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Which bordeaux 2006s are drinking well?
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also my 95 tasting notes for wines on the right bank and left bank. As the Bordelais wrestle...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 7 May 2016
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This is the first of two collections of tasting notes taken at a major blind tasting of the ten-year-old 2006...
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From £23 and AU$110.11 a half bottle; €54, 49 Swiss francs, £39, HK$450, $68 a bottle (all prices for Gruaud)...
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Every year the London-based company that was called Bordeaux Index when these tasting notes were added to our 125,000-strong collection...
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I took part in the most extraordinary blind tasting the other day, of four first growth 2006 bordeaux and five...
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From €21.90, $35.99, Sw Fr 41, £32.64 Find this wine The big blind tasting of more than 200 significant 2006...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See Southwold 2006s – a guide...
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Here is a signpost to our coverage of last week's marathon tasting of over 200 bordeaux 2006s blind in the...
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After a day and half immersed in the 2006 reds, it was fun to plunge into the refreshing waters(?) of...
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In the second of my three tranches of tasting notes from the massive Southwold 2006 bordeaux review are all my...
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This is the first of three tranches of tasting notes from a very comprehensive blind comparative tasting of more than...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. The most interesting thing I learnt...
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The Union des Grands Crus have been travelling the world to show off their 2006s now that they are in...
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Here's a category that does not get nearly as much attention as it deserves today. There have been massive improvements...
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Berry Bros & Rudd showed a range of bordeaux as they have late summer for the last few years. I...
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So, as predicted, this week sees the big flurry of Bordeaux 2006 primeur releases (so deeply unfashionable to arrive before...
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As expected, the much-loved Bartons as usual release their wines ahead of the pack at reasonably predictable, if robust, prices...
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