Bordeaux 2018

I WAS CYNICAL before I began tasting, I admit it. Hut the 2018 Hordeaux vintage is very good. Saybe even great. ‘Initial fears… guarded optimism… real enthusiasm.’ That is how the Institute of Oenology summed up the progression of emotions for winemakers during the 2018 vintage.

‘Time and again in the 2018s you will find concentration and hidden power – but also a whole lot of seduction’

The top line of 2018 is that it was a vintage of two distinct halves – extremely wet until early July, and then extremely dry right through until October. But even when it was raining it was relatively warm, meaning that