This vertical tasting of Clos Joliette offers fascinating insights into this iconic wine, with complex and compelling vintages dating back to 1974....
Read MoreTwo 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....
Read MoreThis 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....
Read MoreBordeaux’s 2020 vintage has produced brilliant wines that exemplify the region’s rapid agronomic and technical evolution....
Read MoreThis installment of new releases from Champagne looks at forthcoming or recently released wines from Champagne’s big houses....
Read MoreThis smaller report includes wines from producers such as Château Rayas, Château de Beaucastel, Château de Vaudieu, Clos St Jean and Domaine de Pégau....
Read MoreWithin the Rhône Valley, rosé wines are indisputably led by the dark crimson wines of Tavel, a rosé-only wine appellation d’origine....
Read MoreThis ongoing series is devoted to the forgotten Bordeaux, what we call “the other Bordeaux,” and this report covers the Right Bank, focusing on a few appellations near Saint-Émilion and...
Read MoreMy final report on wines from the Loire Valley includes noble sweet wines: two rare Domaine Huet Vouvrays and two Domaine Ogereau Chenins de botrytis....
Read MoreThis report of 602 wines consists mainly of 2020s and 2019s, with some great wines. But you will also find a few 2021s and even some 2017s and 2016s....
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