Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the whites

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For my notes on the 2011 reds, see Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the right bank and Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the left bank.

There were high expectations of the 2011 whites, perhaps played up at the time because of the gloom over the reds, but in April 2012 both dry and sweet whites were looking pretty good, not a great vintage but with much more consistency than among the reds. My scores and evaluations in Southwold for the dry and sweet whites were much closer to those I gave in April 2012, reinforcing my speculation (see the...