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1990 bordeaux – how are they now?

Thursday 1 November 2018
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Wondering whether to pull the cork on that lingering bottle of 1990 bordeaux? Read on. 

Graham Nutter of Ch St-Jacques d'Albas in Minervois not only supplies a Languedoc vintage report such as this one on 2018, but also organises a wine tasting every summer while we're down there. Put Nutter in the search box and you will find a rich panoply of themes of these early-August tastings in the stone barn next to his winery which also serves as a concert hall during the summer. Nutter has a fine, fairly classical cellar at Ch St-Jacques d'Albas and the prospect...

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