Christine Valette Troplong Mondot Passes Away
Christine Valette of Chateau Troplong Mondot in St. Emilion passes away.
Christine Valette of Chateau Troplong Mondot in St. Emilion passes away.
Everything you ever wanted to know and more about were to taste 2013 Bordeaux wine, plus tips on the best new chateau to see and visit during the week.
Francois Pinault, the owner of Chateau Latour buys 3 chateaux in Pomerol, St. Emilion and Lalande de Pomerol in his continuing efforts to expand their holdings in Bordeaux.
1994 California Cabernet Sauvignon are at their best, sublime. Many of these wines at 20 years of age are drinking in the sweet spot today proving that modern California do age!
This is in fact our lowest yields in the history of Beychevelle, even lower than we had1991! We are at 30 hectoliters per hectare this year.
We farm part of the Malartic Lagraviere vineyard in organic and biodynamic farming techniques. It didn’t help specifically for 2013. But it helps in general.
#4 – Open some of the oldest wines in my cellar. I do not want to get to the stage where my oldest bottles are too old to taste. Or worse, I am too old to taste them.