2010 Closerie du Pelan, Francs-Côtes-de-Bordeaux Rouge

Long time SommSelect subscribers will know the wines of Closerie du Pelan well: This is a prime source for elegant, old-school Bordeaux that ages for years in the cellar where it was born. But today is the first time we’ve been offered the tremendous 2010 release–a generationally great vintage that will wow all wine lovers right now, but will also age gracefully for many, many years to come. Oh, and it remains a shockingly great value at just $59. Enough said! Of course there’s much more to the story, including biodynamic farming, very old school winemaking of the type that is vanishingly rare in Bordeaux, and a long standing friendship between neighbors. It’s the kind of feel good yarn that you may occasionally stumble upon in obscure, under the radar regions, but to find one just a few miles from some of the most expensive vineyards on the planet is exceedingly rare! Closerie du Pelan is a unique property situated in what most experts would consider an “outer-borough” location: the