2016 UV-SL Chardonnay

Mark Aubert

California / United States

White

Bts	-	6 Immediate \| 3 Marketplace		£240.00
Mags	-	0 Immediate \| 1 Marketplace		£478.00

Burgundy 2019: the whites

Burgundy producers are just starting to release their 2019s – a vintage that offers amazing consistency and balance. After a week tasting in the Côte d’Or, Gavin Smith delves deeper into the whites of the Côte de Beaune, putting the vintage in context “Good maturity, a nice freshness and lots of energy” Olivier Lamy, Domaine Hubert Lamy “Microscopic grapes each ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON October 21, 2020

A Servant of the Soil: Vérité's Pierre Seillan puts Sonoma on the Map

"Terroir! Terroir! Terroir!" is something we always hear when trying to understand the nuances of fine wine. Whilst it remains very much a French term, these days it has been adopted world wide, across all the fine wine growing regions. Despite its habitual use in wine circles, it is rare to get more of an insight into exactly what terroir ...

ON October 18, 2018

Market Outlook March 2013

The Market in February Improved market confidence Prices for some blue chip Bordeaux have strengthened for the first time in many months. Although it is too early to say whether this represents the start of a wider upturn, confidence in the fine wine market has certainly improved in February, driven partly by improved conditions in the wider economy (the FTSE ...

ON March 11, 2013

Market Outlook April 2013

Chateau Latour releases the first of its mature ex-chateau stock Having announced last year that 2011 would be the last vintage to be offered en primeur, Ch Latour made a first release of older stock from its cellars in March, in advance of the forthcoming en primeur campaign. The 1995 vintage of the Grand Vin was released along with 2005 Forts ...

ON April 5, 2013

Markus Molitor Interview

Since 1984 Markus Molitor has been managing his estate in Wehlener at the heart of the the Middle Mosel. Over the last 35 years he has been buying up some of the finest Grand Cru sites in the region. Markus provides a fascinating insight into these widely differing vineyards and how these steep, slate slopes have such a profound effect ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON July 9, 2020