2012 Bordeaux Harvest First Vintage For de Pressac as Grand Cru Classe
We completed our new fermentation cellar added, 10 small concrete vats. Also, now everything in the cellars is moved by gravity. Plus we have a new barrel room too.
Author Jeff Leve
2012 Clos Dubreuil Bordeaux Harvest Favors Merlot
The 2012 Bordeaux vintage turned out to be a great year for Merlot, with the ripeness of 2008 coupled with the balance of 1998.
Haut Brion Adds Allary Haut Brion To Holdings With Recent Purchase
Haut Brion adds to their Pessac Leognan holdings with purchase of vines located inside Haut Brion owned by the Allary family.
Jane Anson Interview, “Bordeaux Legends The 1855 First Growth Wines”
The First Growths are the most talked about Bordeaux wine producers in the world. I was not looking to write a traditional wine book with tasting notes. This is a story about who they are and how they got there. I hope the book can be read like a novel, rather than an encyclopedia.
2012 Bordeaux Harvest News, Drastic Sorting Required at Valandraud
During the 2012 Bordeaux harvest, we were on the drastic side, regarding sorting at Valandraud!
Sylvie Cazes Out at Pichon, UGC. Nicolas Glumineau from Chateau Montrose now at Pichon
Sylvie Cazes steps down as president of Pichon Lalande and the UGC in a surprising move She is replaced by Nicolas Glumineau from Chateau Montrose at Pichon Lalande
2012 Bordeaux Harvest Interview with Veronique Sanders Haut Bailly
The 2012 Bordeaux harvest was late because there was a discrepancy between technical and phenolic maturity, meaning that sugar and acidity levels were normal, but grapes were still lacking aromatic brightness.
