2018 Saint Emilion was not an easy vintage for producers. The winter months were easy, but the spring is one of the wettest in history. Depending on where you located in St. Emilion,during the initial 6 months of the year, between 550 mm to 600 mm (21″-24″) of rain soaked your soils. This is more
Month: April 2019
If you want to read details on the 2018 Bordeaux vintage 2018 Harvest Report 2018 Pomerol continues the appellations streak of recent great vintages, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 and now 2018. While each of those years offer incredible wines with characteristics you can only find in Pomerol, at their best, perhaps 2018 outclasses all those
With 2018 Bordeaux, in the Left Bank, clearly the success stories of the vintage are found in the northern part of the Medoc, and in the better terroirs. While it appears obvious, there are several reasons for this. The properties located in the better terroir had the financial ability to react quickly when it came
2018 Pessac Leognan and Graves are complicated wines. There are numerous producers from these appellations that made what can be called the best wines they have ever produced! Other vineyards were not as successful. The growing season was difficult and choices needed to be made. As you probably know by the now, the 2018 Pessac