Our final release of the campaign reads like a ‘who’s who’ of Bordeaux’s leading names, including first growths Latour, Lafite, Mouton and Haut-Brion plus the highly demanded Yquem. Aside from these superstars we have a pair of highly successful St-Juliens from Ducru-Beaucaillou and Léoville-Las-Cases, the latter being the highest scored wine of the vintage by [...]
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Margaux, Palmer, Poyferré, Cos, Domaine de Chevalier…
Wednesday 11 June 2008 – 18:09
Margaux’s top two properties feature today. From the eponymous Margaux we have the sought-after grand vin at 21% less than our initial offer last year. Also released are the well-priced Pavillon Rouge and, for the first time, we have a small allocation of their hugely demanded white wine, Pavillon Blanc. Alter Ego de Palmer is [...]
Léoville-Barton, Lynch Bages, Pontet Canet, Forts de Latour and more…
Wednesday 4 June 2008 – 11:15
Finally things are moving and we have a flood of new releases for you. We’ve passed on a lot of wines this year, so we can focus on the truly desirable wines that we’re confident in offering en primeur. All our favourite mid-priced châteaux are here: the hugely popular Léoville-Barton; an extremely impressive Pontet Canet; [...]
Waiting for Bordeaux … and some new offers
Wednesday 21 May 2008 – 15:18
Very few of our chosen wines have been released en primeur yet, so the 2007 campaign remains a bit of a phoney war so far. However, those chateaux that have released are generally (in our humble opinion) pricing much too high. The simple fact is that the 2007s need to be cheaper than the preceding [...]
New Releases – Friday 9 May
Friday 9 May 2008 – 10:15
And they’re off! The first wines of the campaign are now available to order online. Highlights include some superb Sauternes, notably the stellar Rieussec and Suduiraut, plus a pair of highly demanded Pomerols from J.P. Moueix, Hosanna and Fleur-Pétrus. Before ordering we advise customers to read our vintage report, and be familiar with the timetable [...]
Robert Parker on 2007 (and 2005)
Friday 2 May 2008 – 12:48
The wait is over for Bordeaux’s proprietors as Robert Parker releases his assessment of the 2007 vintage. There are no real surprises, with Parker summing up the vintage as “an improved, modern-day version of 1997″ and echoing our own comments about the importance of terroir and investment in the vineyard: There are certainly plenty of [...]
Bordeaux 2007 wish list
Friday 11 April 2008 – 18:27
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 [...]
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 [...]
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