Just published: Bordeaux 2023 Primeurs Plans.
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#bdx23 #bdx2023 #bordeaux
#primeurs #bordeaux primeurs #wine

I check in on another 2014. After last week’s La Demoiselle, time for the 2014 Génération XIX. Stunning! #sancerre #sauvignonblanc #alphonsemellot #generation19 #loire #wine #loire wine

Another chance to see: I report on the latest from Thierry Michon, a renamed range including Viventius 1975, 1020, Les Chemins & more.
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#wine #wine tasting #loire #loire wine
#domainesaintnicolas #thierrymichon
#fiefsvendeens #vindefrance

Just published: A selection of new Muscadet notes on the wines of Marc Pesnot, the Gadais family, Nicolas & Hervé Choblet and Fréd Lailler.
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#muscadet #muscadet sevreetmaine #muscadet cotesdegrandlieu
#wine #loire #loire wine #wine tasting

Another chance to see: New notes on another 31 St Emilions, mostly 2019 & 2016. Includes Tour Baladoz, Dassault, de Pressac, Rol Valentin, Grand Corbin, Péby-Faugères, Fonplégade & more.
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#stemilion #stemilion grandcruclasse #bordeauxwine

Just published: All you need to know about Château Maucaillou; history, vineyards, wines and more, with all my notes and scores.
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#chateaumaucaillou #maucaillou
#moulis #moulis enmedoc
#bordeaux #bordeaux wine #wine

Going off piste tonight, with this 1999 Hermitage from Marc Sorrel. #hermitage #rhonevalley #marcsorrel #syrah #wine

Another chance to see: In the first of a two-parter, I check out 31 top 2020 St Emilions, including Bellevue, Faugères. Laroque, Pressac, Chauvin, Corbin & more.
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#stemilion #stemilion grandcrclasse
#bordeaux #bordeaux wine #bdx20 #bdx20 20

It’s Moelleux Monday (now official, hence the capitals). This week I’m off to Quarts de Chaume. #loire #loire wine #quartsdechaume #cheninblanc #pierrebise #chateaupierrebise #claudepapin #drinkchenin #wine

Kicking off my Monday evening, the 2019 Plaisir Ancestral from Vincent Carême. A cuvée I have been following since the 2008 vintage. Frequently brilliant and the 2019 is delicious right now. But I’m no expert, so don’t pay any attention to anything I say about it. #idrinkvouvray

Another chance to see: I head back to the 1989 vintage, with Château Siran, from magnum.
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#chateausiran #siran #margaux
#bdx1989 #bdx89 #bordeaux1989
#wine #wine tasting #bordeauxwine

Just published: A look back to 2016, a landmark vintage for the Loire, with the 2016 Vouvray Moelleux Première Trie from Vincent Carême.
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[free to read]
#vincentcareme #vouvray
#wine #wine tasting #loire
#loire wine #loire 16 #loire 2016

Just published: I report on the latest from Thierry Michon, a renamed range including Viventius 1975, 1020, Les Chemins & more.
buff.ly/3POOuau
[subscribers only]
#wine #wine tasting #loire #loire wine
#domainesaintnicolas #thierrymichon
#fiefsvendeens #vindefrance

A little foray into Sancerre this evening. La Demoiselle, from the western slopes of the hill of Sancerre, flint of course. 2014 vintage. #sancerre #sauvignonblanc #alphonsemellot #loire14 #loire2014 #wine

Another chance to see: I stop off to check out the latest and forthcoming releases from Jo Landron, of Domaine de la Louvetrie.
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#jolandron #domainedelalouvetrie
#wine #wine tasting #loire #loire wine
#melondebourgogne #melonb

Just published: New notes on another 31 St Emilions, mostly 2019 & 2016. Includes Tour Baladoz, Dassault, de Pressac, Rol Valentin, Grand Corbin, Péby-Faugères, Fonplégade & more.
buff.ly/3TEBVj8
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#stemilion #stemilion grandcruclasse #bordeauxwine #wine

Moelleux Monday has officially been moved to Wednesday. Err….it is Wednesday, isn’t it? 🙃
#vouvray #huet #domainehuet #closdubourg #premieretrie #loire89 #loire1989 #easterweek #publicholiday #couldbetuesday

Another chance to see: Another new Bordeaux profile, this time for Château La Voûte, an eastern-plateau St Emilion micro-estate run by Gaëtan Moreau.
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#chateaulavoute #stemilion
#stemilion grandcru #merlot
#bordeaux #bordeaux wine
#wine

Just published: In the first of a two-parter, I check out 31 top 2020 St Emilions, including Bellevue, Faugères. Laroque, Pressac, Chauvin, Corbin & more.
buff.ly/49kBbWk
[subscribers only]
#stemilion #stemilion grandcrclasse
#bordeaux #bordeaux wine #bdx20 #bdx20 20