Iconic bordeaux with Bill

We finish our week devoted to Mature Bordeaux with an account of some of the most famous red bordeaux of the last century and some of their peers.

The last time we stayed chez the late Bill Baker in the atmospheric West Country millhouse he shared with his wife Kate, children Polly and George and their beloved dogs was the night of 16 Nov 2007. The reason was that his old friend Richard Orders and his wine student wife Ivy were over from Hong Kong and keen to ‘look at’ a few of the choicest bottles in the cellar that...