Roc de Cambes
I first met Francois Mitjavile in 2004, to taste both 2003 Tertre-Rôteboeuf and 2003 Roc de Cambes. I was struck by both man and wine, and remember leaving wit...
Category: Notas
1996 Grand-Puy-Lacoste and friends
It has been a good couple of weeks. The 1996 Grand-Puy-Lacoste was so good that it warrants a post to itself, and may well get one. In the meantime I have been...
2005 Bordeaux: to-may-toes, to-mah-toes
The Bordeaux question is this: which is the greatest young vintage of Bordeaux? 2010? Or 2009, or 2005? I nailed my colours to 2005 a long time back. Some 2...
2014 Bordeaux – the Union des Grands Crus
The whole point of the UGC tasting this year was thrown out, missed, lost – everything – by the organisers. The whole point of the UGC tasting in London, the t...
How Low Can You Go?
I have just paid £3.79 for a bottle of wine. That’s about £3.16 ex VAT. Or about £1.08 in bond. This isn’t the point but it’s very much worth mentioning: from m...