Category: Bordeaux Wine

Bordeaux 2021: setting the scene

After two Covid-impacted years, there is once again a fully-fledged En Primeur tasting week in Bordeaux. Our team is on the ground to get a complete picture of the 2021 vintage across the region. Here, our Wine Director, Mark Pardoe MW, sets the scene for the week ahead. The Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur tastings begin […]

A closer look: our 2018 Own Selection St Estèphe

The new 2018 vintage of our Own Selection St Estèphe comes from a top winemaking team and a privileged terroir. Bordeaux Buyer Georgina Haacke tells us what we need to know. What is it? Our 2018 Own Selection St Estèphe comes from Château Tronquoy-Lalande, a 30-hectare estate in the centre of the St Estèphe appellation. […]

Drinking Well Episode 1: Bordeaux

Introducing Drinking Well, the podcast designed to help you enjoy and shape your wine collection. In our first series, you’ll hear from our expert Buyers and Account Managers as they discuss which vintages to withdraw from your cellar this year. We also explore the most exciting developments in key fine wine regions, as well as […]

Château Grand Mayne: “palpable energy”

At Château Grand Mayne in St Emilion, the Nony family are making wines that speak of the vineyard rather than the winery. We look at how they got here – and where they’re going. At 42 years old, Jean-Antoine Nony isn’t sure if he qualifies as part of Bordeaux’s “new generation”. But he’s been around […]