Wine ChroniclesJust in time for the holidays: Dinner at Giscours
Biodiversity contributes to Margaux Renaissance By Panos Kakaviatos for Wine Chronicles 12 December 2025 It had just rained when I arrived at Château Giscours – the eve of my birthday on 5 December this year. Under a veil of evening mist, the estate had fallen into contemplative quiet. As my car that early evening rolled […]
Margaux 2018
Stars among the more challenged By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 24 January 2021 Some estates shined bright, but the nature of the vintage challenged Margaux more than it did Saint Julien and Pauillac, or for that matter, the cooler limestone and clay soils of the Right Bank. Yet I do wonder whether we critics may […]
Bordeaux in barrel 2014: Solidly Margaux
Faves? Some excellent price/quality ratios, particularly from Château Labégorce. An excellent Château Prieuré-Lichine. Predictably very good Palmer, and a fine Château Margaux (and a superlative white that counts among the very best whites of the vintage) MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles 24 May 2015 Margaux may prove to be the weakest of the major […]
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