A very short and simple note; 2022 Château Beychevelle has released today and we can offer at £417 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Since the new cellars were completed prior to the 2016 vintage, Beychevelle has moved up a gear; we have noted greater precision and purity in their wines. I don’t think we have ever s...
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This is not a wine we had the chance to taste on our recent Bordeaux trip, but Saint-Emilion’s Château Mangot was released today at £123 per 6 bottle case in bond. Offering great value, this has been tipped by William Kelley as “sure to be one of the best purchases of the en primeur campaign.”
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I know other merchants have sung the praises of Château Meyney’s consistency over the last five to six years, but this is the first time we have elected to offer. Why? To be honest, we haven’t tasted it every year, but we have done so relatively routinely across the last three or four vintages, and this vintage is by far the mo...
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This could very well be one of the standout values of the 2022 vintage, and its price is down slightly on the 2021. It is not a Château that I have endorsed before, but I think you should consider 2022 Château Soutard, Grand Cru Classé, Saint-Emilion. In fact, this wine was tipped to me last week in Bordeaux by a winema...
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We are yet to release our vintage review for the 2022 Bordeaux, which will follow next week, but the en primeur campaign is already under way, with a whole stream of lesser Châteaux releasing their wines this week.
As per normal, we will highlight wines we believe are of specific note in release emails such as this. Six ...
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I do not think that we have ever offered a Crémant nor a dry 100% Chenin from the Loire. Perhaps it is down to the fact that, whilst there are a raft of good examples which largely find their way onto restaurant lists, it takes a bit of digging to find something that is truly distinctive and impressive. I am happy to say that we have come...
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