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Château Brane-Cantenac 1992–2023
A vertical tasting to mark the 100th anniversary of the Lurton family’s ownership of this Bordeaux estate. See also this guide to our bordeaux verticals. This year, 2025, marks the...
James Lawther MW
Wednesday 24 September 2025
• 3 min read
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1978–2023
James Lawther MW
Wednesday 3 September 2025
• 2 min read
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CVNE Imperial Gran Reserva 1947–2018
Tamlyn Currin
Monday 11 August 2025
• 3 min read
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A rare 23-vintage vertical. Image above by Cécile Perrinet Lhermitte.
This well-known St-Émilion property’s wines were shown off in London...
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You asked for more vertical tastings of notable Bordeaux châteaux. We are always keen to oblige – along with some...
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A range of super seconds that are (mostly) ready to drink.
I hosted a tasting for the most extraordinary London...
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In response to members' requests for more vertical tastings of popular Bordeaux châteaux we offer a look at 21st-century Talbot...
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How did this first growth perform during this difficult decade for Bordeaux? Above is the artwork for the label of...
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Was Alfred Tesseron's embrace of biodnamics justified? James Lawther MW finds out. In 2005 Alfred Tesseron, owner of Ch Pontet-Canet...
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Two women presented a second growth to two women – with admirable results.
Julia and I selflessly undertook, in stereo...
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James Lawther MW, who did such a splendid job tasting 2019 bordeaux primeurs for us, presents a profile, with vertical...
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Château Dutruch Grand Poujeaux is one of those wines that well-educated lovers of Bordeaux have probably heard of but may...
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I’ve been around so long, and have been such a keen traveller, that it takes...
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Today, as Bordeaux's primeurs week begins, with Julia hard at work on your behalf, we published an account of a...
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A ‘fertile hunting ground’ is how Jancis described Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux in her article last week on Nine affordable...
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The visit and tasting that always stays most sharply in my memory after a Bordeaux primeurs week is with François...
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Tom Munro wrote recently about The other Bordeaux, the Bordeaux outside the favoured elite of classed growths where all sorts...
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See also part one of Tom Munro's series on The other Bordeaux, published today.
Over the last two decades there...
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Bordeaux’s second wines are on the move – both in terms of price and, fortunately, quality – not least because...
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