So everyone has now heard about the Bordeaux 2009 vintage. At Justerini & Brooks we have used our new website to augment our traditional approach to commenting on a new vintage with our blogs and video interviews to try and provide our customers with greater insight, and we will continue to release further interviews over the coming days. All the critics have also now published their views, and this week most collectors will have been studying the just-released musings of the American critic Robert Parker. We view his influence, or more specifically his impact, with mixed feelings. However, there is little doubt that, though not without disappointment, it is a vintage which justifies some exceptional claims. Our tasting notes on each of the wines have been uploaded on to the website, and we expect the campaign of releases to begin imminently. We do not, sadly, expect this to be a quick campaign. In fact with the hiatus scheduled for late May to accommodate a VinExpo in Hong Kong, we are presuming many of the top Chateaux will not be releasing their wines until June.Justerini & Brooks get large allocations of classed growths, and our full buying team will be active throughout the campaign as usual. However, we are expecting demand to exceed supply with certain estates. In the interest of fairness we will continue to operate our allocation process where this becomes the case, which is based on a customer's three year cumulative spend with us. Our intention as always is to reward customer loyalty and those who collect a broader range of wines. We are not an investment club.
As with every vintage, our team of eight spent a week in Bordeaux tasting every wine we will offer. Please contact your account manager to let them know which wines you are interested in, or alternatively e-mail wishlist@justerinis.com . It is imperative that if you do not currently receive our e-mailed offers you also register your e-mail address into the J&B website to ensure you receive our notifications.
Spring has arrived when one hears the first cuckoo. Or if you are a wine lover, when en primeur begins. We have had a long cold winter, and it seems this year Spring is late.
