A couple of Bordeaux reds; Sirius Bordeaux 2012 and Château Crabitey Graves 2012
Here a couple of new Bordeaux imports; both well priced. Sirius Bordeaux 2012I frankly find the path of AOP Bordeaux […]
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Cabernet Blends
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A right bank Bordeaux (Cloitre des Capucins Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2011) and Californian cabernet (Drawbridge Cabernet Sauvignon Lodi 2014)
I tasted these two wines in sequence, the former Bordeaux slightly lacking in charm, and the latter Cali cab being
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An outstanding Margaret River v Coonawarra cabernet tasting
I attended recently a wonderful benchmarking exercise of Margaret River and Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and cabernet blends. A number outstanding
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A couple of 2012 Bordeaux (Sénéjac and Lilian Ladouys) and an Orange merlot (Gartelmann)
It has been a quiet tasting week. Nonetheless, a couple of mid priced Bordeaux from the 2012 vintage and a
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Château Sociando-Mallet 2011
This is an impressive release from Château Sociando-Mallet in the Haut-Médoc in Bordeaux. This estate is famously neither a cru
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A bracket of 1994 cabernets
I was fortunate to taste recently a bracket of 1994 cabs blind, with a representative from each of the Yarra
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Château les Grands Chênes Médoc Cru Bourgeois 2012
Château les Grand Chênes is a merlot dominant blend from Bernard Magrez in the Médoc. I wasn’t taken by the
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Château Montrose 2001
Back at the (wine) desk after a few days off, I’ve been looking at a few new release Bordeaux. But
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 1995
Yes, I did attend a particularly good tasting. Sandwiched between two Granges (reviewed here) was this not so humble 1995