Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: Sauternes—ripeness is all
After the despair of a difficult 2021, Simon Field MW finds a sizeable 2022 crop has prompted a more optimistic…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: St-Estèphe’s northern belles
In his latest dispatch from the Bordeaux 2022 en primeur tastings, Simon Field MW reports from St-Estèphe, where he finds…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: Château Cheval Blanc—odds-on favorite
Simon Field MW is given a typically warm welcome at Château Cheval Blanc, where he enjoys the “sweetness and austerity”…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
Bordeaux 2022 was a vintage marked by intense heat. So why do the wines feel so balanced and elegant? In…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: Carmes before the storm
Winemaker Guillaume Pouthier has overseen a quiet revolution at Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion, says Simon Field MW, and the estate…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: St-Emilion—the view from Clos Fourtet
Simon Field MW’s voyage through the 2022 Bordeaux en primeur tastings reaches St-Emilion, where a tricky period may finally be…
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Bordeaux 2022 Field notes: Heightened expectations
Simon Field MW begins a series of blogs from the Bordeaux 2022 en primeur tastings at a frosty Domaine de…
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