Home > Winedoctor Updates

Winedoctor

All additions for the past few months are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Château du Coing de St-Fiacre (21/5/13) Top class Muscadet.
• Philippe Alliet Chinon L'Huisserie 2009 (20/513)
• Bordeaux Viticulture (18/5/13) The latest instalment of my Bordeaux guide.
• Château Cos d'Estournel (18/5/13) An update for this St Estèphe second growth.
• Primeur Picks 2012 (16/5/13) Concluding recommendations for Bordeaux 2012.
• Sauternes & Barsac 2012 (16/5/13) Redefining 'difficult'.
• AC Bordeaux 2012 (15/5/13) Some of the vintage's most fascinating wines.
• Pierre Luneau-Papin: 2013 Update (14/5/13) News, and sixteen wines tasted.
• Jeanne Gaillard Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah 2012 (13/513)
• Bordeaux Wine Guide: White Varieties (12/5/13) Semillon and more.
• Goulée (11/5/13) An update on vineyards and wines.
• Médoc 2012 (10/5/13) Clay soils, Merlot, but 'late' terroirs and harvest rain.
• Haut-Médoc 2012 (9/5/13) Gravel and Cabernet; not a recipe for success.
• Moulis & Listrac 2012 (8/5/13) The difficulties of the vintage shine through.
• Feasting on Foreau (7/5/13) A tasting report on fifteen Foreau wines.
• Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boisée 2009 (6/513)
• Bordeaux Wine Guide: Red Varieties (5/5/13) A comprehensive guide to grapes.
• St Emilion 2012 classification (4/5/13) Clarifications and legal challenges.
• Domaine de Bellivière: 2013 Update (3/5/13) Wines from 2011-2008.
• Castillon & Co. 2012 (2/5/13) Good quality and value combined here.
• St Emilion 2012 (1/5/13) A mixed bunch, but some very good wines.

• Pomerol 2012 (30/4/13) Great wines here, including top wine of the vintage.
• Domaine de Bellemare Les Granges de Félines 2012 (29/4/13)
• Margaux 2012 (25/4/13) Some success. And the top wine of the left bank.
• Domaine des Aubuisières: 2013 Update (25/4/13) Notes old and new.
• St Julien 2012 (24/4/13) Another commune that experienced difficulties.
• Pauillac 2012 (23/4/13) A difficult time for Pauillac this year.
• Philippe Alliet Chinon Coteau de Noiré 2009 (22/4/13)
• St Estèphe 2012 (19/4/13) Surprising success, thanks to variety and soil.
• Vincent Carême: 2013 Update (18/4/13) The 2011 vintage, plus 2009 and 2008.
• Pessac-Léognan 2012 (17/4/13) A vintage of tempered success.
• Bordeaux 2012 (16/4/13) My introduction to a vintage of extreme highs and lows.
• Egly-Ouriet Brut Tradition Grand Cru NV (15/4/13)
• Bordeaux Climate (6/4/13) The latest instalment in my new guide.
• Château Monbousquet (5/4/13) A Perse estate, on the sands of St Emilion.
• François Chidaine (4/4/13) One of the Loire's true leaders. A profile update.
• Château Haut-Marbuzet (3/4/13) A fine St Estèphe estate.
• Sébastien Brunet (2/4/13) Another Vouvray discovery.
• Château Talbot Caillou Blanc 2009 (1/4/13)

• Bordeaux Geology (31/3/13) The latest instalment in my new guide.
• Clos Fourtet (30/3/13) A brief update.
• Wedgwood (29/3/13) Foraged leaves and more.
• Frantz Saumon: 2013 Update (28/3/13) Recent releases; 2012, 2011 and 2005.
• Château Ormes de Pez (27/3/13) An updated and expanded profile.
• François Chidaine: 2013 Update (26/3/13) I look at the 2011 and 2010 vintages.
• Les Cailloux du Paradis Racines 2008 (25/3/13)
• Domaine de la Taille aux Loups (24/3/13) The wines of Jacky Blot.
• Loire 2010: Tasting (22/3/13) A handful of attractive wines tasted.
• Michel Autran (21/3/13) Classy wine from another Vouvray newcomer.
• Château Lilian Ladouys (20/3/13) An updated profile for this Lorenzetti estate.
• Domaine de la Taille aux Loups: 2013 Update (19/3/13) Wines from 2012 and 2011.
• Pierre Gaillard Condrieu 2012 (18/3/13)
• A Brief History of Bordeaux (17/3/13) Part two of my new guide to Bordeaux
• Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion (16/3/13) A suburban survivor.
• Chez Rémi (15/3/13) Restaurant review: a 'natural' wine hotspot in Angers.
• Château Meyney (14/3/13) A Crédit Agricole estate.
• Mathieu Cosme (13/3/13) Vouvrays from Noizay and the arrières côtes.
• Château du Val d'Or (12/3/13) The wines of Philippe Bardet.
• Domaine de la Rectorie Banyuls Cuvée Leon Parcé 2010 (11/3/13)
• Bordeaux Wine Guide (10/3/13) A new guide to Bordeaux starts today.
• Château Beau-Site (8/3/13) This St Estèphe estate profiled.
• Loire 2011: Anjou (7/3/13) Some success here, especially dry and sweet whites.
• Loire 2011: Touraine (7/3/13) A difficult vintage, whites better than reds.
• Château Cos Labory (6/3/13) A newly updated profile.
• Feasting on Foreau, 2013 (5/3/13) A tasting with Benjamin Joliveau.
• La Ferme de la Sansonnière Les Fouchardes 2009 (4/3/13)
• Château Climens and Château Doisy-Védrines (3/3/13) Two brief updates.
• Château d'Issan (2/3/13) A revitalised profile.
• Au Bonheur du Palais (1/3/13) Superb cuisine from Tommy Shan.

• Central Vineyards 2012 (28/2/13) Benevolent weather gods shine on Sancerre.
• Château Carbonnieux (27/2/13) My profile overhauled.
• Touraine 2012 (26/2/13) Frost, hail and rain; trial by weather.
• Pol Roger Brut 1999 (25/2/13)
• Domaine Lemaire-Fournier (22/2/13) A short-lived Vouvray domaine.
• Anjou & Saumur 2012 (21/2/13) A difficult vintage.
• Château Latour-Martillac (20/2/13) Wines from the Kressmanns.
• Muscadet 2012 (19/2/13) Low yields, high quality results.
• Loire 2012 (19/2/13) A complex vintage, with varied results.
• Williams & Humbert Amontillado 'As You Like It' (18/2/13)
• Port and the Douro (15/2/13) I review this new book, by Richard Mayson.
• Sauternes & Barsac 2010 (14/2/13) The second stunning vintage in a row.
• Pomerol 2010 (13/2/13) A limited but high-quality showing.
• Château Sérilhan (12/2/13) Top quality and affordable St Estèphe.
• Domaine Huet Vouvray Pétillant Réserve 2002 (11/2/13)
• Château Tronquoy-Lalande (10/2/13) An updated profile, with new images.
• Château Haut-Beauséjour (9/2/13) Amended text, new images.
• St Emilion 2010 (8/2/13) Where thoughts of a 'great' vintage soon falter.
• Haut-Médoc 2010 (7/2/13) Strong wines from the classed growths.
• Moulis & Listrac 2010 (1/2/13) Always the promise of good value.

• Margaux 2010 (31/1/13) More hits than misses in this commune.
• St Julien 2010 (30/1/13) Superb wines, perhaps the best of the left bank.
• Château de la Rivière (29/1/13) An revitalised profile for this Fronsac estate.
• World's End Crossfire 2008 (28/1/13)
• Château Le Crock (27/1/13) New images, updated text.
• Château de Pez (26/1/13) Images and text updated.
• Pauillac 2010 (25/1/13) Some wines here are nothing short of stunning.
• St Estèphe 2010 (24/1/13) A commune that coped well with the drought.
• Pessac-Léognan 2010 (22/1/13) Both red and white wines assessed.
• Bordeaux 2010 at Two Years (22/1/13) I revisit the vintage, in 11 instalments.
• Château Haut-Bailly 1996 (21/1/13)
• Goulée (20/1/13) My profile updated.
• Château Preuillac (19/1/13) Quality and value from the Médoc.
• Château Guadet Plaisance (18/1/13) Montagne St Emilion, by Pierre Taïx.
• Catherine & Pierre Breton: 2012 Update (17/1/13) Eight recent releases tasted.
• Château de la Roche en Loire (16/1/13) A biodynamic estate on the Indre.
• Loire 2008 Tasting (15/1/13) Twenty-two wines assessed.
• Loire 2008 (15/1/13) Frost sparks a spiralling decline in Muscadet.
• Pierre Jacques Druet Bourgueil Le Grand Mont 1996 (14/1/13)
• Château Pouget (13/1/13) A rarely-sighted fourth growth Margaux.
• Château La Louvière (12/1/13) Pessac-Léognan from André Lurton.
• 2012 Wine in Context: Your Turn #4 (11/1/13) The final batch of reports.
• 2012 Winedoctor Label Quiz: Answers (10/1/13) Winners revealed!
• Pomerol (9/1/13) I review Neal Martin's book.
• Jonathan Maltus & Château Teyssier (8/1/13) A St Emilion empire explored.
• La Ferme de la Sansonnière La Lune 2009 (7/1/13)
• Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion (6/1/13) Update and opinion.
• 2012 Wine in Context: Your Turn #3 (4/1/13) Three more readers' reports.
• More from Phélan-Ségur (3/1/13) Five vintages reassessed.

A record of earlier updates made during 2012 is available.