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Bordeaux 2015: Pontet Canet, Calon Segur, Montrose, Pichon Baron

Arriving at Pontet Canet now and we are met by Melanie Tessaron who has produced a wine that today is certainly showing as the most structured of the wines tasted so far. Lots of minerality on the palate with a...

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Bordeaux 2015: Haut Bailly, Issan, Palmer, Margaux, Ducru & Las Cases

Yesterday evening was out of this world and what a start to the Bordeaux trip. Tasting and an outstanding dinner at Ch Haut Bailly.

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Bordeaux 2015 | The momentum is building …

Is 2015 the best vintage since the two superlative years of 2009 and 2010? We are soon to find out, for in a week’s time, six of us will be travelling to Bordeaux to attend the famous ‘Union des Grands...

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2000 Ch Latour & 2009 Les Forts de Latour Ex-château Release

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

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The Great 1990 Vintage Wine Dinner: Tasting Notes

Tastings such as this come round few times in our lifetime and the Wine Dinner Event hosted by Johnny Goedhuis at the Savoy in aid of MacIntyre was a very memorable evening indeed. I suspect the last time any of...

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