Very soft wine with sweet tannins and ripe red fruits. Florals follow the dark cherry and plum, rose and lavender. Fruits and tannins slightly overbalance the acid - not enough to be flabby, just rich. However, it is a hint-read more-
Who sets the prices for premium Bordeaux wines? Buyers and journalists do, descending on Bordeaux in early April each year to taste hundreds of the classed growths and other top-level wines in a marathon week of regional travel—by invitation. Watching-read more-
Follow Becky Sue Epstein on her second day tasting through the 2009 vintage Primeurs in Bordeaux. (You can read Part 1 here.) Teams of buyers and journalists descend on Bordeaux in early April each year and taste hundreds of the-read more-