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2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | The gloom & the glory
All my pre-departure research had left me rather gloomy about the week ahead, tasting through the latest vintage in Bordeaux. Thank goodness I was travelling with Jack, ever upbeat, hopefully we could buoy each other along through the teeth-shattering tastings. From what I’d read and the people I’d spoken to, it seemed that 2021 was […]
by David Porter6 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxbordeauxen-primeurvineyard-visit - news
Why on earth would I buy Bordeaux 2021?
I feel like these blogs have become something of a confession of late, so here’s another one. As much as, when we visit Bordeaux, I’m acting in a professional capacity (something many of you will know I’m just about capable of…) to taste, evaluate and communicate a vintage to you, I’m also secretly really just […]
by Jack Chapman6 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurfine-winefrance - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Pauillac
Great old, grand old Pauillac. The most revered appellation in the Médoc felt more like it had gone back in time than perhaps any other area. The wines were generally very lean and precise – Merlot, again, suffered a fair bit up here and, with the wines usually Cabernet focussed anyway, it meant that these […]
by Jack Chapman6 views2021-bordeaux2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-posten-primeurleft-bankpauillac - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Saint-Estèphe
Saint-Estèphe certainly felt like the most far flung, northerly part of the Médoc when we arrived, driving down the dip from Lafite and up to Cos d’Estournel as the sky darkened and rain began to threaten. An easy way to brighten up any day, is to walk through their ornamental garden, once you’ve squeezed your […]
by Eve-Marie Letondel5 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxsaint-estephe - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Margaux
I have a soft spot for Margaux. I thought it was worth prefacing everything you’re going to read with this – The feelings I have for Margaux are along the lines of the ones I have for great Burgundy. On the face of things, it’s a pretty toxic relationship (for starters I’m not sure if […]
by Jack Chapman5 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurleft-bankmargaux - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Saint-Julien
Our tour de Saint-Julien started on a lovely sunny morning, with both of us slightly the worse for wear from the night before, having briefly gone our separate ways (David for a dinner at Château Lafite, myself for a far more oikish, if exceptionally fun do in Bordeaux Town Hall). Leoville Poyferré was our first […]
by Jack Chapman5 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurleft-banksaint-julien - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Pessac-Léognan
Pessac-Leognan is a slightly peculiar place. You start in the city – Carmes Haut Brion, it’s fair to say, is quite literally an ‘urban winery’, such is its proximity to the hustle and bustle of Bordeaux. Slowly you start to drift out, Haut-Brion & La Mission, two absolutely stunning Châteaux, appear almost out of nowhere, […]
by Jack Chapman5 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurgravespessac-leognan - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Saint-Émilion
Did Merlot suffer in Saint Émilion? Yes, is the short answer, but it was quite terroir dependent and also seemed less impacted than their left bank cousins. The running theme of the 2021 Bordeaux vintage was hard work – sometimes you question a bit of rhetoric, arching an eyebrow toward a statement which seems to […]
by Jack Chapman6 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurright-banksaint-emilion - news
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur | Pomerol
How on earth to summarise a vintage by appellation, which more or totally defied homogeneity? I’m going to try my best, almost solely using our own meandering experience and stack of tasting notes. Luckily Pomerol, which is where we began, makes is rather easier than most. If someone were to ask me to fill in […]
by Jack Chapman4 views2021-bordeaux-en-primeurl-s-post2021-bordeauxen-primeurmerlotpomerol