Bordeaux 2023 considered
A quick-fire en primeur campaign has begun – but are the wines worth buying, and will the price be right? Above, a red carpet welcomes the wine trade at Château Smith Haut Lafitte.
Monday, 29 April 2024
Another year, another vintage and yet another surprise. If the newspaper headlines in 2023 ran with global warming and the destruction caused by downy mildew, the truth of the matter is that in some of the key appellations yields were more generous than reported. Stylistically speaking, bordeaux also recovered its oceanic feel with freshness and acidity the key observation. After the ripeness, power and concentration of...
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