2012 Bordeaux: the wines of the vintage
Vintages like 2012 – which is to say tricky ones – set the men from the boys apart. Sure, there are over-performers: Capbern-Gasqueton, Batailley, Lagrange, d’...
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2012 Bordeaux: Pomerol
If you’ve got as far as this and you don’t own Neal Martin’s “Pomerol” then I’d suggest buying a copy. There is something rather special about Pomerol – ...
2012 Bordeaux: St Emilion
Some comments on St Emilion, not exclusive to the 2012 vintage: The appellation is fragmented, no one really understands the terroir, and no one really knows wh...
2012 Bordeaux: St Estèphe
Right at the top of the Médoc is the sometimes desolate beauty of St Estèphe. I love it. I love the drive, all the way up the D2, to the tip of classed-growth...
2012 Bordeaux: Pauillac
Now we are on the gas. I love Pauillac. Latour, Lafite, Mouton, the Pichons, GPL, Lynch (I’ll publish notes and scores on the first growths in a couple of day...