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2011, a fascinating vintage

can’t wait for to publish its usual ‘10 years on’ review of the Bordeaux 2011s. Not because it’s a great vintage like 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 – or even a very good one, like 2014 and 2017 – but because it was controversial. As a collector and reader, I still cherish the article by Andrew Jefford, bravely standing up to his critic peers ‘kicking the hell out of Bordeaux 2011’ as he eloquently put it. I have been collecting, tasting and reading up on this vintage ever since, trying to make up my own mind. Was the vintage simply unlucky to follow the legends of 2009 and 2010? Was it!