May 3, 2017
Armailhac 2016 released – Simply the best?
The first of the Mouton stable, Armailhac 2016, has come out at €32.40 per bottle ex-negociant. This is up 12.5%…
April 26, 2017
Bordeaux 2016: First Growth score variation
Several leading critics have now published scores for Bordeaux 2016. You can find these the on Liv-ex Insights critic scores…
April 24, 2017
Second growth comes out first: Cos d’Estournel 2016 released
Cos d’Estournel has surprised many this morning by being the first major release of this year’s campaign. The 2016 vintage…
April 6, 2017
‘Fair value’ in Bordeaux 2014
On Friday, Neal Martin’s in-bottle review of Bordeaux 2014 was published in the Wine Advocate with updated scores. Based on…
On Friday, James Suckling released further scores for Bordeaux 2016. Having tasted over 1,000 samples, he suggests that the vintage…
March 31, 2017
How the weather shaped Bordeaux 2016
With En Primeur 2016 upon us, Bordeaux grower, winemaker and writer Gavin Quinney (@GavinQuinney) looks into how the weather helped…
March 31, 2017
Neal Martin releases in-bottle scores for Bordeaux 2014
Today, Neal Martin published a report containing in-bottle scores for Bordeaux 2014. He suggests that, “2014 Bordeaux is a very…
March 30, 2017
Cheval Blanc 1998: ‘magical three-digit perfection’
Last Friday, Robert Parker upgraded Cheval Blanc 1998 to 100 points in the Hedonist’s Gazette, commenting, ‘it seems to have…
March 22, 2017
First Growths: back to 2011
Last month, the Liv-ex 1000 index reached a record high for the seventh consecutive month. The index previously reached a…
March 16, 2017
Super Tuscans: Tignanello off peak
The Tignanello index – which tracks prices for the ten most recent physical vintages – increased by 27.1% in 2016….
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