Wine ChroniclesPessac-Léognan (and Graves) pizzaz #Bdx15
And why dry extract matters By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 4 May 2016 Perhaps my overall favorite region in Bordeaux is the Graves region, which includes the since 1987 created Pessac-Léognan appellation that gathers such famous estates of the northern Graves, from Haut Brion and Pape Clement to Haut Bailly and Domaine de Chevalier. It is […]
Saint Julien #bdx15: subtle, suave, successful
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 1 May 2016 2015 was a successful vintage for Saint Julien, with expected elegance combined with Cabernet driven structure. While some tasters seemed a touch under-whelmed, I was happy with most of the wines from this affable appellation. And boy-oh-boy Léoville Las Cases and Ducru Beaucaillou were both amazing – […]
Pomerol panache!
Seduction or power from Pomerol #bdx15 barrel samples: you pays your money, you takes your choice By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 1 May 2016 Readers take note: Revised note for La Cabanne based on new sample The appellation as a whole is successful in 2015. Indeed, many writers have propelled Pomerol to the top of […]
Mad about Margaux #Bdx15
The best Médoc appellation in 2015 By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 30 April 2016 With 21 cru classés châteaux – more than any other commune in Bordeaux, and ranging from first to fifth growth – Margaux is the most sprawling of the famous Médoc appellations, and is usually the most heterogeneous in quality because it […]
Confusion over Bordeaux’s latest “great” vintage
2015 has excellent barrel samples. If priced too high, seek 2014 Update! Best bargain wines #Bdx15 By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 25 April (to mid-May) 2016 Tasting notes by appellation/region (watch for updates!): Mad about Margaux – Pomerol panache! – Subtle, smooth, successful Saint Julien – Pessac-Léognan (and Graves) pizzaz – Merlot al Dente (and other tales from Saint Emilion #Bdx15) – Intriguingly Pauillac – […]
Video reports from Pichon Comtesse and Pichon Baron
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 20 March 2016 It was great to visit both Pichon estates late last year, to prepare an article that I wrote for Decanter, as published in the April 2016 issue. Dear friend and celebrated author Jane Anson contributed tasting notes. In deference to the publication, I only post my tasting […]
Casual elegance, refined wine comfort at Château Le Pape
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 4 February 2016 As most of us #winelovers plan for better weather this spring and summer for trips to wine regions, we seek great places to stay, that combine comfort, elegance and wine nirvana. So if you are going to Bordeaux, I finally focus on a stay at Château Le Pape, […]
China and Bordeaux: how the wine bubble burst
On Suzanne Mustacich’s Thirsty Dragon China’s Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World’s Best Wines 29 January 2016 Book review by Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com I recall enjoying a 1982 and a 2003 Leoville Poyferre at the lovely Saint Julien restaurant with chateau owner Didier Cuvelier and a Chinese merchant back in April […]
Bordeaux 1966, fifty years on (and other surprises)
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 13 January 2016 I have to thank my lucky stars for the great wine loving friends I have in Washington D.C. Since I am turning … 50 in December this year, I wanted to organize a 1966 dinner. And so six of us gathered at the famous wine friendly restaurant […]
Father and son now at Branaire Ducru
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 9 November 2015 As I had earlier this year reported for Le Pan, among recent changes in Bordeaux, Francois Xavier Maroteaux recently moved to this fine Saint Julien château with his wife and children to assist father Patrick Maroteaux, who since 1988 has brought great splendor to the wines of […]
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