- Liv-ex interview with Jean-Marc Quarin
For immediate and up-to-date access to Jean-Marc Quarin's most recent favorites from the Bordeaux region and other wine areas, to first hand news from the vineyards, to the bargains to jump at, and to my personal reactions to current events . The Chronicles come out twice a month, with a total of 20 issues per year appearing on line on the 1st and 15th of each month.
- Bordeaux 2012 : First report
- main landmarks and videos to watch
- Saint-Estèphe 2006- Phélan-Ségur and Lafon Rochet: leaders in the appellation
12/02/2012
Chronicle n° 138: the 1982s Thirty years on – beware of the lure of eternity, purchased bottles
- The 1982s Thirty years on – beware of the lure of eternity
- Grand Puy Lacoste, fifth classed growth, takes overwhelming lead in comparative tasting and leaves more expensive second growth Ducru Beaucaillou behind. Comparative tasting of the 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996 and 1995 vintages. (Second part)
- A rave review of Le Guide Quarin by The World of Fine Wine
- Grand Puy Lacoste, fifth classed growth, takes overwhelming lead in comparative tasting and leaves more expensive second growth Ducru Beaucaillou behind. Comparative tasting of the 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996 and 1995 vintages.
10/07/2012
Chronicle n° 135: the 2012 vintage – the conventional, organic and biodynamic approaches (Part 2)
- The 2012 vintage – the conventional, organic and biodynamic approaches (Part 2)
- They reacted to the previous report
- The upcoming 2012 vintage and conventional, organic and biodynamic approaches.
- Calon Ségur sold
- Ducru Beaucaillou vertical
- Evolution of the 2002s – the issue of closures and faulty bottles
- Latest tasting notes on 70 wines
- About Bordeaux second wines
- Dismal market for en primeur 2011
- Wine merchants and JM Quarin’s grades
- Scores out of 20 and scores out of 100 – updated equivalence
- 2009 versus 2010
- My own special coup de cœur for Béhéré 2010 – AOC Pauillac
- Pavie vertical – 1995 to 2009
- From California, Bordeaux 2009, Léoville Barton from 2009 to 1997, Léoville Poyferré 2009 and 2005, Ducru Beaucaillou 2008 and 2007, Brane Cantenac and d’Armailhac 2002, Clos Manou 2008, l’Eglise Clinet from 2009 to 1999.
- Bordeaux 2011 - What to expect.
- Clos Manou, number one outsider in Médoc, versus classed growths
Rauzan Segla 2003, Calon Ségur 2004, Grand Puy Lacoste 2004, Prieure Lichine 2005, Haut Bages Liberal 2008, Lagrange 2007, Pontet Canet 2006, Cantenac Brown 2009. Ringer: Sociando-Mallet 2005 . Ringer: Sociando-Mallet 2005
- Château Margaux versus Château Haut-Brion
1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Troplong Mondot, Saint-Emilion Classed Growth, France, versus Masseto, Tuscany, Italy. Comparative tasting of the 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 and 1992 vintages.