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Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings concludes with the wines of Sauternes and Barsac. Clos Haut-Peyraguey 1er Cru (60% SM, 40% SB) SF | An attractive, softly honied aromatic, exoticism reined in for the time being, the firm structure promising a lot more; composed and elegant, zesty and rich,… View Article
Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings continue with wines from St-Emilion, Pomerol, Lalande de Pomerol, Côtes de Bourg, and Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux. Bordeaux 2021: St-Emilion Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A (60% CF, 40% M) SF | And so to the last Angélus under the label of Class… View Article
Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings continue with wines from the Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis, Graves, and Pessac-Léognan. Bordeaux 2021: Médoc / Haut-Médoc / Moulis Château Belgrave 5ème Cru (65% CS, 30% M, 5% PV) SF | A signature wine from the Dourthe stable, with all of the fruit-forward generosity… View Article
Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings begin with wines from St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St-Julien, and Margaux. ST-ESTÈPHE Château Le Boscq Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel (50% CS, 42% M, 6% PV, 2% CF) SF | Located on a small gravelly outcrop close to Calon-Ségur, Le Bosq has excelled itself in 2021, the… View Article
After a run of warm years, 2021 Bordeaux was initially typecast as a “challenging” vintage, but it is perhaps better summarized as heterogeneous, says Simon Field MW, with pockets of excellence among the elegant reds and some outstanding white and (though tiny in number) sweet wines, and with a “classical” cooler-vintage character throughout that inevitably… View Article
In his final blog from his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur expedition, Simon Field MW attempts to summarize the unsummarizable. “The only thing we knew,” says Nicolas Glumineau at Pichon Lalande, “is that we knew nothing at all about what nature had in store for us in 2021.” Very Socratic, and let’s not forget that one… View Article
In the penultimate blog from his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings, Simon Field MW reflects on the quality of the white wines, including his wine of the vintage. The Bordeaux 2021 vintage has garnered more blame than praise, overall—a fair reflection of the fact that this was never going to be the final act in… View Article
The caricature of Bordeaux is of a cautiously conservative region. But, during three weeks of intensive tastings and visits while preparing his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur report, Simon Field MW finds a decidedly adventurous and progressive winemaking culture. The image of a Bordeaux ossified within the formality of its own success, petrified in the face… View Article
Over the past two decades, The World of Fine Wine’s annual reports on the Bordeaux en primeur tastings have become definitive statements on the latest goings on in the region. For the first 17 years of the magazine’s existence, the reports were written by the globally respected author and wine educator, Michael Schuster. As Schuster… View Article
After two years of Covid restrictions, the very existence of in-person Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings was a cause for celebration, contributing to a general mood of positivity towards the region, says Chloe Ashton. But will prices for a vintage variously described as difficult and complicated stay low enough to make the campaign a success? … View Article
