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The Fourniers go out strong in a “Merlot year” When we hear about all the foreign money streaming into Bordeaux, it is easy to picture newly-minted Chinese billionaires snapping up all the First Growths they can get their hands on. But every so often we are reminded that the whole region, from the Grands Châteaux…
“Top Tip” For Value is This Tip-Top Pessac-Léognan Produced by winemaking consultant Hubert de Bouärd — owner of the majestic Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé Château Angélus and author of multiple 99+ and 100-point wines — this ravishing release from Château de Fieuzal is unbeatable at $33.99 per bottle. For Bordeaux value-seekers, “my top tip…
There is some woodiness, but it is very refined and does not dominate. The fruit is subtle and develops after the wine has had some time to breathe. The powerful attack makes way for a rounded, full-bodied mid-palate before finishing on fresh, slightly spicy notes that are still a little intense. This wine will benefit greatly from…
Matching 93pt St.-Émilion for the price of average Napa Cabernet In early Spring 2015, we tasted barrel samples of 127 Classified Growth and Right Bank 2014s. Negociants, importers, and collectors were still trying to get their arms around the vintage, but most of the buzz on La Place de Bordeaux was about the guy who…
“Skyscraper-like texture and fabulous purity … Close to Perfection” — Robert Parker When we returned from Bordeaux in April 2015, we, like so many other importers and négociants, tried to get our arms around an irregular 2014 vintage. Still, the biggest news on the Place de Bordeaux had nothing to do with the en primeur…
Collector’s Dream Direct from the Château Cellar Under the helm of Nicolas Thienpont and Stéphane Derenoncourt, Château Larcis Ducasse has regularly upstaged its hallowed neighbors, despite its modest asking price. In 2012, earning triple 95-point reviews from Parker, Suckling and Vinous. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate described the 2012 Larcis Ducasse as hitting “the palate with…
The Case-Buy Hidden Jewel of Bordeaux’s 2012 Vintage If you’ve been holding off on locking in a case of red 2012 Bordeaux, waiting for that killer deal to come along, the moment has arrived. Château Larrivaux furnished the sleeper hit of the Haut-Médoc, delivering black fruit power and finesse for just $19.99—the best case price…
A 94pt Click on a Macbook Air: Robert Parker Shocks the World We’ve been working in the wine trade for almost 35 years, ever since we blew off law school in the fall of 1981. Our first purchase of Classified Growth Bordeaux was on the futures market of 1983, when we locked into a few…
On release, Robert Parker raved that the Second Growth 2012 Château Montrose was “one of the highlights” of the vintage, and the late, legendary Steven Spurrier praised it as “a great classic” with “Latour-like depth.” Last year, the 2012 Montrose had a helluva 10th birthday party. Decanter featured it in their “Top-Rated Wines Tasted 10…
We firmly stand behind Robert Parker’s statement that Château Palmer “should be upgraded to a Médoc first-growth.” Here’s why. Château Palmer racked up 96 points from Parker in 2012 who called it “one of the vintage’s most remarkable efforts” and a “superstar.” Palmer positively crushed Château Lafite-Rothschild (91/$563), while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with its rival Château…
Under-$20 Right Bank Bordeaux As It Should Be …. But Rarely Is Since January 27th, 2015, when we posted our first story from the Place de Bordeaux, giving the WineAccess membership the opportunity to purchase the highest-rated 2009s, 2010s, and 2012s directly from the cellars where they were bottled, we’ve become reacquainted with America’s age-old…
David and Goliath on the Right Bank The term most often used to describe the wine that brought fame to Jean-Luc Thunevin and his wife Murielle — “garagiste” — doesn’t quite do the job. Yes, they worked out of a borrowed garage to create the first batches of Valandraud in the early 1990s, lacking the…
Parker’s 2012 Bordeaux Mea Culpa In early 2015, Robert Parker quietly announced that he’d be revisiting Bordeaux’s 2012s. The critic many have come to call “The King” wrote that, compared to early tasting notes from Pomerol, St.-Émilion, and Pessac-Léognan, the vintage was far more impressive than it had first appeared. In his revised 2012 vintage…
Tiny-Production Cru Barolo The brilliant 2012 Ciabot Berton Barolo Roggeri won gold at the 2017 Decanter World Wine Awards, where it garnered 95 points from the judges, who hailed its “aromatic herbs, leather and spice,” and “great tannic structure and fresh acidity.” Coming off a performance like that—and coming from a producer like Ciabot Benton’s Oberto family—we…
2012 CREŌ Reserve … by another name John Bugay made the introduction. “Bugay’s neighbor, Peter Boyd, was awed by how Bugay had sculpted a phenomenal Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard on the western face of the Mayacamas mountains. Boyd asked Bugay to farm his 7-acre parcel as Bugay farmed his own.” Not long after Bugay accepted the…
A Pinot Noir Celebration in Amity Hills The night before the opening ceremonies of Oregon’s 2013 International Pinot Noir Celebration, the mood was celebratory. On the eve of the release of what some critics would call “Oregon’s first 100-point vintage,” growers were beaming, already tallying profits to be reaped at their 2012 Pinot Noir release…
Napa Valley’s “Watershed” 2012 Vintage: Brooks Painter’s 93-Point Classic On October 12, 2005, a 56-year-old male entered a large wine storage facility in Vallejo. Most would have brought a Laguiole corkscrew. Instead, the intruder brought a box of matches and a couple gallons of fuel. The fire he lit destroyed hundreds of thousands of bottles of…
Parker 93pts — Tempranillo as it should be … but rarely is Just over three years ago, Robert Parker shocked the world when he sold a majority interest of The Wine Advocate to a group of Asian investors. Some saw this as the end of the critic’s influence on the world’s wine markets. Others went…
A Grand Cru on Comptche Ridge Mendocino County Every great Pinot Noir is drawn from a remarkable vineyard site. Clos Vougeot and La Tâche in the Côte de Nuits. Le Corton on the Côte de Beaune. In California, there are precious few “Grand Cru” parcels. The Weir brothers’ dry-farmed Comptche Ridge, perched at 857 feet,…
Contino is Rioja’s Original “First Growth” Modeled after the classified-growth chateaux of Bordeaux, Contino is Rioja’s original “First Growth,” pioneering single-vineyard wines in the region. Since 1973, it has consistently produced one of the finest Rioja Reservas coming out of Spain today. Jancis Robinson has lauded Contino as one of a handful of estates that…
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