Question 8

2015

Answer 8

Good vintage, ripe and lush, overshadowed by 2016

Question 9

2014

Answer 9

Cool vintage, high acid wines, medium body, supple tannins, not for long term aging

Question 10

2013

Answer 10

Poor vintage, cool and disease pressure
Reds are light and easy

Question 11

2012

Answer 11

Poor vintage, lack depth and persistence

Question 12

2011

Answer 12

Variable quality

Question 13

2010

Answer 13

One of the best ever, classic, ripe and powerful wines, long-lived

Question 14

2009

Answer 14

Rich and opulent, polished, great vintage

Question 15

2007-2008

Answer 15

SHIT
2008 = fresh rather than dense
2007 = delicate

Question 16

2006

Answer 16

Inconsistent, some tannic and racy, others hollow

Question 17

2005

Answer 17

GREAT
Depth, structure and finesse

Question 18

2004

Answer 18

Round, supple

Question 19

2003

Answer 19

HOT
Powerful and big

Question 20

2002

Answer 20

Cool vintage, not great

Question 21

2001

Answer 21

Sleeper vintage, right bank showing well

Question 22

2000

Answer 22

GREAT vintage, consistent and balanced