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Wednesday was quite a day as we headed to the Rothschild family\u2019s English home, Waddesdon Manor, for an impressive Rothschild double header \u2013 the 5 wines from the Lafite Rothschilds and 5 wines from the Mouton Rothschilds.<\/p>\n
It was a strange feeling \u2013 very reminiscent of our usual primeur pilgrimage to the great Ch\u00e2eaux of Bordeaux. It was almost, for just a moment, like a \u2018normal\u2019 primeur tasting.<\/p>\n
Greeted by the charming French team (on secondment from Mayfair\u2019s Arts Club) a very \u2018Bordeaux\u2019 scene was set. Of course all measures had been taken to ensure everyone kept safe and distant, space was not a problem at this fabulous stately home. We tasted first the Lafite Wines – in a beautiful barn like reception room \u2013 alone. We then went outside for the Mouton selection before being connected directly with Herv\u00e9 Gouin from Ch\u00e2teau Mouton Rothschild for a discussion of the vintage. Next up on screen we had our one-to-one with Jean-S\u00e9bastien Philippe, Lafite\u2019s commercial director.<\/p>\n
The wines had been drawn from the barrels on Monday morning then flown in by private jet on Monday evening, unaccompanied – and raising some eyebrows with the HM Customs and Excise on arrival! However, the aim to get the freshest possible samples from the cellars – and into the glasses of the UK trade was accomplished. The Rothschilds certainly know how to get things done! And that goes for the wine-making too. Both \u2018sets\u2019 were hugely impressive \u2013 a delight to taste.<\/p>\n
Both camps were rightfully pleased with the results in 2019. These are smart wines. For Herv\u00e9 2019 is a cousin of 2009 stylistically \u2013 but with a nod to 2015 and 2016. Jean-S\u00e9bastien was quite precise in his comparison of the latest releases. \u2018Our 2019s have the structure of 2010, the poise of 2016 and the mid-palate weight from 2018.\u2019<\/p>\n
There will be less wine this year from Lafite as they lost about 10% of their crop to the damp Spring conditions and they are putting in place a new strategy to hold more stock at the Ch\u00e2teau for the future.<\/p>\n
The Lafite Rothschild wines are coming out on Friday and Mouton Rothschild will follow on Tuesday 9th<\/sup> of June \u2013 it will be fascinating to see where the pricing falls, both teams talked of sensitive pricing for a sensitive market \u2013 so we remain optimistic. The wines are certainly impressive and very charming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday was quite a day as we headed to the Rothschild family\u2019s English home, Waddesdon Manor, for an impressive Rothschild double header \u2013 the 5 wines from the Lafite Rothschilds and 5 wines from the Mouton Rothschilds. It was a strange feeling \u2013 very reminiscent of our usual primeur pilgrimage to the great Ch\u00e2eaux of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1355,14,1346,80,42,1],"tags":[1347,1348,55,907,317,700,296,4,1351],"class_list":["post-31974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2019-bordeaux","category-bordeaux","category-bordeaux-2019-en-primeur","category-bordeaux-primeurs","category-france","category-ls-post","tag-2019-bordeaux","tag-2019-bordeaux-en-primeur","tag-chateau-lafite","tag-chateau-mouton-rothschild","tag-en-primeur","tag-lafite","tag-mouton-rothschild","tag-wine-tasting","tag-zoom"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"\n