Cru bourgeois 2012s

Eighteen months ago, the en primeur campaign for 2012 bordeaux limped into view with all the energy and joie de vivre of a knackered old Blackpool donkey. Sure enough, it was quickly forgotten about, metaphorically despatched to the glue factory – or perhaps the industrial distillery. There was much consternation on the Bordeaux place, with the would-be sellers left with overstocked cellars, but the rest of the wine world carried on about its business, largely indifferent.