Archive for the 'Bordeaux' Category

Family Tennis in Suffolk

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Some of my favourite and most exciting wine experiences have often come about when I’m least expecting them.

Pichon Baron 1993

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

On Saturday night I drank a bottle of Ch Pichon Baron, 2eme Cru Pauillac 1993. If anyone has this in their cellar, you should drink it now and really enjoy it.

Ch Lafite Rothschild Blanc?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

We have just received an email offering us 2 bottles of Ch Lafite Rothschild BLANC 1959 for 2395 euros. I must be one of the very few people ever to have drunk this wine.

Five First Growths

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Much as it goes against the grain to promote somebody else’s events this sounds so good that I feel compelled to mention it. All five Bordeaux First Growths have been

Vieux Château Certan 1971

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

“The 1971 is a little wine, pleasant enough, but lacking concentration, richness, character, and length. It has been ready to drink for some time, and now seems to be losing its fruit.”