Bordeaux 2018 – sweet whites

The dry second half of the growing season was not conducive to noble rot, the lifeblood of the sweet wines of Bordeaux. Where botrytis did develop, mostly in the third week of October, it took a long time for the grapes to go from the first stage of infection to the later and most desirable stage known as pourri rôti, or 'roasted rot'. Some producers waited for this...