Tag: Ch. Montrose

Bordeaux 2022: meet the producers

With En Primeur in full swing, it can be easy to think about Bordeaux purely in terms of prices, allocations and logistics. But there’s more to the region than business. Here, we meet the faces behind four of Bordeaux’s best-known châteaux. Château Léoville Barton, St Julien Damien Barton Sartorius “People get way more excited about […]

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. […]

Bordeaux 2020: St Estèphe

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% […]

Christmas Clarets for your table

At Christmas, it has to be Claret says our Creative Director Geordie Willis. Here he shares his passion for those wines closest to his heart. “For most of the year, I like to be adventurous in the way I approach wine; I seek out new producers, styles and regions,” explains Geordie Willis, Berry Bros. & […]