Bordeaux 2018 Primeurs: The Rest of the Right
In this final right-bank instalment of my 2018 Bordeaux primeurs report I bring together all my remaining tasting notes from this side of the Gironde. This includes wines from Fronsac, the Côtes de Bordeaux appellations including Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux and Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, as well as the St Emilion and Pomerol satellites. I also include here wines with the generic Bordeaux appellation made on the right bank, such as Château Grand Village from the Guinaudeau family, and of course the various white wines which also have this appellation, such as Le Nardian from Jonathan Maltus.
In addition, I have decided to also include here any tasting notes I have from the expanse of vineyards that cover the isthmus of land between the Dordogne and the Gironde. In practice, for the purposes of this vintage, this means just a trio of wines from Château de Reignac, and one example of the Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux appellation, from Château Reynon, which is of course the property of the Dubourdieu family.
This report replaces my old Castillon & Co. reports, as well as (partly, at least) my old generic Bordeaux report, and is intended to facilitate the more rapid publication of my tasting notes (hopefully before all the wines have been released).
The Right Bank Story
It is of course not easy to generalise across such a broad array of styles and appellations, nevertheless some comments can certainly be made. First, though, a few words from those I met during the course of the primeurs tasting week (or in my case, more like two weeks).
