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145 Bordeaux 2008s 10 years on
See our guide to coverage of Bordeaux 2008. As usual I took part in a major blind retrospective of the 10-year-old Bordeaux vintage. A group of us tasted 145 top...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 21 March 2018
• 8 min read
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Last month Berry Bros invited dozens of leading Bordeaux producers over to London to show their 2011s alongside the vintage...
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I happen to be researching an article about less expensive bordeaux and thought I would share with Purple Pagers my...
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Yesterday's release of Pontet-Canet 2011 at a price dramatically reduced from the level of the 2010 was the first real...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For my tasting notes on all...
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See also Southwold 2008s – right bank. See Bordeaux 2008 – the last affordable vintage for my overview and a...
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Here are my notes on all of the right-bank wines tasted at this year's major blind tasting of Bordeaux's four-year-old...
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Those of you eagerly following the Burgundy 2010 primeurs campaign may have noticed all the hard work that Tamlyn Currin...
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The Merignac–Gatwick route was busy last week with Bordeaux wine producers coming over to London for various showings of their...
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11 Feb - For a useful overview of the value offered by the 2008 vintage, stylistic evolution on the right...
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The annual Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux tasting in London – and various other cities around the world –...
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The Cru Bourgeois classification, sullied by its annulment by the French government in 2007, has been relaunched with an overhauled...
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30 Apr – And today Parker's assessment of the 2008 vintage is published and he too likens it to 2005...
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I must admit that my general tone when describing the Bordeaux market is one of cynicism and scepticism, so it...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See our complete guide to coverage...
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Wherein Jancis's annual discussion with Berry Bros' Simon Staples about the wines, the prices and the market moves from audio...
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