The Revelations d’Hubert de Bouard is a portfolio of wines from eight Bordeaux wineries. These are not their usual releases, mind you. They are each …
Read moreChateau Boutillot 2015 “Revelations d’Hubert de Bouard” Bordeaux
Françoise Lannoye is one of my favorite unknown Bordeaux winemakers. She makes great wine in unconventional areas and does it without fanfare. Along with her …
Read moreChateau Lanbersac 2014 Puisseguin Saint Emilion (Bordeaux)
Around this time of year, the PLCB discounts a ton of luxury wines. These are typically orphans: older bottles with limited inventory spread across the …
I discovered the wine company Gironde et Gascogne at a trade tasting a few years back. This is a boutique operation with two chateaux on their …
Read moreChâteau de Belcier 2011 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
Hmm. Seems like the chateau owner may be in a financial pickle. First, her bottlings from Chateau Ambe Tour Pourret showed up in the PLCB …
Read moreChateau Moulin de Clotte 2010 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
A decadent bottle of right bank Bordeaux. This chateau is part of the budding Bordeaux empire of Françoise Lannoye and her husband, Philippe. They purchased …
Read moreChateau Ambe Tour Pourret 2010 Saint Emilion Grand Cru (Bordeaux, France)
This is a winery whose bottles never end up on our shores: it’s a tiny outpost in one of the most obscure satellite wine regions …
Read moreChateau Lanbersac 2010 “Vieilles Vignes” Puisseguin Saint Emilion
The Guinjard family have been Bordeaux wine growers for five generations. Prior to 1970, most of that fruit went to other wineries. Over the past …
Read moreChateau de Roquebrune “Cuvee Reine” 2009 Lalande de Pomerol
When I took a group of my students to Bordeaux, we stayed just a few miles from this Chateau. I did not expect much of …
A finely honed bottle, with eucalyptus and wet stone aromas that edge into black fruit and crème de cassis. Full bodied and velvety, the palate offers fresh red …
Read moreChateau Ramage La Batisse 2005 Haut Medoc (Bordeaux)
Château Bastor-Lamontagne is not Château d’Yquem. It’s not one of the elite estates of the Sauternes region of Bordeaux. However, this producer offers up a consistently great …
As wine regions go, Lalande de Pomerol is typically a mixed bag. It’s not actually Pomerol, but one of the many satellite regions on the …
Figs and cassis meld with coffee and campfire notes, along with a strong impression of Herbes de Provence. The midpalate brings in fresher red fruits, and serious oak-influenced flavors of chocolate and allspice. The finish rolls on and on, bringing more pleasure than anyone could expect from a glass of wine.
A bordeaux blend that leads with classic Cabernet notes of cigar box and mint. Gritty tannins and fleshy fruit round out this fine bottling. An excellent price for this wine.
Sauvignon Blanc Ch. Cantelys 2003 Pessac-Leognan (Bordeaux) Regis Manet 2005 Pouilly Fume (Loire) Blanc de Bourgogne Simmonet-Febvre 2005 Chablis “Vaillons” Vins Eouges du Nord Ch. …
had the great misfortune of being sandwiched between the exotically ripe 2003 and the already-legendary 2005. But for serious terroir-lovers, for those who want to …