See our guide to coverage of 2009 bordeaux and a 2013 overview of the vintage.
Kicking off the first of our three Southwold instalments on Bordeaux 2009 reassessed in bottle are the whites: dry and sweet. Right-bank reds follow tomorrow, and then left-bank reds on Thursday. For a quick preview of this huge annual blind tasting, see An Avery tribute in Southwold and Southwold Burgundy dinner. It snowed so heavily while we tasted that the town's famous beach huts were frosted, as you can see.
This was not a particularly outstanding vintage for dry whites – although...