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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...

William Kelley • 20 May 2024

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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....

William Kelley • 08 Feb 2024

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Bordeaux: Up From the Cellar 38

This latest installment features a wide variety of estates and vintages, and many of the wines may actually still be obtainable in the marketplace....

William Kelley • 19 Dec 2023

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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....

Yohan Castaing • 30 Nov 2023

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France, Bordeaux: The 2020 Vintage in Bottle – Out with the Old, in with the New

Bordeaux’s 2020 vintage has produced brilliant wines that exemplify the region’s rapid agronomic and technical evolution....

William Kelley • 15 Nov 2023

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Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: William Kelley

Taking over coverage of Bordeaux has been rich with interest, so I’ve dedicated this year’s “favorites” entirely to the reds and whites of the Gironde. I hope this selection may...

William Kelley • 23 Nov 2022

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France, Bordeaux: The Other Bordeaux – Lesser-Known Estates of the Médoc

Many of the wines reviewed in this report exist on the very margins of profitability, yet they’re rich with interest and demonstrate what is possible....

William Kelley • 31 Oct 2022

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