{"id":2969,"date":"2012-05-16T16:02:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2012-05-16T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:01:38","slug":"2011-bordeaux-and-they-are-off-on-holiday-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/2011-bordeaux-and-they-are-off-on-holiday-again\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Bordeaux &#8211; and they are off (on holiday again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France has a day off tomorrow, so we may have seen the last releases before next Monday. This afternoon saw the two junior wines from the Cheval Blanc stable take the the track. I liked both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-la-tour-du-pin-grand-cru-classe-saint-emilion-16960-00.html?category=123\"><strong>La Tour du Pin<\/strong> <\/a>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-quinault-l-enclos-saint-emilion-16838-00.html?category=123\">Quinault l&#8217;Enclos<\/a><\/strong>, and the prices are not mad for the quality they are achieving here. Read my note on Quinault in particular for a bit of background.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth having a look at my lists of recommendations:-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/offer\/273\/Recommended%20M\u00e9doc%20&amp;%20Graves.html\"><strong>Recommended M\u00e9doc &amp; Graves<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>&amp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/offer\/274\/Recommended%20Right%20Bank.html\">Recommended Right Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These lists are updated whenever\u00a0I get a moment. They are intended to be for the drinkers who want to put these wines away for future drinking pleasure rather than with an investment eye, but there&#8217;s not much point in buying wines en primeur if they will be available at the same price later, so I try to restrict to wines I think either need to be bought now because they will simply not be available later, or for wines which will be more expensive to buy further down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France has a day off tomorrow, so we may have seen the last releases before next Monday. This afternoon saw the two junior wines from the Cheval Blanc stable take the the track. 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