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Entree to Ch Bastor-Lamontagne
Wines of the week Château Bastor-Lamontagne 2021 Sauternes

An exceptional sweet wine made especially irresistible at the price. From £21.76, €27.60 and $264 a case of six bottles pre arrival. I recently had the dubious pleasure of tasting...

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Jancis Robinson Friday 21 February 2025 • 1 min read
Ch Bastor-Lamontagne grapes
Free for all Bordeaux to head for, or avoid

A word of advice: give 2021 red bordeaux a wide berth. See also Jancis’s tasting articles on whites, right-bank reds and left-bank reds. A version of this article is published...

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Jancis Robinson Saturday 15 February 2025 • 1 min read
Southwold 2021 bottles at Farr Vintners
Tasting articles Bordeaux 2021 – left-bank reds four years on

This concludes our coverage of this year’s Southwold-on-Thames appraisal of the 2021 vintage. The tasters agreed that this was the least inspiring vintage for red wines since at least 2017...

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Jancis Robinson Wednesday 12 February 2025 • 6 min read

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Southwold tasters of 2021 red bordeaux
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Bordeaux 2021 – right-bank reds four years on
One of the most disappointing collections of red bordeaux in the annual Southwold-on-Thames series. See also this guide to our...
Washing up after Southwold 2021s
Tasting articles
Bordeaux 2021 – white wines four years on
The start of this year's Southwold tasting was the best bit. See detailed coverage of over 180 reds tomorrow and...
Grands Crus Classés Church House tasting 2024
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Bordeaux 2020 to 2023 – some Grands Crus Classés retasted
So which of these vintages is the best and which is the worst? JR and laptop bottom left of this...
Bouscaut vineyard and chateau
Tasting articles
Bordeaux 2021 in bottle – whites and right-bank reds
Following on from yesterday’s review of recently bottled left-bank reds, here’s a smaller collection of whites, both dry and sweet...
UGCB Haut-Médoc
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Bordeaux 2021 in bottle – left-bank reds
Sixty-three of a possible 131 members of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) were in London earlier this...
A royal visit to the Smith Haut Lafitte barrel cellar
Tasting articles
Bordeaux 2019–2022 compared
A small selection of mostly red bordeaux from four recent vintages. Pictured above, a recent royal visit at Château Smith...
Direction sign for 2021 primeurs tasting at Ch Troplong Mondot in April 2022
Tasting articles
Bordeaux 2021 – right-bank reds
Above, James Lawther MW is pointed in the right direction at Ch Troplong Mondot. See also Bordeaux 2021 – a...
Sign to primeurs tasting April 2022 at Baron Philippe de Rothschild estate
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Bordeaux 2021 – left-bank reds
Directions to the new cellar at Ch d'Armailhac (Ch Mouton Rothschild in the background). Right-bank tasting notes scheduled for Monday...
Dogs and Merlot at Ch Bauduc 2021
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Bordeaux 2021 – a guide
Image of dogs and Merlot vines at Ch Bauduc courtesy of Gavin Quinney. We have tasted virtually all the wines...
White wine grapes in Bordeaux 2021
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Bordeaux 2021 – buy white!
The advice is clear. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Bordeaux...
2021 white wine harvest at Ch Bauduc
Tasting articles
Bordeaux 2021 – whites
Tasting notes on many, if not most, of the finest 2021s in Bordeaux. See also Bordeaux 2021 – a guide...
Bordeaux 2021 harvest at Ch Bauduc
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Bordeaux 2021 weather and crop report
Gavin Quinney of Château Bauduc provides his usual statistical analysis of the vintage, being picked in welcome fine weather above...
Ch Figeac
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Bordeaux 2019s at some top right-bank addresses
Continuing our look at this exciting vintage, we provide tasting notes on another 36 wines, some of them very famous...
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