I thought it might be useful for those of you who are interested if I let you know my itinerary for the UGC Tastings for En Primeur 2011 in Bordeaux. It will give you an idea of what I am tasting and if you want to contact me for my opinions on the wine I’ll be pleased to give you an honest answer. The En Primeur week is always frantic and I spend a lot of my time criss crossing from one AOC to another to try and fit in as many wines as I can. I’ve never counted how many I have ended up tasting by the end of the week but it runs into hundreds.
I may end up cramming a few more tastings in here and there and I often go back to re-taste certain wines but the itinerary below is correct as of the time of publishing. If you want to contact me then you can email me at or send me a tweet at @NicksWine.
Monday 2nd April
Chateau Palmer
Chateau Lafite
Chateau Montrose
Chateau Calon Segur
Chateau Cos d’Estournel
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Chateau Pontet Canet
Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste
Chateau Pichon Baron
Chateau Latour
Chateau Pichon Comtesse
Tuesday 3rd April
Chateau Beauregard (Pomerol)
Chateau La Fleur de Bouard (Angelus)
Vieux Chateau Certain
Chateau Soutard (Saint Emilion)
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Chateau Lagrange (Saint Julien, Pauillac and Saint Estephe)
Chateau Leoville Les Cases
Wednesday 4th April
Chateau Haut Brion
Chateau de Fieuzal (Graves, Pessac Leognan)
Chateau Marquis de Terme (Margaux)
Cercle de Rive Droite – Hotel Barrail Saint Emilion.
Chateau Kirwan (Sauternes, Barsac)
Chateau de Camensac (Moulis, Listrac, Haut Medoc, Medoc)
Chateau Lagrange (Saint.Julien, Pauillac and Saint Estephe)
Chateau Gruaud Larose (Cocktail Dinner)
Thursday 5th April
Chateau Margaux
Chateau Marquis de Terme (Margaux)
Chateau Latour
Chateau d’Arsac (Cru Bourgeois du Medoc)
Friday 6th April
Chateau La Fleur Morange
