Click on the Southwold tag and you'll find a record of my notes – or occasionally Julia's – from the annual major horizontal tastings of Bordeaux, usually when the wines are about three and half years old, so settled in bottle. You should find every vintage back to the 2005s...
Southwold 2015s – the whites
The first of three tasting articles re-examining more than 250 of the most important Bordeaux 2015s. More tomorrow and the next day. See also our guide to Bordeaux 2015 and the right bank reds and left bank reds. For an overview of these 2019 tastings, see Bordeaux 2015 reassessed.
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