Interested in en primeur? Majestic Fine Wine specialists Lay & Wheeler were in Bordeaux last week to taste the latest vintage. In total a group of three teams flew out to France on the annual pilgrimage to find out what promise the 2011 vintage holds. Although there has not been as much initial hype around [...]
Category Archives: En Primeur
2010 Bordeaux – A Great Vintage but Confusion Reigns
Thursday 28 July 2011 – 15:28
An awful lot of hot air and column inches have been dedicated to this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign with journalists and amateur bloggers alike keen to tell the wine trade how it should be done. As one at the ‘pointy end’ of the fine wine trade I am acutely aware that a speedy, well-timed [...]
Bordeaux 2010 update
Friday 13 May 2011 – 16:52
Just over two weeks have gone by since the first release of Bordeaux 2010, and we now have a lucky 13 wines released, including the first couple of Sauternes. Interest in the vintage seems to keep on powering up, and as we wait for the big names to start releasing their prices, now seems a [...]
Introducing Bordeaux 2010
Monday 25 April 2011 – 11:00
As the temperatures rise and the days lengthen, it is time once again to turn our gaze to Bordeaux for the 2010 en primeur campaign. As an en primeur specialist, this is unequivocally Lay & Wheeler‘s busiest and arguably most exciting time of the year. We had a brilliant time visiting Bordeaux and tasting the [...]
Lay and Wheeler Burgundy En Primeur 2009 tasting
Thursday 27 January 2011 – 8:45
By Dean Euden Majestic Wine Cardiff Bay It was with high expectations that I left Cardiff on the 13th January and headed for London to the Lay and Wheeler Burgundy En Primeur 2009 tasting at Glaziers Hall. Since joining Majestic I’ve been drawn to the wines of Burgundy. Wines from the region have improved vastly [...]
Burgundy 2009: A Gift From Nature
Tuesday 11 January 2011 – 9:50
Following an intensive (but thoroughly enjoyable) tasting trip to Burgundy by the team from our en primeur specialist Lay & Wheeler we are very pleased to report that along with the rest of France, Burgundy had a wonderful 2009. Dry, warm weather in August and September resulted in exceptional wines that should not be missed. [...]
They think it’s all over …
Friday 25 June 2010 – 13:15
… it (nearly) is now! This may be the final weekly roundup of en primeur releases from the 2009 Bordeaux campaign. Bar a few highly-feted but very rare right-bank wines almost everything is out now. Take a look to see which of the remaining wines takes your fancy. I have been buying wine for en [...]
Too many to mention…
Friday 18 June 2010 – 10:46
We should have been careful what we wished for! Having spent weeks worrying about when the en primeur campaign would get started, it’s completely manic now, with new wines every few minutes. Anything specific would be out of date by the time you read it. Instead take a look at the list of released wines [...]
Finally – it’s all happening
Wednesday 16 June 2010 – 14:03
Those readers who already receive our email updates will know that the 2009 Bordeaux releases are coming thick and fast now. If you have any interest at all get signed up straightaway or there’s a danger you’ll miss the party. Since this morning two Majestic favourites have come out: Chateau la Lagune and Chateau Talbot. [...]
New en primeur releases
Monday 7 June 2010 – 14:13
We’re still waiting for the really big guns to release, but there is now a steady stream of excellent wines from Bordeaux, starting this week with wines from the left-bank communes of Margaux, St Julien and Pauillac as well as a St-Emilion and a Pomerol. Between them there is quite a contrast in styles, but each was excellent in [...]
