In this series, Mark Pardoe MW provides insight into how Bordeaux’s key communes fared in 2020. Here, our Wine Director looks at St Julien, based on a conversation with Jean-Michel Laporte of Ch. Talbot. At a glance: St Julien in 2020 Hectares under vine: 910 Average yield: 34hl/ha in 2020 (46hl/h in ’19); down 26% […]

Watching over nine million bottles, Chris Layland is the gatekeeper of the world’s most enviable wine collection. Here, Sophie Thorpe talks to him about his team, the most remarkable bottles in his care, and keeping life at 12°C You’ll find our warehouses on an edge-of-town industrial estate in Basingstoke. Next to Topps Tiles, Greggs and […]

In this series, Mark Pardoe MW provides insight into how Bordeaux’s key communes fared in 2020. Here, our Wine Director looks at St Estèphe, based on a conversation with Lorraine Watrin of Ch. Montrose. At a glance: St Estèphe in 2020 Hectares under vine: 1,250 Average yield: 41hl/ha in 2020 (50hl/ha in ’19); down 18% […]