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Best Bordeaux 2019 wines: Second labels
The second wines from Bordeaux's top estates often offer exceptional quality at reduced prices making them attractive en primeur buys, see Jane Anson's top scoring wines...
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Best St Emilion 2019 wines tasted en primeur
From more than 200 St Emilion 2019 wines tasted...
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Best Margaux 2019 wines tasted en primeur
An appellation that delivered a large crop of highly recommended wines in 2019, but with more varying success than its neighbours given the wide range of soils, says Jane Anson...
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Best St Julien 2019 wines tasted en primeur
A truly great year for St Julien in 2019 with lots of consistent and highly scoring wines....
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Best Pauillac 2019 wines tasted en primeur
An extremely consistent and impressive vintage for Pauillac estates in 2019...
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Anson: Lafleur 2018 and the battle against climate change
New Bordeaux 2018 tasting notes and an interview with Lafleur's estate manager...
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Anson: How the 1990 Bordeaux first growths taste now
Jane Anson reports on a celebrated vintage three decades on...
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Anson: Tasting the celebrated Sauternes 2001 vintage
Jane Anson tastes a vaunted sweet wine vintage in Bordeaux at 20 years old...
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Anson: How the 1985 Bordeaux first growths taste now
Jane Anson reports on a rare tasting of the 1985 first growths side-by-side...
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Anson: The brilliance of 1996 Pauillac wines
How the wines taste now, and why it was a special vintage...
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Top scoring 2018 Bordeaux dry whites: Re-tasted in the bottle
Jane Anson tasted more than 40 recently-bottled dry white wines from the Bordeaux 2018 vintage finding plenty to recommend and a few new labels worth looking out for.
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Bordeaux 2018 wines in bottle: Best-value wines under £20/$28
There's value to be found in the Bordeaux 2018 vintage
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Best 2018 Bordeaux second wines: Re-tasted in the bottle
All scored 93 points or more when tasted in bottle.
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Top Sauternes & Barsac 2018 wines: Re-tasted in the bottle
2018 was a concentrated and powerful year, where patience was key due to the late onset of the botrytis, says Anson.
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Top Pessac-Léognan & Graves 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
Despite some inconsistencies due to the warm weather in 2018, Jane Anson says there are some excellent wines to look out for here and plenty of good value picks worth seeking out.
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Top Pomerol 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
There's lots of rich fruits and welcoming tannins in the 2018 Pomerols, finds Jane Anson
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Top St-Emilion 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
The 2018s definitely rival the 2015s and 2016s in St-Emilion, says Anson
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Top Médoc 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
After tasting more than 500 recently-bottled Bordeaux 2018s, Jane Anson presents a summary and top-scoring wines from the Médoc including Haut-Médoc, Listrac and Moulis.
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Top St-Julien 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
The 2018 wines are 'consistently impressive' in St-Julien, reports Jane Anson...
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Top St-Estèphe 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
There is lots to enjoy, but look out for atypical flavours in some wines, says Jane Anson...
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Top Pauillac 2018 wines: Re-tasted in bottle
See Jane Anson's scores and tasting notes for the top names, and two under-the-radar value picks...
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Top Bordeaux 2018 wines in the bottle: Left Bank report
Read full tasting notes and see how the vintage is shaping up in the bottle...
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Bordeaux 2018 in bottle: full overview plus top scoring wines
Jane Anson says it is a highly successful vintage with notable highpoints...
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Top Margaux 2018 wines: Re-tasted in the bottle
Hot weather posed challenges but there are brilliant wines here, says Jane Anson...
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Top Bordeaux 2018 wines in bottle: Right Bank report
See Jane Anson's top scorers and read her full tasting notes...
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Anson: Taking advantage of Bordeaux’s ‘off vintages’
Don't dismiss the lighter-framed styles of Bordeaux's so-called 'off vintages', says Jane Anson...
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Best Cru Bourgeois 2019 wines tasted en primeur
With the new Cru Bourgeois rankings released in February 2020, Jane Anson tasted a number of newly classified estates in this year's en primeur report, see her top-rated wines...
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Bordeaux first growths: How the 2000 vintage tastes now
Jane Anson reports on how the vaunted 2000 vintage wines are looking today...
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Château Palmer wines: The ‘5’ and ‘0’ vintages from 1990 to 2015
Revisiting some of the key vintages of the past 30 years, including 1990, 2005 and 2010....
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Top Bordeaux 2017 wines in the bottle: Left Bank report
'Some great bottles' in a vintage that she revisited with caution...
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Best Médoc & Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac 2019 wines tasted en primeur
At the top level there are some deep and concentrated wines...
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Best Fronsac & Canon Fronsac, Satellites and Côtes 2019 wines tasted en primeur
A collection of go-to appellations in 2019 for successful wines at great-value prices says Jane Anson...
