France Bordeaux LoudenneLoudenne

2008 Loudenne

Loudenne

Bordeaux / France

Red

Bts

0 Immediate | 5 Marketplace

£9.00

A Mixed Vintage

When Bud Cuchet and I visited Bordeaux in early October all looked set fair for a very good vintage. There are few better barometers of a vintage’s quality than the faces of the men tasked with making and selling the wine, and there were smiles all round as we inspected the vineyards in the beautiful October sunshine. Sadly, whilst we ...

ON April 18, 2013

Class act: Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion’s classification is in crisis – embroiled in court cases and controversy. But why? And does it matter? Sophie Thorpe investigates Saint-Emilion has been hitting the headlines. And not in the way it would like to. In July, just after the region’s châteaux submitted applications for the 2022 classification, two of the region’s four Premier Cru Classé A estates – ...

BY Sophie Thorpe,

ON September 23, 2021

2016 Bordeaux En Primeur: More Early Opinions

More early opinions from the critics suggest that 2016 Bordeaux En Primeur is going to be big, including newly-released scores from James Suckling. Two weeks ago we reported on the early opinions from critics, experts and winemakers on this year's Bordeaux futures. Since then, there have been many more… Antonio Galloni on 2016 Bordeaux En Primeur So far Vinous has ...

ON March 23, 2017

2018 Bordeaux En Primeur: The Week in Review #3

Another busy week of En Primeur with a steady flow of releases from across the appellations. The highlight release of the week had to be Chateau Clinet who produced an outstanding wine in 2018, receiving some of the highest scores ever at the property, yet releasing the wine at a significantly lower price than both its 2015 and 2016 wines. ...

ON May 3, 2019

2018 Bordeaux En Primeur: The Week in Review #4

Another busy week in Bordeaux with some major releases stirring huge interest from around the world. Chateau Pavie Macquin was one of the top picks in Saint-Emilion in terms of quality and price and the wine unsurprisingly sold out very quickly. Le Dome was another Saint-Emilion hit in 2018 and again its fair pricing combined with huge critic approval saw ...

ON May 10, 2019