Vintage chart 1982 - 2005
Old Bordeaux vintages are obvious collectors’ items, but how are they actually drinking? And do you know your 1990 from your 1995? DAVID PEPPERCORN MW compares the best vintages of the past 25 years
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Sauternes & Barsac 2007 vintage
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Heatwave vintages of the past: It's hotting up
Bordeaux is getting hotter. and 2003 was the hottest yet. So how will warmer, dryer summers affect the wines of the future? To find out, says David Peppercorn MW, we must look to the heatwave vintages of the past
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Jean-Bernard Delmas: A Profile
Jean-Bernard Delmas’ career has been played out in the most aristocratic of surroundings. At the end of 2003, Delmas officially retires as technical director of Domaines Clarence Dillon. For more than 40 years, he has been responsible for the wines of the esteemed Bordeaux houses of Haut-Brion, La Mission-Haut-Brion, Laville-Haut-Brion and La Tour-Haut-Brion.
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Vintage 2000: global tour
Bordeaux expert DAVID PEPPERCORN MW has been lucky enough to taste the 2000 vintage in bottle around the world. Here he reflects on his favourite wines
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1982 vintage: twenty years on
Just how good was the legendary 1982 vintage, and how have the wines fared over the years? David Peppercorn MW, who was there at the time, reassesses its quality.
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White wines in the limelight
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When to drink 1990 vintage Claret
Bordeaux's wonderful 1990 vintage is starting to come of age. DAVID PEPPERCORN MW looks at which wines are ready and which need a few years longer
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Creating a grand cru
Jean Gautreau, owner of this Médoc château, has succeeded in elevating it to grand-cru status, even though it was not listed in the 1855 classification. david peppercorn MW tastes the wines
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Sweet wine future
Château Guiraud changed hands in 1981, and the renaissance that began in that year mirrors the revival of the region as a whole. DAVID PEPPERCORN MW reports
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Bank Notes: Bordeaux 1975-1999
DAVID PEPPERCORN MW trawls the Saint-Emilion archives to bring us the highs and lows from 1975 to the present day on Bordeaux's Right Bank
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Matter of class: Grand-Puy-Lacoste
DAVID PEPPERCORN MW profiles fifth growth Grand-Puy-Lacoste, a château that is now consisitently out-performing its classification
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Bordeaux Vintage: The wine lovers choice
The little known Libournais appellation of Fronsac is providing not only quality, but also a good value alternative for the claret lover. DAVID PEPPERCORN MW explores
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Libournais Fronsac: Wine lovers' choice
THE WINE LOVER'S CHOICE
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Pomerol 1985
1985 was a good year in Bordeaux, producing Merlot of exceptional quality, and nowhere did this grape do better than in Pomerol, writes DAVID PEPPERCORN MW.
