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France, Bordeaux, Saint-Julien: Château Léoville Las Cases – The Secret Vintages

Very few châteaux have a significant number of older vintages in sufficient quantities to sell to the public. Château Léoville Las Cases is an exception....

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown •

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France, Champagne: A First Look at Bollinger's New 2007 R. D.

The fruit of an early harvest Bollinger's superb 2007 R. D. is an unusually delicate, fine-boned rendition of this habitually muscular cuvée....

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William Kelley •

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France, Burgundy: Revisiting the 1980 Vintage After 40 Years

They may not be numerous, but the very best 1980 red Burgundies, as the accompanying notes attest, are profound wines drinking at their apogee today....

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William Kelley •

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Discovering Burgundy Wines on a Budget

Given the escalating prices of Burgundy’s grandest grands crus, the rewards of looking further afield have never been greater....

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William Kelley •

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France, Burgundy: The Côte d’Or’s 2019 Vintage

2019 is a thrilling year for Pinot Noir, delivering wines bursting with head-turning perfume and fresh, succulent fruit. In Chardonnay, 2019 is more heterogenous....

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William Kelley •

French Wine PinotNoir chardonnay

France, Burgundy: The Côte d’Or’s 2019 and 2018 Vintages

2019 is a thrilling year for Pinot Noir, delivering wines bursting with head-turning perfume and fresh, succulent fruit. In Chardonnay, 2019 is more heterogenous....

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William Kelley •

chardonnay French Wine PinotNoir

France, Alsace: Valentin Zusslin – Mind-blowing Pinot Noirs and More Great Wines

The Zusslins cultivate Pinot Noir on the beautiful slopes of the Bollenberg, which to me finds its greatest expression in Zusslin’s Pinot Noirs....

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Stephan Reinhardt •

Alsace French Wine pinot noir

France, Beaujolais: The 2019 and 2018 Vintages

While the COVID-19 pandemic precluded my usual visit to the Beaujolais, I was able extensively to acquaint myself with the new 2019 vintage and revisit the 2018s without leaving my...

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William Kelley •

Beaujolais Gamay French Wine

France, Champagne: Cédric Bouchard – Champagne’s Reclusive Revolutionary

Cédric Bouchard works with the lowest yields in Champagne and fashions some of the region’s greatest wines from vineyards that no one had ever heard of....

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William Kelley •

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France, Cahors: Château Lagrézette

Since purchasing Château Lagrézette in 1980, Alain Dominique Perrin has devoted much time to elevating the estate to the very top of the Cahors appellation....

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Joe Czerwinski •

Southwest France Malbec French Wine

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