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2015 Bordeaux: Every Bottle Tells a Story… (Feb 2018)

The 2015 Brane-Cantenac is powerful, structured and explosive in feel. A deep, resonant wine, the 2015 boasts off the charts ripeness allied to formidable structure and tannic heft. I imagine the 2015 is going to need a number of years to become approachable and more than that to be at its best. The dark stone…

Finally: Bordeaux 2015 In Bottle (Jul 2019)

The 2015 Brane-Cantenac offers an exquisite array of fruit on the compelling nose: boysenberry, raspberry confit and crushed strawberry, all laced with pressed violets and an underlying chalky/mineral vein. The fresh, linear, medium-bodied palate presents supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and just a vein of greenness on the finish that I can abide…

Cellar Journal – Bordeaux to Start… (Jul 2018)

The 2004 Batailley has long been one of the hidden pleasures of this vintage. Now at 14 years of age I find no reason to alter that view. Here it has a pure bouquet with blackberry, cedar and a touch of kirsch, the latter a trait that I have not noticed before. The palate is…

The Annual Red Bordeaux Report (May 2005)

Medium red-ruby. Somewhat medicinal aromas of licorice, violet, minerals and lead pencil. Supple and moderately ripe, with red- and blackcurrant flavors showing a restrained sweetness. A somewhat chunky Pauillac that finishes with rather tough tannins that spread out on the finish.

Bordeaux 2009: The Best Ever? (May 2010)

Inky ruby. Red fruits, licorice, dried herbs and cedary oak on the nose. Then dense and fine-grained in the mouth, with a distinctly cool quality to the blackcurrant jelly, red cherry and candied violet flavors. This rich, smooth wine boasts lovely depth of flavor and finishes with a strong herbal aftertaste and mounting, mouthcoating tannins….

A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019)

The 2009 Batailley has a generous bouquet with more red fruit than its peers, laced with brown spices and touches of autumn leaves. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly savoury entry, quite forward in style with lower acidity than expected, sage and meat juices towards what feels like a Merlot-driven finish. Drink over the…