Picture This: Bordeaux 2010 En Primeur Week

POSTED ON 11/04/2011

A taste of Bordeaux 2010 at Château La Mission Haut-Brion: Both first growth Haut-Brion and its sister wine, La Mission Haut-Brion, are very big wines indeed in 2010. La Mission is an extraordinary 15.1% alcohol. It didn't taste hot to me though, although I marginally preferred Haut-Brion. Both are controversial this year, but I have feeling that Haut-Brion will be very good indeed.A taste of Bordeaux 2010 at Château La Mission Haut-Brion: Both first growth Haut-Brion and its sister wine, La Mission Haut-Brion, are very big wines indeed in 2010. La Mission is an extraordinary 15.1% alcohol. It didn't taste hot to me though, although I marginally preferred Haut-Brion. Both are controversial this year, but I have feeling that Haut-Brion will be very good indeed.

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Grandes de La Rioja

POSTED ON 04/04/2011

Grandes de La Rioja started life in the year 2000 from an idea developed by journalist Andrés Proensa, editor of PlanetAVino magazine and the Guía Proensa and it’s supported by La Rioja Regional Government.

The organisers chose the wines to be tasted based on the best ratings by the five most important wine guides published in Spain (Anuario de Vinos, Peñín, La Guía, Gourmets, and Proensa). The selection was be rounded off with a series of wines highlighted in previous editions of Grandes de La Rioja, as well as some noteworthy new wines.

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