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France, Bordeaux: No Smoke Without Fire – En Primeur 2022

Everyone who has tasted the wines will agree that the quality and character of the 2022 vintage in Bordeaux is a surprise. How did conditions so extreme deliver wines of...

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William Kelley •

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Bordeaux En Primeur 2023: Make or Break

The best 2023s are just as exciting as the best 2022s, even if the vintage is more varied in quality and style; yet the final paradox is that, due to...

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William Kelley •

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2021 Bordeaux in Bottle: The Saved and the Damned

Two years ago, tasting from barrel, I said that this was a farmers’ vintage. Now that the wines are in bottle, my earlier analysis has been confirmed....

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William Kelley •

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France, Bordeaux: Sauvé des Eaux – Bordeaux’s 2021 Vintage

While Bordeaux’s 2021 isn’t a great vintage, it has produced several genuinely great wines, as well as many good to excellent wines....

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William Kelley •

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France, Bordeaux: 2020 Futures – Finding Value

With this latest collection of notes, I’ve focused mainly on the 2020 wines that can be found for about 15-50 euros per bottle, ex-cellars....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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France, Bordeaux: 2020 Primeurs — Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarosse

Here’s a twist: I was told that the first 2020 Primeurs sample I reviewed is not the final blend. The new blend is different but equally captivating....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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France, Bordeaux: 2020 Primeurs - Châteaux La Conseillante & Figeac

Anyone who has been attuned to recent changes on Bordeaux’s Right Bank will have spotted that La Conseillante and Figeac are two estates on the rise....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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France, Bordeaux: Primeurs/Futures Report: The 2020 Vintage — Mister In-Between

If ever I lacked the faith that you can tell all you really need to know about a wine’s growing season just by tasting it, along came 2020....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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Best of Bordeaux 2019 En Primeurs: The 20 Top-Scoring Wines

Your definitive list of the 20 wines that received the highest scores of all 2019 Bordeaux En Primeur wine reviews and ratings thus far....

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RP Digital •

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France, Bordeaux: 2019 En Primeur Report – The Miracle Vintage

Here’s my conspiracy theory. As I’m interviewing winemakers and château owners each year during the Primeurs period, I start to hear the same words and stories, over and over again....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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