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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
Gigondas Blanc lives up to its new appellation in 2024. Above, Clairette at Château de St-Cosme, one of the vintage’s standout producers. For more on the Rhône 2024 vintage, see...
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
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This is the third and final alphabetical instalment of my tasting notes on Germany’s extremely varied 2003s – though I...
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See also Part I and Part III. FORSTMEISTER GELTZ-ZILLIKEN, SAAR Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinett 2003 Geltz-Zilliken 17 Drink 2006-12 Tense...
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Tasting notes on all 2003 Germans of any significance that I have tasted so far appear below and in Part...
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As a foretaste before I publish tasting notes on nearly 300 German wines from the exceptionally ripe 2003 vintage later...
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A Purple pager, tempted by an Yquem tasting being organised by Bipin Desai of southern California, wrote the other day...
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Here's a selection of what has become a standard commodity nowadays, Austalian Shiraz, tasted here in London recently. They vary...
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A remarkable blind tasting of more than 100 top Australian wines was held in London last week, unparalleled either in...
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I have marked my favourite wines with a *. This tasting was kindly organised by Australian-born wine educator Mark Davidson...
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The 2001 vintage was a difficult one for Alois Kracher, the man who put Austria on the map as a...
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BORDEAUX and BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR Alma Vinum du Ch La Roche Beaulieu 2003 Bordeaux 13 Drink 2004-06 Lively crimson but very...
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This set of notes, based on a blind tasting of most of the classed growths of Sauternes supplemented by second...
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HAUT MEDOC Château de Camensac 2001 Haut Médoc 12 Drink 2007-2014 Good colour, but nasty green, unripe aromas. Very dry...
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Below are the tasting notes I think you will be most impatient for, on hundreds of significant wines in the...
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Château Clauzet 2001 St Estèphe 14 Drink 2005-2010 Mid-crimson. Quite evolved nose. Open. Green, almost grassy. Dull. Château Marbuzet 2001...
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Château Batailley 2001 Pauillac 15 Drink 2007-2014 Quite deep. Not much nose. Quite sturdy. Worthy yokel rather than a complex...
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Here's a late addition to the many tasting notes on Germany's delicious, buxom 2002s that are available in the 2003...
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