by Caspar Bowes

On another note, I have recorded a number of video tasting notes of Bowes Wine offer wines past in recent weeks. On our YouTube channel you can view my opinions on:2009 Château La Tour de By, Médoc2012 Château Chantegrive Cuvée Caroline, Pessac-Léognan2003 Chât…

View from Deans' YardChurch House in Dean's Yard in Westminster has become something of a regular venue for tastings various and I make my way there from Westminster tube on autopilot: a state that did not make me oblivious to the irony of a judas tree flowering within the yard itself.This was an an…

N.B. Following hail during the growing season, production on some of these wines is much reduced. Please feel free to request whatever wines are of interest, but confirmation - and invoices - will not be remitted until June.Whites2016 Alsace Lieu Dit Berg Riesling, Chapoutier£108 in bond per 6…

2016 Château d'Aiguilhe, Côtes de Castillon85M; 15CF.A briary cream of a nose, then creamy entry, then direct and very fresh of core with dry, grippy structure. Pure cherry and plum fruit. Very briary. Energetic, long and stuffed. Lots at the death. Very busy indeed. Will be a bargain.20…

2016 Château Beauregard, Pomerol80M; 20CF. 13.5%abv.Fresh plum and apple blossom and a clay-like, spicy aromas like Indian spice. Cool and very quickly grippy wine with a clay squeeze. Fresh, juicy throughput. Long and quite assertive, this.2016 Château Bon Pasteur, Pomerol80M; 20CF. 14.…