03/04/2018
Bordeaux 2017 en primeur: first results
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Bordeaux red futures 2017 : the good surprises that I did not expect
From Bordeaux I have followed the vegetal cycle live. This winter I tasted separate lots of twenty different wine estates, from the simplest to the most famous ones. A first assessment is essential: irregular results (there is no 2017 vintage but several ones) and no green taste has been noted. The presence of the latter would have been a sign of absence of ripeness, hard tannins and lean body.
Today I have just finished two fabulous weeks, tasting more than 300 wines. Here are the results:
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Bordeaux red futures 2017 : the good surprises that I did not expect
From Bordeaux I have followed the vegetal cycle live. This winter I tasted separate lots of twenty different wine estates, from the simplest to the most famous ones. A first assessment is essential: irregular results (there is no 2017 vintage but several ones) and no green taste has been noted. The presence of the latter would have been a sign of absence of ripeness, hard tannins and lean body.
Today I have just finished two fabulous weeks, tasting more than 300 wines. Here are the results:
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