Our vintage reports now turn to the Médoc and the wines of Margaux – the biggest surprise of the year for our Buying team, says Mark Pardoe MW. Here, our Wine Director takes a look at the vintage and highlights the most successful wines. Margaux 2022 in a nutshell: the appellation which surprised us the […]

Next in our series of Bordeaux 2022 En Primeur vintage reports: Pomerol. Our team has visited each of the commune’s leading estates, meeting the winemakers and tasting from barrel. At its best, the appellation has achieved “a pleasing consistency”, says Mark Pardoe MW. Here, our Wine Director tells us more. Pomerol 2022 in a nutshell: […]

Our Buyers have just returned from Bordeaux, tasting hundreds of wines at the châteaux and getting to know the new vintage. In the first of a series, Mark Pardoe MW reports on the commune of St Emilion. St Emilion 2022 in a nutshell: there are a variety of styles, ranging from thrilling to simpler but […]

It was “an exceptional year”, says Mark Pardoe MW. Ahead of the comprehensive En Primeur tastings, we asked our Wine Director to examine how a vintage of sweltering heat has yielded such balanced, lively and age-worthy wines. The 2022 vintage will live long in the memory of the Bordelais. The year was so hot and […]