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Mouton Rothschild over the decades
Mouton Rothschild between 1918 and 2018 A tasting full of surprises When I received the list of wines for the tasting, somewhere underground in Zug, it was clear that the 2018 and 1982 vintages were the two blue chips of the tasting. The other wines were 1994, 1987, 1976, 1960, 1952 and 1918. No one would bet a penny on a wine from 1960. We all know that, really. Wine is tasted and then...
Angelus exits the system in withdrawing from the 2022 classification
It's not really a surprise, but it's nevertheless worth noting: Château Angelus is out of the Saint-Emilion classification! A difficult...
Bordeaux 2018 : A Brilliant Message in a Bottle
Bordeaux 2018 Wines Brilliantly Confirm the Praise Received during the Primeurs By browsing through this post, you will visualize the fruit of a...
Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 – What a great vintage !
Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 by yvesbeck.wine The Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 tasting session started on March 6, 2020, for Yves Beck. An “En primeurs”...
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Mouton Rothschild over the decades
Mouton Rothschild between 1918 and 2018 A tasting full of surprises When I received the list of wines for the tasting, somewhere underground in Zug, it was clear that the 2018 and 1982 vintages were the two blue chips of the tasting. The other wines were 1994, 1987, 1976, 1960, 1952 and 1918. No one would bet a penny on a wine from 1960. We all know that, really. Wine is tasted and then...
Angelus exits the system in withdrawing from the 2022 classification
It's not really a surprise, but it's nevertheless worth noting: Château Angelus is out of the Saint-Emilion classification! A difficult...
Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 – What a great vintage !
Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 by yvesbeck.wine The Bordeaux Primeurs 2019 tasting session started on March 6, 2020, for Yves Beck. An “En primeurs”...
Primeurs 2019 : 638 wines tasted and rated by Yves Beck
BORDEAUX PRIMEURS 2019 by yvesbeck.wine The Bordeaux 2019 tasting session started on March 6, 2020, for Yves Beck. An "En primeurs" tasting like...
About Yves Beck
Yves Beck, nicknamed ‘Beckustator’, is Swiss and lives in Twann on the shores of Lake Biel. Born in 1968, the author and wine critic writes for various newspapers and magazines and is very active on social media, particularly on his Beckustator page, which has 65,000 subscribers.
