Bordeaux's 2007 bargains?
Tuesday 16 June 2009
The Bordelais put on a great show of their 2007 dry white wines in London last October. This was much appreciated, but somehow November didn't seem the most appropriate time to publish more than 50 tasting notes on dry white bordeaux. December, January and February seemed even less appropriate but – les voilà! – at last I feel moved to publish these tasting notes on the forgotten wines of Bordeaux. My deepest apologies that in some cases the stockists and prices (supplied by Bordeaux's representatives in the UK) will now be out of date. Note, however, that while so many...
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