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  1. Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur Day 6: The Grand Finale

    A slight lie in on Thursday morning as we were only a 35-minute drive from Château d’Issan in Margaux; a pleasure to see the sunshine at last, breaking through. The morning mist burning off as we headed over the moat and through onto one of the most impeccably kept gravel drives in the Médoc! It is always an enjoyable start to the morning with ...
    Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur Day 6: The Grand Finale
  2. Croix Canon 2016: Chateau Canon's baby brother firing on all cylinders!

    Second wines of the top flight Châteaux in great years like 2016 are often as good as the first wines in lesser vintages... and Château Canon's baby brother; Croix Canon St. Émilion Grand Cru fires on all cylinders! To put it into context, the 2016 vintage of Château Canon [Grand Vin] received a near-perfect score of 98+ ...
    Croix Canon 2016: Chateau Canon's baby brother firing on all cylinders!
  3. Bordeaux 2020 En Primeur Preview

    At the end of March, James and I should have made our annual pilgrimage to Bordeaux for an intensive week of Châteaux visits with the Union des Grands Crus (UGC) to taste the 2020 vintage from barrel.  Unable to travel once again due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have been working relentlessly with the leading Châteaux and Négociants to ...
    Bordeaux 2020 En Primeur Preview
  4. Bordeaux En Primeur 2013 - Part II

    A brisk 45 minute drive from Bordeaux and I was back in the town of St Emilion at the Syndicat de St Emilion at the Salle de Dominicains. Started with Fronsac and Canon Fronsac which was tough going so I decided to change tact and start from the top down so I tucked into the St Emilion Grand Cru Classe. There are a few good wines, I liked Ch La ...
    Bordeaux En Primeur 2013 - Part II

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