Chateau Latour 2012 & Forts de Latour 2014 – First Release
By Charles Lea on 27/05/2020
Château Latour 2012 is released today – for the first time, as this was the first vintage in which Latour was not offered en primeur.
2014 Bordeaux
2015 Bordeaux – Clos Manou and other MĂ©doc Crus Bourgeois released
By Charles Lea on 29/04/2016
Almost our last visit of primeurs week in Bordeaux was back to see Stéphane Dief up in the northern Médoc at Saint Christoly. Stéphane has made his usual success of his two wines, Clos Manou and Petit Manou. The Clos Manou has, unsurprisingly, the majority of the Cabernet, (69%) while the second wine is 88% Merlot.
2015 Bordeaux en primeur : the most interesting vintage since 2010
By Charles Lea on 31/03/2016
Well it's (nearly) that time of year again. Early news suggests that this really is a top-drawer vintage, but there are also reasons to believe that it may not be quite such a homogeneous success as either 2009 or 2010. In essence the issue is that some rain fell in September and early October before the harvest.
2014 Bordeaux En Primeur – A vintage round-up
By David Porter on 02/06/2015
With the release today of Château Montrose at the wacky price of ÂŁ850/12 the show is pretty much over. It has been a long haul – with many disappointingly priced wines – but there are some good buys too, which we feel are really worth considering.
2014 Bordeaux En Primeur – Ducru Beaucaillou & Lafite
By Charles Lea on 28/05/2015
This afternoon we have the release of Bruno Borie’s much praised Ducru Beaucaillou 2014 (ÂŁ750/12). Like LĂ©oville las Cases (ÂŁ895/12, released on Friday) Ducru has been said by critics to be close to, or even equal to the quality of the First Growths, but at less than half the price.
Bordeaux Primeurs – Vieux Chateau Certan 2014, Le Gay, La Violette
By Charles Lea on 27/05/2015
We have a very limited quantity of Vieux Chateau Certan 2014 (ÂŁ995/12IB) to allocate to buyers supporting us on other wines (sorry, but that’s how it works to us too). Please get your requests in quickly.
2014 Bordeaux – Clos l’Église, Moulin Saint Georges, La Clotte, Fonbel
By Charles Lea on 27/05/2015
Yesterday was also surprisingly quiet day on the primeur front, (maybe it was all for us as we had a press tasting all day), though goodness knows what they are all waiting for…
Bordeaux 2014 – Pichon Lalande, LĂ©oville Las Cases & LĂ©oville PoyferrĂ©
By David Porter on 22/05/2015
The view from Pichon towards Latour '.
2014 Bordeaux – LĂ©oville PoyferrĂ© out this afternoon
By David Porter on 21/05/2015
This afternoon has seen the release of another of the 'Super Second' Saint Julien Chateaux - Léoville Poyferré.  At £430/12 - this comes out at the same price as Léoville Barton. Jancis describes Poyferré as 'Rather glorious really' and Antonio Galloni notes 'This is without question one of the stars of the vintage.
Bordeaux 2014: Nearly there! Pavie, Gaffeliere & Clos’ de L’Oratoire…
By Charles Lea on 19/05/2015
Although we have championed some of the lesser wines as value for the drinker who does not mind tying up some cash now, we are increasingly thinking that the best thing that can be said about this campaign is that it is nearly over.