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Bordeaux 2018: Not Back in Black (Mar 2021)

The 2018 Pavie Macquin is voluptuous and exotic to the core. Super-ripe black cherry, plum, mocha, espresso, licorice and chocolate all race out of the glass. Pliant, supple and silky, the 2018 is lights out. This is an especially heady, flamboyant style, so readers should be prepared for a pretty intense Saint-Émilion. That said, the…

The Annual Red Bordeaux Report (May 2003)

Medium red. Cool yet ripe aromas of raspberry, cherry, licorice and minerals. Sweet and intensely flavored, with hints of tobacco and smoked meat. Nicely full and balanced wine, finishing with sweet but firm tannins and very good length.

The Annual Red Bordeaux Report (May 2006)

Red-ruby. Sappy aromas of very ripe redcurrant, tobacco and minerals. Fat, sexy and deep, with flavors of redcurrant, plum, tobacco and spice lifted by the wine’s mineral component. Wonderfully rich, full-blown wine, finishing with serious toothcoating tannins that call for at least four or five years of patience. This is close to 14% alcohol, but…

2000, 1999 and 1998 Bordeaux (May 2001)

Dark red. Currant and mint on the slightly herbaceous nose. Supple, easygoing flavors of plum, currant, tobacco and herbs. In a lighter style, but seems far gentler today than it did a year ago from barrel, when the middle palate was much more austere. Finishes with slightly drying tannins.

A Century of Bordeaux: The Eights (May 2018)

The 1998 Saint-Pierre offers blackberry, sage, cedar and tobacco on the nose, funnily enough not quite as expressive as the 1988 from magnum at this stage. It probably just needs some time to open. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, a little green on the entry but nothing to get concerned about. And that…

A Century of Bordeaux: The Twos (Sep 2022)

The 2002 Pontet Canet precedes the conversion to organic viticulture, though Alfred Tesseron had already eschewed the use of pesticides and herbicides. It has a slightly rustic nose, a touch of menthol and soot infusing the black fruit, still quite youthful. The palate is bold, firm and surprisingly sweet with black plum, liquorice and cedar….