2011 Bordeaux wine from Haut Medoc is a mixed year. This should help you find some of the best Bordeaux wine values in the appellation.

We also experimented with optical technology, which uses infrared spectroscopy to measure the phenolic intensity of the berries. This helped us a lot at Pichon Baron”.

2011 St. Estephe was a difficult vintage due to hail and drought. This is a guide to the best wines of the appellation in the 2011 Bordeaux vintage.

Part of the complexity in Chateau Lafite Rothschild is the mixture of the grapes picked at different levels of ripeness. Optical Sorting Machines go too far in the selection.

The focus this year was on sorting for the 2011 Bordeaux vintage. Pickers were given sheets with nine different photographs of unripe berries they were to avoid placing in the basket.

Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, First Growth could set the tone for the 2011 Bordeaux wine campaign.

Yields were low due to the problems Cabernet Sauvignon suffered from during the growing season coupled with the loss suffered from the hail storm.