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Sherry, port and Madeira in profusion. This is surely the time of year when you can allow yourself to take the plunge into these very special wines. I tasted quite...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 12 December 2025
• 3 min read
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Rhône 2024 – other southern whites, rosés and VDNs
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 11 min read
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Rhône 2024 – other southern reds
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 12 min read
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And so we move on to the right bank after all last week’s left bank tasting notes and find lots...
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I was very impressed by the number of successful Pessac-Léognans and Graves made in 2005. You’ll find notes on many...
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Battle of the giants between Cos and the under-sale Montrose here – and giant is the word for the proportions...
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Lots of heavy hitters here. Latour has excelled itself again, and yet Lafite is a stunning wine and continues to...
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This was, as usual, a very solid performance though perhaps not as relatively thrilling as in some more difficult years...
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Ripeness seemed to reach record levels in all three of these appellations – perhaps partly because of the relatively high...
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On the basis of the tasting noted below, I feel confident that many 1996s, especially on the left bank which...
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Below are my tasting notes in full on the 70 vintage champagnes tasted in the tasting described in fine wine...
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For the background to how these 22 wines were tasted, see News from Ampuis. Guigal, Condrieu La Doriane 2005 17...
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Last December I had a chance to taste a vertical of 14 of the most notable vintages of Ornellaia since...
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I promised to publish my tasting notes on the recent release of Yquem 2002 – the first tasting note you...
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Below are my full tasting notes, scores and suggested drinking dates for the 1998 blind tasting described in fine wine...
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Here are a few more 2004 southern Rhône reds I have had the pleasure of tasting since my major set...
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There follow tasting notes on a total of about 125 Austrian Grüner Veltliners tasted by me and 50 Austrian Rieslings...
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The following notes on six vintages of the white wine and 44 of the red were as taken last Dec...
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Last week I had a chance to taste Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s red offerings from the generally extremely varied 2003...
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