Very quickly (it’s nearly the weekend after all), I’ve just posted our Bordeaux 2007 “wish list”. Basically, its the list of wines we liked the most from our tastings, and our en primeur offer will be drawn from this list. I draw your attention to the important caveat that we will only actually buy those [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Summer Press Tasting
Wednesday 9 April 2008 – 14:27
This post comes direct from the heart of London’s theatreland, where today we’ve been holding our Summer Press Tasting. It’s a great opportunity for us to select the best of our new arrivals, new vintages and old favourites and put them to the test with a number of the UK’s top wine writers and journalists. It [...]
April update – 25% off Spain
Monday 7 April 2008 – 16:04
We’ve just updated the website with a fantastic new promotion on Spanish wine, with 25% off when you buy any 2 bottles or more. This deal covers all our Spanish wines (including Cava and Sherry) priced from £3 to £20 a bottle, and is based on our pre-Budget pricing, so this is a genuine steal [...]
Reflections from back home
Monday 7 April 2008 – 14:46
It’s always interesting when we get back from the Bordeaux trip to have a look around and see how other people have reviewed the vintage. The appraisal seems pretty consistent this year – great for whites and Sauternes, less so for reds although some soft, appealing wines have been made. Some interesting links if you’d [...]
Day 4 – Sauternes and more
Thursday 3 April 2008 – 13:44
It’s a hard life – today we began the day with an appointment at Château Latour. Latour have done a good job of managing the vintage conditions (as you’d expect) and made a soft and stylish Latour. The wine has been beefed up with around 15% press wine to give it tannic structure and backbone, [...]
Day 3 – Right Bank and Graves
Wednesday 2 April 2008 – 17:44
Our busiest day of tasting today, covering Pomerol, St-Emilion and Graves. Fortunately, with the 2007s being lighter in body and tannin than the last few years, the tasting is not as physically demanding as it sometimes is – our teeth are a bit less blackened than usual, and our palates are still functioning normally. As [...]
Day 2 – The Médoc
Tuesday 1 April 2008 – 18:05
Today we’ve (almost) completed our sweep through the Médoc 2007s. It’s been an up and down sort of day, and we feel we ‘understand’ the vintage much better than this time yesterday, so here are our observations. Firstly, some very rough generalisations. Overall, the 2007 vintage on the Médoc is lighter and generally slightly less [...]
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