Bordeaux's 2017 en primeur campaign – how did it go?

In the few days it took me to gather these thoughts on paper, the 2017 en primeur campaign, without warning, curled up and brought itself to a close, with early reports from UK merchants suggesting that sales may be as much as 75% down on last year’s. It was way back on 23 April that Ch Palmer kicked things off, whisking up some early froth with its release price a respectable 20% lower than last...