2011 Bordeaux – Mouton Rothschild – an end to confusion – and Troplong Mondot
We can now offer Mouton Rothschild on general release, at £1900 per six bottles or £3800 per case of 12. As before click the wine name below to see all the critics on this. I confused the hell out of...
View Article2010 Bordeaux Primeurs – Capbern Gasqueton and Laforge
Under the same ownership as Calon Ségur, Château Capbern Gasqueton is a Saint Estephe which offers cru-classé level drinking at lower-end Cru Bourgeois pricing.
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – d’Aiguilhe
Out this afternoon is Château d’Aiguilhe, Stephan von Neipperg’s entry level wine (a Castillon from the same stable as Canon la Gaffeliere). This is down 19% on the 2010 in € terms, so a good effort in...
View Article2011 Bordeaux – La Conseillante – Gruaud – Fargues – Feytit Clinet
Today sees the release of a fine Pomerol, Château la Conseillante. Under the intelligent directorship of Jean-Michel Laporte, La Conseillante is a property which has gone from strength to strength, and...
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – The Intro
2011 Bordeaux en primeur Dense and concentrated with flashes of brilliance In 2009 and 2010 it was difficult not to make great wine. In 2011 it was less straightforward. Location mattered, both in...
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – a raft of good lower-end wines
So many wines have come onto the market today that it has been hard to keep up. The full list of those that make it into our offer can be found here. (Link expired) Some at the lower end of the price...
View Article2011 Bordeaux – Leoville Barton, Pichon Lalande, and lots and lots of others
Another morning when many Chateau owners seem to have decided not to much to launch their wine onto the market as to rush them all out at once and hope no one notices them in the crowd. It is very...
View Article2011 Bordeaux – Branaire Ducru
Branaire Ducru looks fair value at £335 and joins the list of wines recommended in the 2011 vintage. Jean-Dominique Videau is rightly proud of this wine, and it was one of very few properties prepared...
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – The Weather Report
For once I think it really helps an understanding of the weather to understand the variation and style of the wines of Bordeaux in 2011 – although nothing is ever completely deterministic and odd...
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2019 Bordeaux – Negative Comment, But Bordeaux Presses On
We've already said that the UK trade is not terribly enthusiastic about the prospect of a primeur campaign over this summer, and we are not the only ones. "This horrible virus could have been the...
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Bordeaux 2019 En Primeur (and the gossip so far)
Word has been seeping out that the 2019 vintage in Bordeaux is a good one. Not ‘the vintage of the century’ again, but better than 2018, and continuing the long run of successful vintage that Bordeaux...
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2019 Bordeaux EP | Pontet Canet kicks off
Vintage good to outstanding. Timing poor to appalling. Pricing might be interesting We have already expressed our sympathy with the view that the interruption of the primeur tastings in Bordeaux should...
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2019 Bordeaux EP | Château Cos d’Estournel Release
Although a hotly anticipated release, Cos d’Estournel, with its position next to Lafite, is arguably St Estèphe’s answer to a first growth. The 2019 was offered to us this morning with a score of 97-99...
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2019 Bordeaux – Lafite & Mouton. A Tasting en Franglais
Wednesday was quite a day as we headed to the Rothschild family’s English home, Waddesdon Manor, for an impressive Rothschild double header – the 5 wines from the Lafite Rothschilds and 5 wines from...
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2019 Bordeaux EP | Domaine de Chevalier Release
Although a hotly anticipated release, Cos d’Estournel, with its position next to Lafite, is arguably St Estèphe’s answer to a first growth. The 2019 was offered to us this morning with a score of 97-99...
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2019 Bordeaux EP | A Case for Alter Ego
There have been a fair number of ‘ifs’ about the 2019 Bordeaux En Primeur. The first and perhaps biggest was the ‘if it would happen’. With most of the world in various states of lockdown, Primeur week...
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2019 Bordeaux EP | Château Margaux – Zooming In
Our plans to taste the latest releases from Chateau Margaux face to face (at a safe distance!) with the team from the Chateau were thwarted last week by complications with travel for the Bordeaux...
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – a raft of good lower-end wines
So many wines have come onto the market today that it has been hard to keep up. The full list of those that make it into our offer can be found here. (Link expired) Some at the lower end of the price...
View Article2011 Bordeaux – Harvest Stories
Pierre Taïx of La Mauriane in Puisseguin Saint Emilion told us that after the rain at the end of August the vines started to grow again, and that this growth resulted in dry sap tannins in the grapes....
View ArticleBordeaux 2011 – around a £tenner, and one a bit more
Bordeaux 2011 – around a £tenner, and one a bit more Below is a short list of wines selected from those so far on the market which seem to me to offer the ‘no-brainer’ bit of this (and any other)...
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