The combination of an exciting vintage and low prices should be more appealing than it clearly is. High-scoring cru bourgeois exceptionnel Château Le Crock in St-Estèphe, a stablemate of second growth Léoville Poyferré, is pictured above. See Bordeaux 2022 – a guide for all we've published on this vintage.
Life is tough for pretty much all bordeaux producers, but especially those below cru classé level. Those who are probably suffering most are farmers in the Entre-Deux-Mers who simply cannot find a buyer for their grapes. These are the ones most likely to be accepting subsidies for pulling out their...