Today Château Berliquet has been released at £218 per 6 bottle case in bond. It is the first release of the trio of Châteaux under the ownership of Chanel, with Châteaux Canon and Rauzan-Ségla yet to be released. Château Berliquet – which may not have been on your radar b...
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The Vauthiers of Château Ausone, comfortably one of the greatest estates in Bordeaux, are working their magic on this well-sited, four-hectare Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé. Château La Clotte occupies a superb location at the very heart of Saint-Emilion’s limestone plateau, a short stroll...
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Before you are swamped in Bordeaux En Primeur releases from the 2020 vintage, I want to highlight one particular wine that is anything but a mainstream release.
Last year we released the 2019 Château L’Hermitage-Lescours, a wine I described as one of the bargains of the vintage and a...
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Before we all get overwhelmed (or even underwhelmed?) by the latest set of en primeur releases from Bordeaux and as the weather starts to improve, I am pleased to offer a brilliant example of one of the world’s truly great white wines.South Australia’s Clare Valley has come to be synonymous with exception...
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We have been discussing the outstanding quality of Francis Egly’s champagnes for almost a decade. It has not been hard work; every time I get the chance to taste an Egly-Ouriet champagne I am struck by the precision and purity. They are highly individual Champagnes that are now receiving the credit they are ...
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When I started in wine, I used to struggle to see remarkable quality in South African wine. That is not to say that there weren’t good examples available, but it seemed that numerous wines fell short of truly delivering irrefutable quality. So much has changed in the intervening years, the South African wine...
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