Merlot

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

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

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

Free for all ‘Vines, speak to us, please!’ might be the clarion call of the Bordeaux wine establishment at the moment. See our...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wines of the week From £32.99, 58 Swiss francs Find this wine This is a wine I would love to serve blind in Bordeaux...