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Bordeaux 2019 - What The Critics Think

Bordeaux 2019 - What The Critics Think

Neal Martin "excellent vintage"Up there with 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016 - “a notch below the 2016s”.Neal Martin’s highlights:Cos d’Estournel, Calon-Ségur, Lafon-Rochet, Meyney, Pichon-Lalande, Mouton-Rothschild, Lafite-Rothschild, Lynch-Bages, Ducru Beaucaillou, Léoville-Las Cases and Le Petit Lion, Léoville-Poyferré, Gloria, Saint-Pierre, Léoville-Barton,...

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THE TIMES - "Drink Pink! The 30 Best Rosé Wines"

THE TIMES - "Drink Pink! The 30 Best Rosé Wines"

2019 Rock Angel, Caves d’Esclans, Côtes de Provence Rosé, France, 14 per centfinewinedirect.co.uk, £22.95BUY NOW "Sacha Lichine’s dramatic, herby Rock Angel is one up from wishy-washy Whispering Angel with a lot more alcohol and oomph, care of oak-barrel ageing and...

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Wine of the week: a mind-blowing rosé by Matthew Jukes, Money Week

Wine of the week: a mind-blowing rosé by Matthew Jukes, Money Week

Read article click here! 2018 Château d’Esclans, Garrus, Côtes de Provence, France "2018 Garrus (£94.95, finewinedirect.co.uk) is Les Clans with the volume knob turned up, ripped off and thrown over the garden hedge. Sensational, bombastic, imposing, impossibly grand and, for once, relatively...

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Chateau Haut Brion ©Sam Earl

Bordeaux 2018 En Primeur Report

Bordeaux Day 1 Château Haut-Brion The first stop on this year’s Bordeaux en primeur trip was Château Haut-Brion. For those of you that have not visited Bordeaux, it sits on the outskirts of the city in a very urban landscape...

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