White Burgundy stocks running low? Feeling priced out of the wines you used to buy without much thought? Help is at hand.
Honestly, read this offer carefully as this estate is making epic wines; I have said it before and, forgive me, I’ll say it again, Weingut Tement In Austria’s South Styria make breath-taking win...
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Château Gruaud-Larose was released this morning at £420 per 6 bottle case in bond, up 9.4% on the 2021 price. Unfortunately, the Atlas team didn’t get the chance to taste, but the three critics below are equally effusive about the quality of the 2022 vintage from this well-followed Saint-Julien estate.
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This afternoon sees the release of 2022 Château Léoville-Poyferré at £507 per 6 bottle case in bond. This is up 17% from 2021, but more than justified for one of the finest young Léoville-Poyferré I have tasted in years.
Please see below for my note as well as those from Neal Martin, William K...
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Today sees the release of Saint-Emilion’s Clos Fourtet, offered at £564 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Clos Fourtet has an enviable positioning on Saint-Emilion’s limestone plateau, where the soils impart a distinctive mineral accent to the wine, which is very much evident in the stunning 2022. When we tasted the...
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Château Lynch-Bages was released today at £636 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Lynch-Bages has amassed a loyal following among Bordeaux drinkers who are captured by its muscular, dark-fruited style that invariably warrants patience to be enjoyed at its best. Sadly none of the Atlas team were able to taste, but the criti...
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Without doubt one of the stand-out wines of the 2022 vintage based on our own tastings is Henri Lurton’s exceptional Brane-Cantenac, released this afternoon at £360 per 6 bottle case in bond.
When in Bordeaux in April, as we were trying to get our heads around the wines and how they navigated, or didn’t, the ...
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