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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...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 12 February 2025
• 6 min read
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Bordeaux 2021 – right-bank reds four years on
Jancis Robinson
Tuesday 11 February 2025
• 4 min read
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Bordeaux 2021 – white wines four years on
Jancis Robinson
Monday 10 February 2025
• 3 min read
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Fine-wine merchant Joss Fowler comes off the fence on the question of scoring wines. See also his earlier articles on...
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For my notes on the 2011 reds, see Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the right bank and Bordeaux 2011 at...
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See also Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the whites. As I explained yesterday in my introduction to Bordeaux 2011 at...
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See also Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the left bank and Bordeaux 2011 at Southwold – the whites. I approach...
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Every year, the Southwold tasting proves more illuminating and probably carries with it more surprises than the Bordeaux en primeurs...
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See our guide to coverage of this review of the 2010s, including all the tasting notes. As usual in the...
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See our guide to bordeaux 2010 reviewed at Southwold, including all the other tasting notes. When in Southwold (seen here...
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See our guide to bordeaux reviewed 2010 at Southwold, including all the tasting notes. As heralded by Alex's dialogue yesterday...
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Alex and I both had the pleasure of attending this year's three-day dive into Bordeaux's 2010 vintage in Southwold recently...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See full tasting notes listed at...
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See our guide to coverage of 2009 bordeaux and a 2013 overview of the vintage. Tasted amidst the snow in...
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See our guide to coverage of 2009 bordeaux and a 2013 overview of the vintage . The second of my...
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5 March 2019 This week we are publishing a major re-assessment of 168 of the most important wines of this...
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See our guide to coverage of 2009 bordeaux and a 2013 overview of the vintage. Kicking off the first of...
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This week will be devoted to a recent reassessment of 2009 bordeaux – tasted blind. But in preparation for my...
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I've spent the last two days in snowy Southwold tasting an unconscionable number of top 2009 red bordeaux in blind...
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