Last Friday I took part in a thoroughly enjoyable tasting of about 50 of the best right bank and Pessac-Léognan 1998s, plus about another 10 also-rans from these subregions, organised by Farr Vintners.
I shall be reporting on this tasting in detail on mar 11 but before that I thought purple pagers might like to take advantage of the fact that Ch Pape Clément 1998 Pessac Léognan did extremely well. My note appears below and I was far from alone in my enthusiasm; this wine managed the second highest score overall from a group of 15 fastidious tasters from...