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 Bordeaux. As you pass Lafite on your left, Cos d’Estournel appears, looking down on Pauillac.
Continue reading →Best drinks so far this summer? Cold Evian and some Dark Star Hophead. 2003 Calon-Ségur and 1989 Langoa-Barton consumed with Boy Wonder were excellent (the best magnum, and the last, of 2003 Calon I owned; 1989 Langoa the most “proper” red Bordeaux I’ve had in ages), but claret and sunshine don’t always mix: it was […]
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