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Daily Archives: March 31st, 2008

More from Day 1

Monday 31 March 2008 – 17:57

This afternoon has seen us pay our first visit to the Graves, to taste the wines of Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. These wines were unsurprisingly good, with La Mission the most obviously and immediately pleasurable but with Haut-Brion offering a very serious wine with enormous, long term, potential.
Interestingly, the second wine of Haut-Brion is being [...]

By Richard Weaver | Posted in Bordeaux 2007, En Primeur | Comments (0)

Day 1 so far

Monday 31 March 2008 – 14:07

We’ve arrived safely in Bordeaux for the annual En Primeur tastings and hit the ground running with a morning sweep from a number of the Medoc’s top properties.
We’ll make a more detailed report at the end of the day, but some pleasant surprises so far have included Clerc-Milon, Mouton, and Cos D’Estournel.
Whilst it is too [...]

By Richard Weaver | Posted in Bordeaux 2007, En Primeur | Comments (3)