Before I get ready to visit Burgundy in a couple of weeks, I would like to share some tasting notes on Bordeaux 2009 from bottle. Late last year. I participated in two Decanter Magazine blind tastings of Cru Bourgeois and Pomerol. More recently, I got 12 bottles of various Cru Bourgeois wines – from the [...]

After tasting a series of Pomerol 2009s from bottle and scores of Cru Bourgeois 2009s at Decanter Magazine tastings, I finally tried some 2009s from bottle at an official UGCB tasting in Germany in early March 2012. The thing is that picking a bit earlier, not having too much extraction and maintaining freshness seemed to [...]

It is that time of year. The Bordelais tour the world to have their latest vintage in bottle tasted by wine buyers and hacks like yourself. As a contributor to Decanter, I was able to taste blind scores of cru bourgeois and scores from the Pomerol appellation. Overall, the vintage has proved its promise from [...]