{"id":308,"date":"2011-06-27T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T12:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2013-02-12T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:00:32","slug":"2010-bordeaux-the-week-of-the-big-guns-margaux-cos-destournel-levangile-kick-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/2010-bordeaux-the-week-of-the-big-guns-margaux-cos-destournel-levangile-kick-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Bordeaux &#8211; the week of the big guns &#8211; Margaux, Cos d&#8217;Estournel, l&#8217;\u00c9vangile kick it off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Vinexpo over, this look like it will be the week of the big guns. This morning we have had the first tranche of <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Margaux<\/strong>, and at the end of Friday (by which time I, and most of the n\u00e9gociants in Bordeaux, had left the office), we had the release of <strong>l&#8217;\u00c9vangile<\/strong>. It is unlikely we will be able to open these up to new buyers, but not impossible, so get your orders in now.\u00a0 Much the same applies to the limited volumes of <strong>Pavillon Rouge, Pavillon Blanc<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Clerc Milon <\/strong>which have also been released this morning<\/p>\n<p>One we can offer on general release is\u00a0<strong>2010 Cos d&#8217;Estournel<\/strong>, a wine I preferred to the 2009, at a slightly reduced price. This is still not exactly cheap, (but what did we expect?) and it is a fantastic wine. Buy as a treat if you want a First Growth to drink in this great vintage but don&#8217;t want to pay \u00a38k+ a case.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot tell you much about Cos Blanc (I&#8217;ve never been offered it to taste, &#8211; but <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Cos d&#8217;Estournel Blanc<\/strong> can be yours (subject to stock)\u00a0at \u00a3265 for a case of six bottles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cos-Blanc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309\" title=\"Cos Blanc\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cos-Blanc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Vinexpo over, this look like it will be the week of the big guns. 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