by Caspar Bowes

I am steadily typing up my vast collection of tasting notes on the 2016 Bordeaux wines that I tasted when in the region last week.In the meantime, I thought you might like to see a panning shot I took last Thursday whilst standing on a stone in the driveway of Château Ausone. Those of you unfa…

Things occurring at Mouton...(Apologies for the delay in posting this... Technical problems.)I leave the busiest day until last, not sure why.I was up early for an early appointment at Château Ausone. The satnav made excellent time and I was there 20 minutes before the appointed hour, but shou…

Kirwan and the "frog stream"It's been another day of tasting under blue bordelaise skies and warming sunshine. It was a civilised start this morning and even with something of a lie-in and a late departure I arrived half-an-hour early for my appointment at La Mission Haut Brion. Those who follow my …

Kirwan EquipmentBlack kites were carving the air over the Medoc this morning as I drove north for my first appointment. And it seemed that the frogs by the stream at Chateau Kirwan had noticed them too, as they seemed nervous, leaping into the gin-clear water when my shadow fell on them, cutting cha…

The day rose, quite literally, as fog smothered the Médoc this morning and it was only when the sun started to burn it away that the chateaux and, finally, vineyards, became visible, lifting like a soufflé out of the vapours. My arrival at Ducru was timely and my decision to stop …