Some of these prices look interesting.

If Rishi Sunak offered anyone in Britain two million quid and a free flight to Rwanda, in exchange for leaving for good, he’d be inundated with volunteers.

The Twelve Days of En Primeur

12 pronounced tannins
11 fatuous clichés (à éditer)
10 silky textures
9 waxed lemons
8 cassis aromas
7 chalky textures
6 persistent finishes
5 - gold - hues -
4 crème de mûres
3 cocoa oaks
2 juicy acidities

And a pricey trip to the dentist…

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#12
of 12. Phew! Done!

No pictures of my teeth, as they look like Danny deVito’s as Penguin in whichever Batman movie that was.

#LePin
#ChevalBlanc
#TroplongMondot
#TertreRoteboeuf
#SaigonVillageStEmilion
#Trottevieille
#LeDôme
#CanonLaGaffelière

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#11

Nearly there!

More Pomer-ilion madness!

#levangile
#Angelus
#Quintus
#LarcisDucasse
#PetitVillage
#Beauregard
#Vieuxchateaucertan
#Figeac
#LaGaffeliere
#Nenin
#LaSeraphine
#Larteau

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#10

Right on Right Bank

#Pavie
#LaFleur
#LaConseillante
#Montlabert
#Petrus
#BellefontBelcier
#PetitVal
#Ausone
#Valandraud

#ReservedelaPresbytere

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#9

#ClosFloridene
#ClosFourtet
#LaDominique
#BelairMonange
#JPMoueix
#Lagrange
#LaLagune

A very special day!

Who is the ghastly Tory on R4 right now? Obfuscating, refusing to answer an single question, complaining of being interrupted when not answering anything. And saying ‘respectfully’ every five seconds with zero respect whatsoever.
This Conservatives government needs to go. Now.

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#8

Some big guns and the birth of “Barsec” today!

#HautBrion
#DomainedeChevalier
#SmithHautLafitte
#HautBailly
#CarmesHautBrion
#Rieussec
#DoisyDaëne

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#7

Monster Blind tasting Grand Cercle

Some @StEmilionGC at LAURENCE BRUN

Spectacular dinner with Sylvie Cazes of Château Chauvin at Le Chapon Fin.

Lovely day! 400+wines in now.

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#6

To Montagne St Emilion to taste a selection across the region.

And then an afternoon off! For some much-needed exercise in the vineyards of Néac and Pomerol.

Dinner with Julien of CHATEAU MONCETS at the always fantastic Table du Catusseau.

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#5

Back to the Médoc for a completion of the Grand Crusade. Great fun, lovely people!

Cos d'Estournel
Château Montrose
#CalonSegur
lynchbages
Château Pédesclaux
Château Pontet-Canet
Pichon Comtesse
#Kirwan
#Dauzac
Château Dauzac

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#4

Right Banksy today - 95 more wines tasted, as well as my forst few (spectacular) Sauternes-Barsac

Great tasting at #Joanne Bordeaux then to Vins de Pomerol for RONAN By CLINET and a special dinner @ #ChPetitVillage .

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#3

Big day today. 116 wines tasted including 40 whites (great vintage for them).

A beautifully organised tasting Chateau Belgrave , courtesy of Dourthe .

Then Ducru-Beaucaillou with the always lovely Tracey Dobbin, and finally the wines of Lafite/DBR

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#2

More Médoc! Up to Pauillac and back again

Lots of tannin!

Bordeaux En Primeur 2024
Day#1

Margaux (via Ch La Lagune)

Need more to pronounce on the vintage, but everything tastes as though it has 10% more Cabernet in it than it has. Great fun!

A world war centred on Israel : Iran is so obviously what any self-respecting god would want, it’s a wonder why it’s taking so long.

Adding sulfur to wine does not make a wine better.
Adding sulfur to wine does not make a wine worse.
Not adding sulfur to wine may make it a lot worse.

Antony Gormley, sculptor of the Angel of the North, reflects on Brexit:

🗣️ 'It's a fundamental failure of our imagination'

That’s bang out of order Rachel Riley MBE 💙