As you may well know, we have been waiting to receive the second tranche of Château Lafite-Rothschild 2016 as the initial release represented a small volume of stock. We now have details and I am pleased to offer what various commentators regard as the wine of the vintage at £2900 per 6 bottle case in bond. Indeed, a survey of all me...
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We have just received details of the release of 2016 Château Figeac. We anticipated that this Château would be looking to re-position itself with the release of its 2016 – and that is just what has happened with a release price this morning of £925 per 6 bottle case in bond. This represents a substantial price increase ov...
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Judging quality is a more straight-forward exercise than judging price when it comes to 2016 Bordeaux en primeur. There are a number of properties that we have followed over the last few years where we believe quality has shifted upwards in relatively dramatic fashion. To see some re-positioning of price with such estates is perhaps not unexpect...
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Judging quality is a more straight-forward exercise than judging price when it comes to 2016 Bordeaux en primeur. There are a number of properties that we have followed over the last few years where we believe quality has shifted upwards in relatively dramatic fashion. To see some re-positioning of price with such estates is perhaps not unexpect...
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Château Brane-Cantenac has taken some great steps forward in quality across recent vintages. This often undervalued second growth typifies the elegance and refinement that is so often associated with wines from Margaux. Elegance and refinement are, in fact, watch-words for any tasting note on Brane; whereas critics have often looked ...
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While the majority of Bordeaux releases have left us cold so far, at Atlas we have opted to buy the First Growth that have released to date. They have been released at a price which is a fraction higher than we hoped but to be honest, at a price that is a good deal lower than we expected. There has been a 9% increase in Euro cost which, coupled ...
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