Wine ChroniclesMad about Margaux #Bdx15
The best Médoc appellation in 2015 By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 30 April 2016 With 21 cru classés châteaux – more than any other commune in Bordeaux, and ranging from first to fifth growth – Margaux is the most sprawling of the famous Médoc appellations, and is usually the most heterogeneous in quality because it […]
Spring frosts hit Bourgogne winegrowing region unusually hard
Press release from the Burgundy Wine Council – 29 April 2016 I was in Champagne, at Duval Leroy, when this terrible news was reported, and Champagne was also hit by some frost, as I contributed to this decanter.com story. But it seems that the Bourgogne region was particularly hard hit by springtime frosts over the […]
Zind Humbrecht shines yet again in 2014
After a superlative 2013, 2014 an excellent follow up By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 26 April 2016 About one year ago, I was singing praises for Zind Humbrecht 2013. Not meaning to be a bore, but I have to sing praises yet again for the 2014. Although overall, I may give a slight edge to 2013, […]
Confusion over Bordeaux’s latest “great” vintage
2015 has excellent barrel samples. If priced too high, seek 2014 Update! Best bargain wines #Bdx15 By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 25 April (to mid-May) 2016 Tasting notes by appellation/region (watch for updates!): Mad about Margaux – Pomerol panache! – Subtle, smooth, successful Saint Julien – Pessac-Léognan (and Graves) pizzaz – Merlot al Dente (and other tales from Saint Emilion #Bdx15) – Intriguingly Pauillac – […]
Dom Perignon 2006: a generous vintage
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 16 April 2016 Dom Perignon. The abbey at Hautvillers. When I visited back in 2014, I had an amazing vertical, reaching back to 1969, my notes were published by Harpers Wine & Spirit. Dom Perignon can be really delicious. I like it most in vintages with extra briskness, like 1996, […]
Visiting Roederer with Jean Baptiste Lecaillon
Assessing positive impact of grower Champagne (see video) By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 16 April 2016 What a great visit to Louis Roederer, at first guided by Maria Garcia Gragera, pictured below, who seemed as if she had been with this famous Champagne house for ages, as she conveyed so much knowledge. As turns out […]
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