2012 Bordeaux – Margaux, Pavillon Rouge, Canon, Beauséjour Bécot – and Pavie and Angélus for a laugh
By Charles Lea on 25/04/2013
Another large number of releases this morning, some sensible and some.
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2013 TIO PEPE En Rama Gonzalez Byass – special offer – released today!
By Ed H-B on 24/04/2013
Tio Pepe Fino En Rama - Limited Release Offer Fino En Rama is unfiltered, unclarified Tio Pepe taken from the middle of the cask during spring when the flor growth is at its thickest. Made in strictly limited quantities, Tio Pepe Fino En Rama is best drunk within three months of bottling.
2012 Bordeaux primeurs – recent releases
By Charles Lea on 24/04/2013
2012 Bordeaux primeurs - recent releases Yesterday and today saw more mostly quite low-key offering being made - some are lower than current vintages, but really not sufficiently big brands or low prices to fire this lacklustre market.
After the rain comes Rosé – MiP is back!
By Ed H-B on 23/04/2013
We are delighted that the sun is back in the heavens and all is well, and present the rosés that have arrived so far this year. The ranges from Guillaume Philip and Domaine Sainte Lucie and Domaine des Diables are as stunning as ever.
2012 Bordeaux En Primeur – L’Evangile, Valandraud, Duhart-Milon, Carmes Haut Brion
By Charles Lea on 22/04/2013
Rather too many wines at once today - the Lafite stable, which of course includes the top Pomerol l'Évangile topping off a little rush of releases. A shame because there are some stories here - Jean-Luc Thunevin's Valandraud (£895) has been elevated to 1er Grand Cru Classé status from this year, and is a fab wine if you are into this sort of modern style - it is done with real panache.
2012 Bordeaux en primeur – Lynch Bages + first thoughts and significant releases
By Charles Lea on 18/04/2013
The Bordeaux 2012 campaign, which has been criticised in recent vintages for its boringly slow progress, has had the sense to start briskly this year - slightly too briskly for me as I had to get to Vinitaly as well this year and the notes are far from complete.
A touch of class: 2010 MOULIN À VENT – Vieilles Vignes – Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Beaujolais
By Ed H-B on 16/04/2013
With great value wines in mind, the 2010 Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes lept off the page and out of the glass when we tasted it yesterday. In fact Matthew Jukes was also so enthused he recently wrote in Money Week: 'This beauty comes from very old Gamay vines in the noble Beaujolais Cru of Moulin-à-Vent and it’s made in exactly the same way as a Grand Cru Burgundy.
It’s not quite Pomerol, but it’ll be great with spring lamb.
By Charles Lea on 11/04/2013
Few areas of Bordeaux arouse such interest and demand as Pomerol. Next door is a slightly less well favoured terroir which nevertheless produces wines from Merlot, or Merlot and Cabernet Franc, like Pomerol, and on clay soils, like Pomerol:- We first encountered Vieux Château Gachet when we took the lush and voluptuous 2009 vintage (you may be lucky enough to find the odd bottle or two still kicking around in one of our shops).
Feeling a little Chile? 4 Reds from Tremote Vineyards, Cachapoal Valley, Chile.
By Andrew Hooper on 01/04/2013
Of course, by now, we should be diving into cool crisp dry white wines and whipping open pale pink rosés for the delectation of our friends, but the weather isn't playing ball and it still feels like mid-Winter. Time, therefore, for some flavourful, satisfying and reasonably-priced red wine.
L&S Easter Mixed Case Offer
By Ed H-B on 27/03/2013
With Easter Bank Holiday only a few days off (hooray!), but the weather determined to stay at the frosty end of the scale (boo!), we've put together a great value mixed case with everything you need to accompany a hearty Easter lunch.
Champagne Bollinger Boat Race Offer!
By Ed H-B on 22/03/2013
With the Oxford and Cambridge boat race kicking off ‘The we thought a competitive Bollinger offer would be a great way to get things flowing
Wine of the week: 2010 Acústic Red – Vinyes Velles Nobles – Bodegas Acustic – Montsant, Spain
By Ed H-B on 19/03/2013
Neatly carrying on our Spanish theme from last week, Victoria Moore gave a tantalising write-up of the genial Albert Jané Ubeda's 'Acústic Red - Vinyes Velles Nobles - 2010' from Montsant in the Daily Telegraph wine section last week: "Montsant is a region in north-east Spain which surrounds fêted Priorat like a halo.