Alastair Pyatt’s final blog from the 2011 Bordeaux En Primeur Tasting. Our fourth and final day saw us up at the crack of dawn to make the hour or so drive across the river to the right bank appellations of St Emilion and Pomerol with their clay soils, merlot dominated wines and achingly beautiful landscapes [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. My my my today was a day to knock the socks off even the most jaded wine professional – the third day in Bordeaux started rather inauspiciously with a trip out to the back and beyond of the Medoc and the rather obscure Chateau d’Arsac. For the un-initiated (which until about 8 [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. Up at 7 this morning for a hearty breakfast of croissants, pain au chocolat, fruit and enough coffee to see us through the day and soon we were heading through the city centre, past the urban sprawl and out towards the gravel outcrops and perfect symmetry of Bordeaux’s much fabled vineyard. First [...]
By Alastair Pyatt. Well, here we are in elegant and ever so-chic Bordeaux (finally) after spending not a small amount of time sitting on the tarmac at Gatwick, thanks to those pesky scamps at French Air Traffic control mostly being on strike. After our chairman, head of purchasing and sales director got some inevitable shut [...]
By Jack Scott Having heard all about the fall in production of the Languedoc and the gobbling up of 15% of the Languedoc’s production by the Chinese, David Round MW, James Fleetwood Mac and I prepared our palates with Côte de Boeuf the night before setting about the mission of blending this year’s House Wines [...]
We are continually grateful for your demonstration of trust in us by making Jascots your wine merchant of choice. As the year comes to an end and we look back, we think of all the orders made, bottles delivered and customers satisfied. Thank you for allowing us to be part of that. From everyone at [...]
Hot on the heels of the rave review of our very own André Roger Vieilles Vignes, Jancis Robinson MW has also written glowing tasting notes for the small selection of our wines which she recently tasted. You can find the full report on www.jancisrobinson.com, but we have listed the tasting notes below. White: Jean-Marie Haag [...]
Today was a great day for David. Summoned to the mighty City Law Firm, Pinsent Masons, and ISS Food & Hospitality to put up our Champagnes against their incumbent ‘House Selected Champagnes’, Goliathan Mumm Cordon Rouge & Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, I sent in our champions including Gaston ‘Delboy’ Dericbourg Cuvee de Reserve, Champagne Palmer, [...]