Bordeaux 2006
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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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An American journalist put various questions to me yesterday about the Bordeaux 2006 market so I thought I may as...
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Word is from both merchants and retailers that the Bordeaux 2006 campaign is very flat indeed. Despite the most skilful...
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Most of the stuff sent by UK merchants about 2006 bordeaux releases is pretty anodyne stuff about price and how...
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I have just received the first of what will doubtless be a deluge of emails today from wine merchants trying...
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I’ve noticed one or two merchants mentioning the quantity of Bordeaux 2006 made, saying it was less than in 2005...
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All the tasting notes we amassed during our week in Bordeaux are now published, amounting to nearly 450 different wines...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See my earlier overview of...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See my earlier overview of...
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Below are my tasting notes for 35 sweet whites, mainly Sauternes-Barsac. We have called them Barsac only if they use...
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This collection of 31 dry white bordeaux is the most consistently successful in all of Bordeaux in 2006. The snazziest...
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