Merlot

Verkostungsberichte Reviews of the wines of the right bank, where Merlot predominates, in this uneven vintage. Above, harvest at Château Figeac...

Verkostungsberichte 2023 was challenging for Merlot, especially, but James finds the bright spots at this year's en primeur tastings. Above, another...

Verkostungsberichte Always consistent, sometimes inspired: these 94 wines showcase Napa’s talents – and that’s without even including Napa’s 2021 Cabernets, which...

Gratis für alle ‘Vines, speak to us, please!’ might be the clarion call of the Bordeaux wine establishment at the moment. See our...

Verkostungsberichte Our reviews of the nascent wines tasted last month in Bordeaux continue … left-bank reds to follow on Monday. See...

Insider-Informationen An overview based on tasting cask samples of well over 250 of the most important wines. See our guide to...

Verkostungsberichte Members of a new club, Castillon Caractères, deserve your attention. Knowing this, James asked them to lay on a tasting...

Verkostungsberichte The second part of a survey of the most important wines just reaching their tenth birthday. See tasting notes on...

Verkostungsberichte The first of our three reports on this year's blind-tasting marathon. See also this overview, tasting notes for left-bank reds...

Verkostungsberichte Continuing our look at this exciting vintage, we provide tasting notes on another 36 wines, some of them very famous...

Verkostungsberichte The second of three articles reassessing the 2011 vintage. Right-bank reds were published yesterday and sweet wines are still to...

Verkostungsberichte The first of three articles reassessing the 2011 vintage. Left-bank reds and sweet wines to follow; see also the guide...

Verkostungsberichte The first of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux, more socially distanced than usual as...

Verkostungsberichte A complete vertical of a Tuscan classic. The Chianti Classico of the Mazzei family’s estate, nay village (see above), Fonterutoli...

Gratis für alle The annual Southwold-on-Thames tastings were exceptional this year. Here we all are, hard at work, overlooked by François Mitjavile of...

Weine der Woche From £32.99, 58 Swiss francs Find this wine This is a wine I would love to serve blind in Bordeaux...