June 15, 2013 Issue
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Features
Reds fare better than whites as France’s Loire Valley struggles in 2011
Posted: June 15, 2013 By James Molesworth
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
New reviews from Colorado and the Finger Lakes region of New York
Posted: May 17, 2013 By James Molesworth
News & Features
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Barrel Tasting
Scores and full tasting notes for more than 350 barrel samples reviewed, grouped by location
Posted: April 9, 2013 By James Molesworth
Blogs
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Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Despite excellent quality, the Moueix family is dropping prices on its lineup of 2012 Pomerols
Posted: April 8, 2013 By James Molesworth
Christian Moueix is a man of distinction. Reserved, serious, intelligent. And he crafts distinctive wines. His efforts to resurrect the renamed Bélair-Monange estate in St.-Emilion (recently merging it with Magdelaine) along with his flagship properties of Trotanoy and La Fleur-Pétrus in Pomerol, place him among the elite château owners in all of Bordeaux.
News & Features
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Barrel Tasting
Scores and full tasting notes for more than 350 barrel samples reviewed
Posted: April 8, 2013 By James Molesworth
News & Features
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Barrel Tasting
Tasting notes and scores for 23 barrel samples from Sauternes and Barsac
Posted: April 8, 2013 By James Molesworth
News & Features
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Travel Tips
Our editors' top picks for a glass and a snack in the famed wine region
Posted: April 8, 2013 By Robert Camuto, James Molesworth
News & Features
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Barrel Tasting
Tasting notes and scores for 41 barrel samples of dry wines
Posted: April 5, 2013 By James Molesworth
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
New reviews of 28 barrel samples from the 2012 Bordeaux vintage
Posted: April 5, 2013 By James Molesworth
Blogs
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Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
The Merlot-based wines of Cheval-Blanc, Pétrus, Vieux Château Certan and Le Pin met greater success than their Left Bank cousins in 2012
Posted: April 4, 2013 By James Molesworth
With Merlot the early favorite for lead variety in 2012, I was anxious to see what the Right Bank accomplished in this tricky vintage. Here, in Pomerol and St.-Emilion, Merlot plays the lead over Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc often an important player as well. With the vintage putting an emphasis on a short ripening window, does the Merlot-dominated Right Bank have an upper hand on the Left Bank and its later-ripening Cabernet?
I visited Pétrus, Cheval-Blanc, Vieux Château Certan and Le Pin to find out.
