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Bordeaux 2018 – the guide

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Julia has worked very hard over two trips to Bordeaux to bring us reviews of more than 500 examples of baby 2018 bordeaux together with her conclusions having tasted them. This photo was taken on 2 April at Léoville Barton, the winner of the 2019 award for château wisteria.

As usual, our guide is divided into tasting articles and more general coverage of this particularly interesting vintage. The most recently published articles are at the top of each list.

GENERAL ARTICLES

Bordeaux 2018 – a Southwold sum-up (Free for all) 12 February 2022

The shy 2018 Grand Cercle bordeaux (Free for all) 20 February 2021

How do the last four Bordeaux vintages compare? (Free for all) 25 May 2019

Bordeaux 2018 part 3 – pricing (Inside information) 24 April 2019

Bordeaux 2018 – proto-prices (Inside information) 23 April 2019, updated 2 May 2019, republished 24 May 2019

Bordeaux 2018 part 2 – the wines (Inside information) 22 April 2019

Bordeaux 2018 part 1 – the growing season (Inside information) 17 April 2019

Bordeaux 2018 yields – a devilish year (Free for all) 11 March 2019

Bordeaux 2018 – all came right in the end (Free for all) 31 October 2018

2018 – biodynamics' stiffest test (Free for all) 29 September 2018

Bordeaux 2018 – a game of two halves (Free for all) 31 July 2018

TASTING ARTICLES

Southwold 2018s – whites 11 February 2022

Southwold 2018s – left-bank reds 10 February 2022

Southwold 2018s – right-bank reds 9 February 2022

Crus bourgeois 2018 and 2019 13 December 2021

Bordeaux 2018 – our last instalment? 24 February 2021

More bordeaux 2018s 3 February 2021

Picking through the 2018 crus bourgeois 13 January 2021

Bordeaux 2018 in bottle, part 2 – Graves and the right bank 28 October 2020

Bordeaux 2018 in bottle, part 1 – Médoc and sweet whites 27 October 2020

Bordeaux 2018 tasted with preceding vintages 23 May 2019

Sweet whites 29 April 2019

Other reds 26 April 2019

Pomerol 26 April 2019

St-Émilion 25 April 2019

Pessac-Léognan, Graves reds 24 April 2019

Haut-Médoc, Médoc 24 April 2019

Margaux, Moulis, Listrac 23 April 2019

St-Julien 23 April 2019

Pauillac 22 April 2019

St-Estèphe 22 April 2019

Dry whites 19 April 2019

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