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’...
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’...
In spite of its failings – which are many – I love en-primeur. The excitement of a new wine. The birth, if you like, of wines that will develop into something...
I remain intrigued by the question of who knows what and who doesn’t in the UK wine trade. Tasting, talking, drinking and working with the former camp has taug...