Two years ago, tasting from barrel, I said that this was a farmers’ vintage. Now that the wines are in bottle, my earlier analysis has been confirmed....
Read MoreWhile Bordeaux’s 2021 isn’t a great vintage, it has produced several genuinely great wines, as well as many good to excellent wines....
Read MoreWith this latest collection of notes, I’ve focused mainly on the 2020 wines that can be found for about 15-50 euros per bottle, ex-cellars....
Read MoreHere’s a twist: I was told that the first 2020 Primeurs sample I reviewed is not the final blend. The new blend is different but equally captivating....
Read MoreAnyone who has been attuned to recent changes on Bordeaux’s Right Bank will have spotted that La Conseillante and Figeac are two estates on the rise....
Read MoreIf ever I lacked the faith that you can tell all you really need to know about a wine’s growing season just by tasting it, along came 2020....
Read MoreYour definitive list of the 20 wines that received the highest scores of all 2019 Bordeaux En Primeur wine reviews and ratings thus far....
Read MoreHere’s my conspiracy theory. As I’m interviewing winemakers and château owners each year during the Primeurs period, I start to hear the same words and stories, over and over again....
Read MoreThe vintage was highly regarded among the critics—the extremely positive reception gave the campaign legs and turned some releases into great successes....
Read MoreLast year, professors M. Hakan Hekimoğlu and Burak Kazaz developed a pricing algorithm to predict the release prices for the 2017 vintage. This year, they have updated their algorithm to...
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