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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2022: Report and top-scoring winesOverall freshness and balance to be found...
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Southern Rhône 2022: Full report and top-scoring winesA vintage for reds...
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Wine investment: Bordeaux 2022 updateWhy the vintage may have been a missed opportunity despite its quality...
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Rhône 2022 en primeur diary: The northA week in the life of a Rhône correspondent during en primeur...
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Bordeaux 2022: Our en primeur verdict and top-scoring winesRead our exclusive report and see the top-scoring wines...
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Pomerol 2020 in bottle: overview plus top-scoring winesTasting notes and scores for the top-performing Pomerol 2020 wines...
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Burgundy 2019 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring winesThe vintage takes its place alongside other exceptional recent years in Burgundy.
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Bordeaux 2022: En primeur campaign branded ‘another missed opportunity’‘A vintage with the potential to reinvigorate the system ended with some disillusionment’...
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Bordeaux 2022 en primeur prices forecast to rise, finds Liv-exWhat merchants are saying as this year's en primeur campaign begins...
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Collector’s Guide: Bordeaux 2020 En PrimeurA guide to the dynamics of Bordeaux 2020 En Primeur
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Collector’s guide: Right Bank BordeauxA must-read if you're considering investing in right bank Bordeaux
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Wine investment: Bordeaux 2022 new releasesHow the start of the campaign looked, from Decanter magazine's June 2023 issue...
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Bordeaux: Figeac 2022 released with 100-point potentialAs price rises continue in this year's en primeur campaign...
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Mouton Rothschild 2022 release likely to ‘sell out’Mouton joins an en primeur campaign marked by ambitious pricing...
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Château Lafite Rothschild 2022 released en primeurInitial reaction, plus comments on the campaign so far...
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Best Margaux 2022 wines tasted en primeurSee the top-rated en primeur wines from Margaux in 2022...
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Best St-Estephe 2022 wines tasted en primeurA look at the St-Estèphe 2022 wines...
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Bordeaux 2022: Ausone and Palmer released en primeurTrend for price rises versus last year's campaign continues...
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Best Pessac-Leognan & Graves 2022 wines tasted en primeurA look at the Pessac-Leognan & Graves 2022 wines...
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Best Sauternes and Barsac 2022 wines tasted en primeurA look at the Sauternes and Barsac 2022 wines...
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Best dry white Bordeaux 2022 wines tasted en primeurA look at the dry white Bordeaux 2022 wines...
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Best St-Julien 2022 wines tasted en primeurA look at the St-Julien 2022 wines...
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Bordeaux 2022: Pichon Baron released en primeurThe latest from the Bordeaux 2022 en primeur campaign...
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Condrieu and Château-Grillet 2019: Report and top scoring winesMatt Walls says 2019 wasn't a great overall vintage for Condrieu, however the best sites rose to the challenge of the year and produced a handful of delicious and balanced wines with saltiness and minerality.
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Saint-Joseph 2019: Report and top scoring winesMatt Walls says that although overripeness and high alcohol are recurring themes for 2019, there were some exceptional Saint-Joseph wines produced where winemakers found a sense of balance.
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Crozes-Hermitage 2019: Report and top scoring winesMatt Walls discovered a number of excellent Crozes-Hermitage wines among the samples tasted for the 2019 vintage report, alongside some that had high alcohol and overripe flavours, with white styles the surprise of the vintage.
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Hermitage 2019: Report and top scoring winesWhile there are some Hermitage wines that did not make the grade in 2019, Matt Walls says the best are statuesque and thunderous that will live for decades.
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Rhône 2019 En Primeur: Full reportAfter tasting more than 1,300 wines for this year's Rhône vintage report, Matt Walls says 2019 is a powerful, ripe vintage showcasing a step-up in quality from 2018 with areas of localised greatness in both the north and south.
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Saint-Péray 2019: Report and top scoring winesOnly a couple of Saint-Péray wines were worthy of recommendation from the 2019 vintage with Matt Walls finding too many lacking acidity and freshness.
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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2019: Report and top scoring winesMatt Walls found the best wines from these appellations showed structure, freshness and vibrancy to match the weight of the hot 2019 vintage although there are some that are overly tannic and clunky.
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Northern Rhône 2019 report plus top scoring winesThere are many that are enjoyable, rich and opulent wines...
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Rhône 2021 en primeur: full vintage report and top-scoring winesMatt Walls provides his expert analysis on this tough vintage...
