This tasting took place in Napa in February 2020 just before the global pandemic took hold. This post though is not about Napa wine but the annual Institute of Masters of Wine tasting of the 2015 Bordeaux vintage in bottle, a tasting which travels to London, Napa and Sydney. The setting was the centrally locatedContinue reading “Bordeaux 2015 tasting in Napa”
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Institute of Masters of Wine Bordeaux 2014 in bottle Sydney tasting
Last weekend, the annual Institute of Masters of Wine Bordeaux tasting in bottle of the 2014 vintage took place in Sydney. I expected this to be a much more popular event than the previous year’s tasting of the 2013s (you can read my reviews of that tasting here) which was a poor vintage. But inContinue reading “Institute of Masters of Wine Bordeaux 2014 in bottle Sydney tasting”
IMW Annual Bordeaux tasting – 2013 vintage
Held in Sydney by the Institute of Masters of Wine on the weekend, this was a first close local look at the 2013 vintage of Bordeaux. The 2013 vintage in Bordeaux was, of course, rather dire. It saw a dismal spring, an early summer and catastrophic flowering. The vintage culminated with tropical weather at theContinue reading “IMW Annual Bordeaux tasting – 2013 vintage”
Château Canon 2012
This is another good wine from the tiny subregion of Canon-Fronsac near Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux. Fresh aromatics of ripe plums and chocolate. The palate is balanced, young and fresh with spice and plum characters. A very moreish release. Rating: GoodAbv: 13%Price: please askSource: sampleVendors and website: http://www.bordeauxandbeyond.comTasted: 2015
Château Gaby 2008
This is a delicious wine from Château Gaby in Canon-Fronsac imported by Bordeaux and Beyond. Canon-Fronsac is a very small appellation (about 250 hectares under vine) that sits just west of the township of Libourne close to the Gironde estuary. It’s surrounded by the larger Fronsac appellation, with Saint-Émilion and Pomerol to the east. InContinue reading “Château Gaby 2008”
Chateau La Confession 2011
The 2011 Bordeaux vintage has been described variously as a good but not great one, following as it does, immediately after the great Bordeaux vintages of 2009 and 2010. It saw drought conditions in the first half of the growing season, but then a very cold July, and ended up with a very early harvest.Continue reading “Chateau La Confession 2011”