Tasting Burgundy 2022: Day Two
Henry Chambers onOur Private Sales team have gone out to the vineyards of Burgundy, to taste the Burgundy 2022 wines ahead of the next en primeur campaign. On their second day, they visit Domaine Odoul-Coquard, Domaine Michel …
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Xavier Hornblow onOur Private Sales team have gone out to the vineyards of Burgundy, to taste the Burgundy 2022 wines ahead of the next en primeur campaign. Find out what to expect from this vintage… “The wines …
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Martin Tickle on“2022 is a singular vintage that merits a place in every cellar.” Martin Tickle, Fine Wine Buyer If 2021 was a vintage of the past, then 2022 is the vintage of the future. The product …
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Luke Cianfarani onOur Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their fourth day they continued to …
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Henry Chambers onOur Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their third day, it was time …
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Xavier Hornblow onOur Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage. On their second day, they were …
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Rose Saunders onOur Fine Wine team are out in Bordeaux for en primeur – follow their updates from each day of tasting, and some of their wine highlights of the vintage… Since their first mention at Château …
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Maggie Macpherson on“From the moment grapes were picked, there has been great excitement over the potential of the 2019 vintage.” Maggie MacPherson, Group Buyer After two warmer than average vintages, 2019 heralded a return to the norm, …
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Alexander Turnbull on“What has been produced is rather magical.” Tasting En Primeur is always a slightly odd experience; you arrive in Burgundy shortly after harvest, but rather than talking about the vintage they have just brought into …
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Martin Tickle on“The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” Muhammad Ali Just as the …
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Martin Tickle onNot the vintage of the century, rather a vintage from the last century… The 2021 vintage The 2021 European harvest was born under literal and figurative storm clouds with France, Spain, and Italy reporting losses …
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Julian Harper onOur final day of Bordeaux En Primeur tasting took us to the Pessac-Léognan region, just a few kilometres South West of the city centre of Bordeaux. The first thing that really strikes you is just …
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