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Bordeaux 2012: The Affordable Story

Dorothy Gaiter
Features
6 min read
For those of us who didn’t get over to Bordeaux this April for en primeur, the much anticipated annual futures market, some winery folks brought their new wines to us. This is the week that favored customers, media, negociants, and retail buyers taste still-in-the-barrel wines. These immature wines, always sampled

2005 Chateau Arnauld

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A very moderately priced Bordeaux, particularly for one from the “Vintage of the Century.” It is also still rather young, evidenced by how much better it showed on the second night. The nose shows blackcurrant, cedar, and tobacco leaf. The taste on the palate is far richer than the aromas

HOT LOT RS 92 Points – Chateau Cantemerle 1961

Palate Press
Features
1 min read
WHO: Chateau Cantemerle WHAT: Red Bordeaux Blend WHERE: France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut Médoc WHEN: 1961 RESERVE: $325 MINIMUM BID INCREMENT: $25 A Spring frost reduced flowering, leading to fewer, and more concentrated, grapes to mature through a warm, dry, sunny Summer. The result? A Bordeaux vintage acclaimed as one of