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Sadie's Palladius from 2003
A revealing vertical that traces the evolution of South Africa’s most sought-after white. The wines were shown by UK importer Berry Bros & Rudd during the Sadies’ visit late April...
Jancis Robinson
• 5 min read
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Château Léoville Barton 1999–2023
A quarter-century of wines from a legendary Bordeaux estate. See also this guide to our bordeaux verticals. Although Château Léoville Barton is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, there will...
James Lawther MW
• 2 min read
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A strong candidate for reclassification reviewed. Above, Alexandre de Malet Roquefort and those purple fermentation tanks.
Prior to the recent...
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The cellar and vineyard at Bordeaux's most urban wine estate have been transformed to produce wines for both early and...
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Gonzague Lurton, seen above on the left with technical director Léopold Valentin, has embraced biodynamics and regenerative viticulture, resulting in...
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The top St-Émilions from 2011 to 2018 tasted blind – 48 in all. Above, Jean-Philippe Delmas, responsible for the wines...
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A rare 23-vintage vertical. Image above by Cécile Perrinet Lhermitte.
This well-known St-Émilion property’s wines were shown off in London...
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You asked for more vertical tastings of notable Bordeaux châteaux. We are always keen to oblige – along with some...
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A range of super seconds that are (mostly) ready to drink.
I hosted a tasting for the most extraordinary London...
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In response to members' requests for more vertical tastings of popular Bordeaux châteaux we offer a look at 21st-century Talbot...
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How did this first growth perform during this difficult decade for Bordeaux? Above is the artwork for the label of...
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Was Alfred Tesseron's embrace of biodnamics justified? James Lawther MW finds out. In 2005 Alfred Tesseron, owner of Ch Pontet-Canet...
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Two women presented a second growth to two women – with admirable results.
Julia and I selflessly undertook, in stereo...
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James Lawther MW, who did such a splendid job tasting 2019 bordeaux primeurs for us, presents a profile, with vertical...
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Château Dutruch Grand Poujeaux is one of those wines that well-educated lovers of Bordeaux have probably heard of but may...
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See also Lafite's new chatelaine.
I’ve been around so long, and have been such a keen traveller, that it takes...
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Today, as Bordeaux's primeurs week begins, with Julia hard at work on your behalf, we published an account of a...
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A ‘fertile hunting ground’ is how Jancis described Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux in her article last week on Nine affordable...
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