Bolgheri 2018 vintage report: Graceful wines suitable for the long haul
Decisive variability in the 2018 vintage between high-end and emerging producers...
Vintage Guides
Which is a good year for wines from the world’s key growing regions? Our vintage guides section is here to help you, whether it’s information on Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany or California that you’re after.
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En Primeur virtual wine tastings: How the US went digital
Elin McCoy - like many others - got to grips with virtual tastings during the pandemic...
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Bordeaux 2005 retrospective: 36 wines tasted
How the wines from the reputed 'vintage of the century' taste now...
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Which Bordeaux 2020 wines sold best en primeur?
New analysis looks at the top sellers...
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Bordeaux 2011: The top-rated wines tasted 10 years on
Full overview plus more than 75 wines tasted and rated...
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First taste: Dom Pérignon new releases
New Dom Pérignon releases tasted including P2 2003, vintage 2012 and Rosé 2008
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Château Le Pin 2020 releases at €1,700 a bottle
The 2020 Bordeaux en primeur campaign has edged almost to a close...
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New release Loire reds: the best from 2019 and 2020
Expert guide to the Loire's 2019 and 2020 red vintages, with recommended buys
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Vieux Château Certan 2020 released at €240 a bottle
A ‘concentrated and seductive’ 2020 wine...
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New release Loire white wines: the best from 2019 and 2020
Expert guide to the Loire's 2019 and 2020 white vintages, with recommended buys
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Figeac 2020 release price ‘looks good value’
Popular St-Emilion estate releases en primeur, as buyers also show interest in the first growths...
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Château Haut-Brion en primeur history: 2016 - 2020
See Jane Anson's recent vintage ratings side-by-side, plus release prices...
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Mouton Rothschild 2020 released: A future 100-point wine?
Mouton's release underlines a big week for the en primeur campaign...
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Château Haut-Brion 2020 released en primeur
With highly rated La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Montrose also making debuts...
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Château Margaux en primeur history: 2016 - 2020
See Jane Anson's recent vintage ratings side-by-side, plus release prices...
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'Brilliant' Château Margaux 2020 released en primeur
Jane Anson's 'Left Bank wine of the vintage'...
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Bordeaux 2020 release prices and scores table
As Château Le Pin releases at €1,700 a bottle, see all of the major Bordeaux 2020 release prices and scores.
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Cos d’Estournel and La Fleur-Pétrus release 2020 prices
A ‘long hauler’ of a Cos d’Estournel and a ‘brilliant’ La Fleur-Pétrus...
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Canon 2020 released with '100-point potential'
Canon 2020 leads flurry of big-name St-Emilion releases...
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Bordeaux 1990s: the complete guide
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'Highly successful' Pontet-Canet 2020 released as more big names emerge
Pontet-Canet and Pichon Baron join Pichon Lalande and Lynch-Bages as the focus turns to Pauillac
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Ausone 2020 release: ‘a potential 100-point wine’
Top St-Emilion estate enters the en primeur campaign...
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Château Lafite Rothschild en primeur history
See Jane Anson's tasting notes and prices for the last five Lafite vintages...
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Lafite Rothschild 2020 release: 'This should soar'
The first of the first growths...
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Château Mouton Rothschild en primeur history: 2016 - 2020
See Jane Anson's recent vintage ratings side-by-side, plus release prices...
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Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Clerc Milon 2020 release as campaign picks up pace
A flurry of releases...
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2020 releases: Alter Ego de Palmer and Grand-Puy-Ducasse prices
A tantalisingly priced Alter Ego de Palmer...
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Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 and 2018: top-scoring wines
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Barbaresco Riserva 2016 vintage report plus top-scoring wines
'It's without doubt a hailed, five-star year'....
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Barolo Riserva 2015 vintage report: 30 wines tasted
How does 2015 stand up as a vintage for Riserva? Aldo Fiordelli reports...
