So which of these vintages is the best and which is the worst? JR and laptop bottom left of this picture of the Church House tasting taken by its organiser, Céline Bouteiller.
As usual, the group below of 10 châteaux came over to London this autumn to show off their four most recent vintages in Church House, Westminster. I may be wrong but I got the impression that fewer proprietors than usual were present; the wines tended to be poured by members of the commercial, or very occasionally winemaking, teams. Perhaps the most important people didn’t want to waste their time...