Wine
Bordeaux En Primeur Report: Which 2023 Vintage Wines Should You Buy?
After tasting more than 450 barrel samples of red wine from the fall harvest, our critic has everything you need to know.
A lineup of wines at to be tasted at the Cité du Vin.
Photographer: Elin McCoy/BloombergLast month, when Bordeaux was just verging on springtime, I was reveling in silky textured wines from the 2023 vintage. Many were far better than I expected, especially after hearing so many tales of growing-season hardship from winemakers. Many seemed relieved just to have made it through the vintage without experiencing total disaster.
Overall, the wines are far too heterogenous to call 2023 a great vintage, though some are pure magic.