Château Charmail is always a popular wine in any vintage and the 2011 should be no different, offering classically proportioned claret at a very good price indeed. 2011 Château Charmail, Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc £120 per case of 12 bottles in bond Darkly fragrant on the nose, with notes of bramble and cassis fruit coming [...]
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Bordeaux 2011: Lafite, Cos & Gazin
Wednesday 18 April 2012 – 10:36
Today saw the release of two of the big Châteaux, with our release of 2011 Lafite-Rothschild and Cos d’Estournel, as well as Gazin, an ever popular Pomerol. Lafite-Rothschild (£2799 for 6 bottles in bond) has been offered primarily to those clients who have expressed interest, however, please let us know if you are interested in [...]
Bordeaux 2011: Châteaux Lafite and La Tour de By
Monday 16 April 2012 – 14:50
Today has been the proverbial “game of two halves”, with releases of both Cru Bourgeois, La Tour de By and First Growth, Lafite-Rothschild. Lafite’s release price this year seems to offer a reasonable reduction on last year’s, but there is also less availability than last year. We are currently waiting to consolidate our allocation from [...]
Bordeaux 2011: Nick Dagley’s Vintage Report
Thursday 12 April 2012 – 10:41
The weather and its effects I witnessed first hand the topsy-turvy weather conditions, which made 2011 such a challenge for the vignerons; I was sunburnt and hot during the en-primeur tastings of the first week in April, rained on and distinctly chilly in August and then overheated again during my annual harvest visit in September. [...]
Bordeaux 2011: First Releases
Tuesday 10 April 2012 – 15:41
Well, we said it was likely to be an early campaign, so here we go with our first releases of Bordeaux 2011 en primeur. We have three wines first off the blocks, including two of the regions that have perhaps been the most successful in this vintage – the right bank and white wines: G [...]
Bordeaux 2011 – Watch this space
Thursday 5 April 2012 – 19:52
Our various teams are all now back from Bordeaux, bearing notebooks of scribbled tasting notes, suitcases full of paperwork from the various Châteaux and the marks of those who have been tasting young claret for the last few days – blackened teeth and a purple index finger. It has been an interesting and educational week. [...]
Bordeaux 2011: Stay in touch
Wednesday 28 March 2012 – 8:14
While in previous vintages the buzz from Bordeaux has been more or less inescapable, you may have noticed that everything has been somewhat quieter this year. Having recently travelled out to Bordeaux as part of a trip organised by the Institute of Masters of Wine, I can confirm that this is not because 2011 is [...]
Piemonte wines in bond from 2007 & 2008 – La Dolce Vita
Tuesday 27 March 2012 – 11:05
Following a couple of years of mentioning how much I would love to visit Piemonte, my requests came to fruition this January so I brushed up my holiday Italian, packed numerous jumpers and set off with great anticipation. This fêted region in the foothills of the Alps was everything I expected and more. Despite almost [...]
Additional parcel of 2010 Burgundy from Jean-Marc Millot
Thursday 22 March 2012 – 10:57
Following our extensive tastings of the 2010 vintage in Burgundy last November, Nick Dagley and I returned to the region in February and visited this small domaine tucked away off the beaten track in Vosne-Romanée. The delightfully unassuming and diligent Jean-Marc Millot has been making the wines at this estate since 1992, and acquired most [...]
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