You may remember the extraordinary tale of how Kate Dugdale, widow of wine collector David Dugdale who owned London wine merchant OW Loeb in its heyday, discovered a vast cache of ancient Sauternes behind some cabinets in his extensive cellar. A small group of us met at Hambleton Hall Hotel in Rutland in November 2021 and tasted 30 of them, from 1952 Ch Rieussec back to a stunning 1899 Ch d’Yquem.
But the total number of bottles found was 87 so there was ample opportunity for a second go and accordingly much...
