Category: Bordeaux
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Day 114 – Thornton-in-Craven
Chateau de Pitray 2016
Question: How much should you expect from a bottle of Bordeaux that cost 10€? Answer: Well, a bit more than this, sorry.
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Day 106 – Hawdraw
Chateau Lagrange 2000
I bought a case of this en primeur, so they’ve been in the cellar for twenty years. This is the penultimate bottle, opened to celebrate 600 miles covered in my virtual walk.
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Day 82 – a long way from anywhere
Ch. les Cruzelles 2015
A few months ago I was made aware of Ch. les Cruzelles by a merchant who was offering the 2019 in bond.
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Day 69 – Dunbar
Chateau Lamothe-Bergeron 2010
How many famous people came from Dunbar? Well, there’s that actor bloke who played a cop, Aynsley of course, who played with Zappa – and John Muir, whose trail I have been following since Holyrood Park.
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Day 63 – Longniddry
Chateau Dubois Claverie 2019.
This was a gift from a friend for services rendered – a footling service so a generous gift.
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Day 18 – Tore
Roc de Cambes 2013. At the other end of my wine-drinking experience from Coudoulet, I first drank Roc de Cambes (also a 2013) last year as part of my extended celebrations when I became an OAP.