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1996 Bordeaux – a classic for now
This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my tasting notes on 56 smart red left-bank bordeaux 1996s. Of all the red bordeaux...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 24 September 2011
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1996 left bank bordeaux tasted 10 years on
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 30 September 2006
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See also detailed tasting notes...
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On the basis of the tasting noted below, I feel confident that many 1996s, especially on the left bank which...
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A recent look at the top red bordeaux of 1996 suggests they are much less obdurate than the 1986s with...
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