See my full tasting notes on all the wines on Purple pages. The heatwave vintage 2003 has always been controversial, especially for red bordeaux. In fact so diametrically...

As trailed in my Great communicators video , Farr Vintners organised a revealing blind tasting of almost 100 of the top left-bank red bordeaux from the controversial 2003 vintage recently. The...

I promised a companion piece to my How are 2000 bordeaux now? on a much more contentious vintage, 2003 bordeaux.This was the heatwave year when many grapes shrivelled long before ripening...

I had the chance to re-taste Ch Montrose 2003 in Hong Kong and it was as it should be: very dense and concentrated yet with unusual freshness for a 2003, quite exceptional for the vintage. The...

  Feb 25 - The only surprise below was that the Montrose did not show better. I will be retasting it this Thursday (in Hong Kong) and will report. A consortium headed by a...

These wines were tasted at the well organised Institute of Masters of Wine annual bordeaux tasting in London last month. I focused mainly on those wines that Jancis had not previously tasted in...

Find Branaire 197 0 Find Cos Labory 2003 Those of you who read about my  Classic claret tasting last week in Davos might like to know that the bargain of the lot was...

  So, here are my notes on well over 100 wines made by members of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux tasted in London in late oct 05 from the relatively controversial 2003 vintage...

Desmond Foo, London: I understand that your 2003 Bordeaux en primeur purchases are listed somewhere on your website but I can't seem to find it. It would be great if you could point it out...

Mark Knott, UK: Firstly I would like to say thank you very much regarding your tasting notes for Bordeaux 2003. I did get an opportunity to try some of these for myself and found that...

BORDEAUX and BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR Alma Vinum du Ch La Roche Beaulieu 2003 Bordeaux 13 Drink 2004-06 Lively crimson but very sweet and simple. Ch Beaulieu, Comtes de Tastes...

Chris Lake, England: A question regarding the current controversy over your low marks for a recent claret, and...

Last week I looked at Bordeaux's much-hyped 2003s through that most Bordelais of lenses, the economic one. But what of the wines themselves? Did the long, hot summer produce long, hot wines?...

It seems strange to be writing this in the Napa Valley but it occurred to me that, although I have left you with plenty of food for thought about how the wines tasted to me (see tasting notes...

See my top wines at the bottom of this article. A wine tasting horde descended on Bordeaux last week. Around 3,000 wine merchants and wine critics, almost 30 per cent more than last...