Vintage Notes 2016 was a very good vintage for red and a good vintage for white wines in Burgundy Other wines from Domaine J-F Mugnier 1990 J-F Mugnier Le Musigny: £1750 2006 J-F Mugnier Le Musigny: £2500 2008 J-F Mugnier Le Musigny: £2350 2008 J-F Mugnier Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos de la Marechale: £245 2011 J-F Mugnier […]
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Vintage Notes 1998 was a very good vintage in Pessac-Léognan 1998 was a good, long-lasting vintage in Bordeaux Other 1998 Pessac-Léognan 1998 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion: £425 1998 Chateau Haut-Brion: £545 Other vintages of Chateau Haut Bailly 2019: £83 Product code: 1/54183
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Producer Notes One of the fanciest chateau buildings in Bordeaux, Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is the result of the separation of the Chateau Pichon estate in 1850. Both halves were classified as second growths in 1855 and are still highly rated. The older wines of ‘Pichon Comtesse’ have a higher proportion of merlot
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Vintage Notes 1999 was a good vintage in Pauillac 1999 was an average, short-lived vintage in Bordeaux Other 1999 Pauillac 1999 Chateau Lafite Rothschild: £665 Other vintages of Chateau Pichon Baron 2010: £185 2012: £130 2015: £150 2019: £235 Product code: 3/54190
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Producer Notes One of the fanciest chateau buildings in Bordeaux, Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is the result of the separation of the Chateau Pichon estate in 1850. Both halves were classified as second growths in 1855 and are still highly rated. The older wines of ‘Pichon Comtesse’ have a higher proportion of merlot
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Producer Notes As usual, the French Revolution comes into this. The domaine is a collection of vineyards once belonging to the French royal family (hence the Conti, whihch is a princedom awarded to younger sons to keep them busy) and some more vineyards ‘obtained’ by a Napoleonic general after the revolution. But to cut a
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Producer Notes Ramonet is a well-known and highly regarded Burgundy producer who is best known for their white Burgundy even though they also produce a number of reds. With vineyards in the most prized Grands Crus of the Cote de Beaune including the famous Le Montrachet Ramonet wines tend to fetch hefty prices but the
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Producer Notes Ramonet is a well-known and highly regarded Burgundy producer who is best known for their white Burgundy even though they also produce a number of reds. With vineyards in the most prized Grands Crus of the Cote de Beaune including the famous Le Montrachet Ramonet wines tend to fetch hefty prices but the
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Producer Notes Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste is a Cabernet heavy claret (75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) and a typically big Paulliac. Grand Puy Lacoste has long made good wines that can age well so there is no particular reason to fear buying old. The chateau has however been occasionally incosistent but
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Producer Notes Domaine Leflaive is the brand under which Leflaive sells wine from their own vineyards (as opposed to the negotiant business, branded as Olivier Leflaive), giving them more direct control over the development of the vines. As Leflaive is pretty much the master of white burgundy, and produces beautifully balanced wines. All the wines
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