This morning sees the release of one of the stand-out wines from the 2022 vintage to my mind, namely Château La Gaffelière offered here at £342 per 6 bottle case in bond.
As William Kelley notes below, this Château is very well situated on the limestone/clay soils of the hillside below Château Au...
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On the basis of sticking to my approach of sending out the wines that seriously impressed me, even if prices have increased, here is Château Branaire-Ducru 2022. For reference, it is up 27% on last year, not that I think the £51.50 extra should dissuade anyone as the 2022 is a truly great vintage for the estate. In fact, I thou...
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I don’t believe I have ever written up Château Kirwan in my 27 years in the industry. Though I have tasted it in a good number of vintages, I have invariably been underwhelmed.
I don’t think I have tasted an example as impressive as the 2022 before; it strikes a rare balance in this vintage – this is so...
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste was released this morning at £358 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Please see below for my note as well as those from Neal Martin, William Kelley, Jane Anson and Antonio Galloni:
2022 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac
£358 per 6 bottle case in bond
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You will, no doubt, have seen a fair few offers of pale, provençal rosés coming from other wine merchants, heralding the start of summer. Whilst there is always a place for those easy drinking, refreshing and inoffensive styles of rosé, I want to bring your attention here to something infinitely more characterful, distinctiv...
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You may well have gathered by now that I am continually impressed by the value that can be found outside of the main regions of Italy. Few other countries, if any, have such diversity – it was once said that there are 350 indigenous grape varieties grown in Italy today, though I am only part way through verifying that!
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