France, Southern Rhône: Noteworthy New Releases

This short report is highlighted by reviews of two producers from Gigondas: Domaine Saint Damien and Domaine des Bosquets....

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France, Bordeaux: Primeurs/Futures Report: The 2020 Vintage — Mister In-Between

If 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....

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France, Vouvray: Just Bottled – the 2020s from Domaine Huet

In the just-bottled 2020 vintage, Huet produced only one dry Vouvray, but they made a Demi-Sec from all three crus and a Première Trie....

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Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland: A Compilation of New and Older Vintages

The reviews presented here do not constitute a cohesive report as such but are a compilation of notes about the wines from the wine regions I travel....

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France, Jura: 100 from Jura

In a short trip to Jura recently, I sampled 100 wines from most of the main players. But the region is very dynamic, and new names pop up all the...

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France, Bordeaux: 2018 Bordeaux in Bottle — Extreme Wines

What is glaringly apparent when tasting the bottled 2018 wines is that the pinnacles of greatness all boiled down to location, location, location....

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France, Bordeaux, Pauillac: Château Latour’s New Releases – When Vintage Trumps Vineyard

This month, Château Latour will release the 2013 Latour, 2015 Les Forts de Latour and 2016 Pauillac de Latour via the Place de Bordeaux....

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France, Loire, Sancerrois: The End of Cool

From 2017 to 2019, the Sancerrois experienced three very warm and extremely early vintages in a row. The Sancerrois has adapted well to the new climatic conditions....

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France, Bordeaux, Saint-Julien: Château Léoville Las Cases – The Secret Vintages

Very few châteaux have a significant number of older vintages in sufficient quantities to sell to the public. Château Léoville Las Cases is an exception....

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France, Champagne: A First Look at Bollinger's New 2007 R. D.

The fruit of an early harvest Bollinger's superb 2007 R. D. is an unusually delicate, fine-boned rendition of this habitually muscular cuvée....

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