{"id":29096,"date":"2018-04-08T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29096"},"modified":"2018-04-16T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T11:55:22","slug":"bordeaux-en-primeur-2017-day-1-positive-first-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/bordeaux-en-primeur-2017-day-1-positive-first-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux En Primeur 2017 &#8211; Day 1: Positive first impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29126\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2017-Bordeaux-En-Primeur-Banner-Grapes.jpg\" alt=\"Lea &amp; Sandeman Primeur Week 2018 - Day 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we hot-footed it from Bordeaux airport to our first appointment of\u00a0<i>primeurs <\/i>week &#8211; a big negociant tasting on the left bank. It\u2019s a useful way to appraise a new vintage as all the major villages are represented under one roof.<\/p>\n<p>There were a great deal of very good early-drinking wines on show. Most had some lovely sweet upfront fruit that will provide plenty of immediate joy. The best wines also had a sense of drive and tension that helped carry that fruit forward.<\/p>\n<p>These are very much our initial impressions from a limited selection but the standouts among a very good selection were\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CLOS-MANOU-Medoc-28911-00.html?category=920\">Clos Manou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-CAMBON-LA-PELOUSE-Cru-Bourgeois-Superieur-Haut-Medoc-28638-00.html?category=920\">Cambon la Pelouse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-MEYNEY-Cru-Bourgeois-Superieur-Saint-Estephe-28959-00.html?category=921\">Meyney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-LAFON-ROCHET-4eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Estephe-28788-00.html?category=921\">Lafon-Rochet<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-BRANE-CANTENAC-2eme-Cru-Classe-Margaux-28874-00.html?category=924\">Brane-Cantenac<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-RAUZAN-SEGLA-2eme-Cru-Classe-Margaux-28654-00.html?category=924\">Rauzan-Segla<\/a>, Segla, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-LANGOA-BARTON-3eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-28774-00.html?category=923\">Langoa Barton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-LEOVILLE-BARTON-2eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-28909-00.html?category=923\">Leoville Barton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-CHATEAU-LAGRANGE-3eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-28761-00.html?category=923\">Lagrange<\/a>, Cerons (rouge) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2017-DOMAINE-DE-CHEVALIER-Cru-Classe-Pessac-Leognan-28827-00.html?category=925\">Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)<\/a>.<\/b>\u00a0You may want to wait until we have finished our assessments and published the full\u00a0<b>L&amp;S Recommended<\/b>\u00a0lists but all these are available to pre-order now on our campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/2017-BORDEAUX-EN-PRIMEUR-918-02.html\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for tomorrow\u2019s report. We\u2019ll be sharing some more initial thoughts on Pomerol and Saint Emilion.<\/p>\n<p><i>(we are writing this on an iPad from the front line so please excuse the lack of punctuation)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we hot-footed it from Bordeaux airport to our first appointment of\u00a0primeurs week &#8211; a big negociant tasting on the left bank. It\u2019s a useful way to appraise a new vintage as all the major villages are represented under one roof. 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