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Second wines: when the same cellar is a bargain and when it is not
The pitch writes itself. Here is Carruades de Lafite, made by the same team, in...
閱讀更多Bordeaux to drink now and Bordeaux to keep are different buys
Buying Bordeaux to drink and buying Bordeaux to keep are two different activities. They use...
閱讀更多What decanting actually does, and when it makes wine worse
A waiter takes your bottle away, pours it into a glass vessel with some ceremony,...
閱讀更多Cru Bourgeois is where the value sits in Bordeaux
Cru Bourgeois sits on a label like a consolation prize, and that is roughly how...
閱讀更多How gravel and clay separate the four Medoc communes
Margaux, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estephe. Four names on four labels at roughly the same money, and...
閱讀更多Left Bank and Right Bank Bordeaux: the soil decides the grape
Left Bank is Cabernet Sauvignon, Right Bank is Merlot. Every wine list repeats it, every...
閱讀更多The 1855 Bordeaux classification is a price list, not a ranking
One shelf, two Bordeaux at roughly the same money. The label on the left carries...
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