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Winedoctor Updates: 2011 Archive

Here are all the updates for the second half of 2011. Follow the link at the bottom for earlier updates. Click here for more recent updates.

December

Blog: New Year Resolutions? (30/12/11) Plans for the year ahead.
Feature: 2011 Wine in Context: Your Turn (29/12/11) Your favourite wine moments.
Tasting: Ten Years On: The 2001 Vintage Part 2 (28/12/11) Germany & Spain.
Tasting: Ten Years On: The 2001 Vintage Part 1 (27/12/11) France & Italy.
Feature: 2011 Wine in Context Awards: Wines That Mattered (23/12/11)
Feature: 2011 Wine in Context Awards: Tasting of the Year (22/12/11)
Feature: 2011 Wine in Context Awards: Visit of the Year (21/12/11)
Feature: 2011 Wine in Context Awards (20/12/11)
WotW: Château Léoville-Poyferré 1986 (19/12/11)
Feature: 2011 Label Quiz: The Answers (16/12/11)
Tasting: New Releases from Zoltán Demeter (15/12/11) Six great wines.
Tasting: Fifteen Years On: The 1996 Vintage Part 2 (14/12/11) The red wines.
Tasting: Fifteen Years On: The 1996 Vintage Part 1 (13/12/11) The white wines.
WotW: Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Clisson 2009 (12/12/11)
Update: Château Calon-Ségur (9/12/11) Prominent St Estèphe château.
Wine Guides: Down on the Coast (8/12/11) Going beyond Sangiovese.
Profile: Château de Pez (7/12/11) St Estèphe from the Rouzaud stable.
Feature: 2011 Winedoctor Label Quiz (6/12/11)
WotW: Château Bellerive Quarts de Chaume 1990 (5/12/11)
Wine Books: Reading between the Vines (2/12/11) By Terry Theise.
Update: Château de Fesles (1/12/11) Updated history and opinion.

November

Wine Guides: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (30/11/11) The king of wines.
Tasting: Ancient Vintages from Château de Fesles (29/11/11) 1990 back to 1924.
WotW: Domaine de la Pépière Pépies Bulles NV (28/11/11)
Blog: Points: for the Palate, or the Wine? (25/11/11) More 'pointed' opinion.
Tasting: Sauternes & Barsac 2009 (24/11/11) Some truly great wines here.
Tasting: St Emilion & Pomerol 2009 (23/11/11) A small but inconsistent sample.
Tasting: St Julien & Margaux 2009 (22/11/11) A stunning showing for Poyferré.
WotW: Laurent-Perrier Brut 2002 (21/11/11)
Blog: How did you sleep last night? (18/11/11) Opinion on the use of points.
Tasting: St Estèphe & Pauillac 2009 (17/11/11) Whither Pontet-Canet?
Tasting: Pessac-Léognan 2009 (16/11/11) Domaine de Chevalier: top of the class.
Tasting: Bordeaux 2009 (15/11/11) A rich, fine, velvet-textured vintage.
WotW: Albert Mann Furstentum Gewurztraminer SdGN 1994 (14/11/11)
Blog: Pressure-Sensitive? (11/11/11) Atmospheric pressure and wine.
Update: Pierre Luneau-Papin (10/11/11) Updated text after my recent tasting.
Update: Château La Mission Haut-Brion (9/11/11) Updated text and new images.
Tasting: Pierre Luneau-Papin: 2011 Update (8/11/11) Including two new cuvées.
WotW: François Lamarche Clos de Vougeot 2003 (7/11/11)
Blog: Coming in from the Cold (4/11/11) A new blog.
Update: Château Lafite-Rothschild (3/11/11) Expanded text and new images.
Tasting: The 2010 Vintage, by Prinz von Hessen (2/11/11) I taste three wines.
Update: Castello di Fonterutoli (1/11/11) The wines of the Mazzei family.

October

WotW: Christophe Cordier Morgon Côte du Py Vieilles Vignes 2009 (31/10/11)
Blog: Bordeaux: who are you reading? (28/10/11) An opinion on Bordeaux opinions.
Profile: Frantz Saumon (27/10/11) Super, minerally Montlouis.
Update: Fattoria di Fèlsina (26/10/11) My profile refreshed.
Blog: Another Day, Another Bordeaux (25/10/11) More from Bordeaux.
Blog: No Wine of the Week? (24/10/11) A Loire tasting in Bordeaux.
Blog: Bonnezeaux in Bordeaux (21/10/11) A Loire tasting in Bordeaux.
Update: Château Haut-Brion (20/10/11) A superlative first growth estate.
Tasting: Tasting at Fontodi (19/10/11) Five wines tasted at the estate.
Update: Fontodi (18/10/11) Exquisite expressions of Sangiovese.
WotW: Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2000 (17/10/11)
Blog: Olivier Cousin (14/10/11) Bureaucratic lunacy in the Loire.
Update: Château Bélair-Monange (13/10/11) A Moueix property.
Tasting: Fèlsina & Fonterutoli (12/10/11) A septet of Tuscan wines.
Tasting: Domaine de la Taille aux Loups: 2011 Update (11/10/11) New notes.
WotW: Domaine de la Sénéchalière Nuitage 2009 (10/10/11)
Blog: Censorship by Harassment? (7/10/11) Goodbye, Chinese wine post.
Wine Guides: Brunello di Montalcino (6/10/11) All about Brunello.
Update: Château Lascombes (5/10/11) Updated to reflect new ownership.
Profile: Le Rocher des Violettes (4/10/11) Superb wines from Xavier Weisskopf.
WotW: Vincent Carême Vouvray Sec 2009 (3/10/11)

September

Blog: Bordeaux News (30/9/11) Mauvesin-Barton & Le Pin
Tasting: Sauvignon Blanc Ambassadors 2011 (29/9/11) Four admirable Sauvignons.
Profile: Château La Couspaude (28/9/11) St Emilion in the ripe and modern style.
Profile: Lise et Bertrand Jousset (27/9/11) A source of superb Montlouis.
WotW: Noel Verset Cornas 1997 (26/9/11)
Blog: What makes a good wine website? (23/9/11)
Wine Guides: A Day Out in Chianti Country (22/9/11) Tasting and touring.
Tasting: Loire 2003 (21/9/11) I get my teeth into 17 wines from this vintage.
Report: Loire 2003 (20/9/11) A canicular vintage reviewed.
WotW: Patrick Baudoin Coteaux du Layon Grains Nobles 1999 (19/9/11)
GPS Project: Introduction (16/9/11) News on a new Winedoctor feature.
Wine Guides: Chianti Classico (15/9/11) Italy's most famous wine.
Update: Château Pontet-Canet (14/9/11) Nomblot eggs and more.
Profile: Domaine du Closel (13/9/11) The wines of Evelyne de Jessey-Pontbriand.
WotW: Les Cailloux du Paradis Romorantin 2007 (12/9/11)
Blog: Loire Harvest 2011: News (9/9/11) From Anjou & Saumur.
Tasting: Château du Hureau: 2011 Update (8/9/11) Saumur-Champigny from 2009.
Update: Château Montrose (7/9/11) One of St Estèphe's great estates.
Wine Guides: Tuscany (6/9/11) Italy's most famous wines, in seven instalments.
WotW: Château Climens 1998 (5/9/11)
Blog: Bordeaux: trade down or trade away? (2/9/11)
Tasting: Yannick Amirault: Update, 2010 & 2011 (1/9/11) Wines from 2007 to 2009.

August

Update: Château Labégorce (31/8/11) Reunified by the Perrodo family.
Update: Château Labégorce-Zédé (31/8/11) A now-defunct estate.
Tasting: Loire Valley Fizz 2011 (30/8/11) Vouvray, Montlouis, Saumur & Crémant.
WotW: Marc Pesnot Labouriou 2009 (29/8/11)
Blog: 2008 Bordeaux: Not Another 1982 (26/8/11)
Profile: Château Gombaude Guillot (25/8/11) Biodynamic Pomerol.
Tasting: Frédéric Mabileau: Update, 2010 & 2011 (24/8/11) Seventeen wines.
Tasting: Bordeaux 1994 (23/8/11) An under-rated vintage revisited.
WotW: François Crochet Sancerre Réserve de Marcigoué 2004 (22/8/11)
Blog: The Nonsense of Scores (19/8/11)
Update: Château Lynch-Bages (18/8/11) An expanded profile.
Tasting: Nicolas Joly: 2011 Update (17/8/11) An encounter with the 2009 vintage.
Profile: Château Soucherie (16/8/11) Anjou and Savennières in a modern style.
WotW: Bruno Sergent Ti' Blanc 2007 (15/8/11)
Blog: $15,000 for a Lecture? (12/8/11)
Update: Château Lilian Ladouys (11/8/11) A Lorenzetti estate.
Tasting: Wines of Italy, by Cozzi & Boffa (10/8/11) Italy's grand diversity.
Update: Chapoutier (9/8/11) A brand new profile for this leading Rhône négociant.
WotW: Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet S&M s/l Clos des Briords 2009 (8/8/11)
Blog: Random Bottles from Italy (5/8/11) Tuscany, Umbria & more.
Tasting: Chapoutier Portfolio Tasting, 2011 (4/8/11) More from Chapoutier.
Update: Château La Pointe (3/8/11) An estate undergoing a Generali revitalisation.
Tasting: Chapoutier Sélections Parcellaires, 2011 (2/8/11) Chapoutier's top wines.
WotW: Tenuta Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Vermentino 2010 (1/8/11)

July

Wine & Dine: Greywalls (29/7/11) A grand version of the 19th hole.
Profile: Château L'Église-Clinet (28/7/11) Top-flight Pomerol from Denis Durantou.
Tasting: Domaine Mosse: 2011 Update (27/7/11) The latest releases.
Tasting: Twenty Years On: The 1991 Vintage (26/7/11) Ten wines tasted.
WotW: Panizzi Vernaccia di San Gimignano Santa Margherita 2009 (25/7/11)
Blog: Thank you, Philippe Vatan (1/7/11) Last post before my summer break.

A record of earlier updates made during 2011 is available.