Longstanding purple pagers may remember Frédéric Ducos of Ch Laulan-Ducos in the Médoc who has regularly sent us despatches about how difficult life is nowdays for proprietors of Bordeaux properties other than the top 40. He has just sent this report, as the news anchorpeople say:
We have just finished the grape harvesting (before the rain). The year 2005 will be in my opinion an exceptional vintage, indeed, the degrees are higher than those of the year 2003! With more than 13° for the Cabernets Sauvignons what is very rare. The colour is very dark since the first days of winemaking, which is due...