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The Goedhuis & Co Bordeaux Cru Classé Tasting | Wednesday 26th April 2017, 6.30 to 9.00pm, Saatchi Gallery

We are starting to get excited as we have safely received all of the wine for our biennial Bordeaux tasting at the Saatchi Gallery. Over forty of our favourite Châteaux are joining us for the evening and bringing a selection of...

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Ch Latour Ex-château release – 2005 Ch Latour & 2011 Les Forts de Latour

Since their departure from the en primeur in 2011, Château Latour, the great aristocratic First Growth of Bordeaux now release a mature vintage of both the Grand Vin and its famed second wine Les Forts de Latour each year. These...

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La Mission Haut-Brion 2012 | £950 per 6 | “a wondrous La Mission”

La Mission Haut Brion is one of the two great estates in the Clarence Dillon stable, occupying an enviable position in the Bordeaux firmament. A wine of great distinction, though never ostentatious, it perennially competes for honours with its first...

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Léoville Las Cases 2006 & 2009 | The original Super-Second

Léoville Las Cases occupies one of the greatest vineyard locations in the northern Médoc, a stone’s throw from Château Latour. Indeed, whilst its vineyards sit in the commune of St Julien, it often has a closer resemblance to the bold...

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Ch Lafon Rochet 4ème Cru St Estèphe 2005, 2009 & 2014: A hat trick of cracking Claret

Lafon-Rochet was recently described by Decanter Magazine as “one of the most exciting estates of the Médoc” and possibly “Bordeaux’s most improved 1855 château”. Now in his tenth year as managing director of the Château, Basile Tesseron’s approach is hugely...

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