Berry Bros recently went mad with a well-priced offer of this lauded vintage. See this guide to our more than 50(!) articles about Bordeaux 2005. Above is the handsome, classical tasting room well known to those of us who have enjoyed tasting Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste’s wines en primeur. The 2005 is looking great.
The pre-offer tasting in the Berry Bros & Rudd cellars under central London’s St James’s Street was understandably crowded. It’s not every day that wine lovers are offered a chance to taste all five left-bank first growths.
Berrys’ bordeaux buyer Max Lalondrelle introduced the tasting list thus: ‘As...