Colin Hay concludes his review of the right-bank in this exciting if complex vintage with a selection of wines from the ‘satellite’ appellations of St Emilion (Lussac, Montagne & St Georges), Cadillac & Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux, Côtes de Bourg, Fronsac and Lalande de Pomerol.
Colin Hay presents his tasting notes from St Estèphe, where he find very high appellation typicity and some excellent wines. It seems that 2022 has been a terroir-maximising vintage, nowhere more so that in St Estèphe.
In his third appellation profile, db's Colin Hay crosses to the Left Bank, to discover that while 2022 has generally been a terroir-maximising vintage, nowhere is this more apparent than in St Estèphe.
Michel Reybier, the millionaire owner of St Estèphe's Château Cos d'Estournel has acquired neighbouring winery Château Cos Labory for an undisclosed sum.
In June last year, King’s College Cambridge made more than £1 million from an auction of just 41 lots from its wine cellar. Not bad for a college that until just a few years ago had a hammer and sickle flag hanging in its student bar. But the Marxist sympathies of some of its legendary