Wednesday 12 August 2009

A Magnificent Collection

Posted by Tom Jenkins, Bordeaux Buyer
As the Bordeaux buyer, I frequently get to drool/ogle over wonderful cellars, which often makes me want to commit numerous deadly sins, however, our latest cellar makes nearly everything before it pale into insignificance. This is vast with a capital V. It's so big that we've had to split it into 13 separate offers; partly for my own sanity and partly to protect our cellar man who is supposed to be recovering from a hernia operation… Everything has been purchased from the domaine and stored with us, so provenance couldn't be better. It's hard to know where to begin really, just about every big name from Bordeaux is in there as well as many more esoteric ones too, there's more Burgundy than you can shake a stick at, Barolo, Port, Champagne and even mature wines from the new world...