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 2012 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 and Tuesday (8th and 9th April) I have the following appointments:
Monday 8th April
Chateau Palmer
Chateau Margaux
Chateau Latour
Chateau Pichon Comtesse
Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Chateau Pontet Canet
Chateau Calon Segur
Chateau Cos d’Estournel
Chateau Lafite
Chateau Montrose
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Chateau Leoville Poyferre
Tuesday 9th April
Chateau Haut Brion
Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste
Remainder of the Week
In each AOC, one chateau has the honour of hosting the local tasting, with all the other producers attending with their samples. This year I will be tasting at the following line up:
Chateau Olivier – Graves and Pessac Léognan
Chateau Phélan Ségur – Pauillac, Saint Julien and Saint Estèphe
Chateau Labégorce – Margaux
Chateau Fourcas Hostein – Médoc, Haut Médoc, Moulis and Listrac
Chateau La Conseillante – Pomerol
Chateau La Lagune – Sauternes and Barsac
Chateau Soutard – Saint Emilion