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Bordeaux En Primeur 2024: Ripeness Is All

While the 2024 vintage underscores the tenacity and skill of the region’s best producers, this is clearly Bordeaux’s weakest vintage of the last decade. Though a handful of producers have,...

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William Kelley •

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Bordeaux: The 2022 Vintage in Bottle

We are delighted to report that the 2022 vintage has turned out brilliantly in bottle. With comparatively few exceptions, the best 2022s’ compelling marriage of ripeness and aromatic freshness, power...

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William Kelley •

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Burgundy: The Côte d’Or’s 2023 and 2022 Vintages

If one characteristic defines the 2023 vintage in Burgundy, it’s abundance. For Pinot Noir, this was a year of abundant yields; for Chardonnay, 2023 is a year of abundant flesh...

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William Kelley •

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Champagne: Louis Roederer’s 2016 Cristal

Jean-Baptise Lecaillon described 2016 as a complicated season, much like 2021 and 2024 (thus far). The resulting wine is a classic in the best sense of the term, and one...

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William Kelley •

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Champagne: New Releases from Bollinger

These new releases are two blanc de noirs: the latest rendition of the house's NV bottling and the 2014 Vieilles Vignes Françaises, one of my favorite wines but one I...

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William Kelley •

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Rhône: Cleaning Out My Closet

This is a compilation of miscellaneous reviews accumulated during the last 18 months or so. There are some gems, plus many reasonably priced wines....

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Joe Czerwinski •

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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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Alsace: A New Icon Wine from Schlumberger and Three Rieslings from Domaine La Rogerie

This report features Schlumberger’s new Riesling Le Clos Saint-Léger Grand Cru Monopole along with the Grand Cru Kitterlé and Kessler Rieslings and those from La Rogerie....

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Stephan Reinhardt •

Riesling France Alsace

Champagne: Bollinger's 2015 Grande Année and Grande Année Rosé

The 2015 Champagne vintage enjoys a mixed reputation, but Bollinger’s 2015s have turned out very well due to terroir and agronomic and vinification approaches....

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William Kelley •

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France, Bordeaux: Château Grand Village – The Pearl of the Guinaudeau Family

This property’s wine is produced by the same team, using the same techniques, as Château Lafleur in Pomerol, but it’s released at a reasonable price....

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Yohan Castaing •

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