Posts tagged bordeaux 2021
A Big Difference: What’s the Price?
A Big Difference: What’s the Price?

A few years back, I mused about the lingering question that Clyde would often ask of châteaux representatives, sometimes up front, sometimes after a sip—“so…what’s the price?” It is a good question, something that is perhaps more apropos than ever. But it feels more poignant now for a much different reason. My last trip with Clyde would have been back in 2019, when it looked like “up” was the only direction for a 2018 vintage that provided a lot of upside, but existed in a world that seems so far away from today. Now inflation, a pandemic, and supply chain issues put an immense amount of pressure on every part of the equation, and no one knows where prices will go.

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Bordeaux, FranceRyan MosesK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, bordeaux, bordeaux 2021, en primeur 2021, ryan moses, wine travel, wine business, wine industry
Some Perspective: 2021 and Beyond, Right Bank
Some Perspective: 2021 and Beyond, Right Bank

Today was the first major tasting day in Bordeaux for the K&L team, and it provided the kind of perspective that adds so much value to this kind of trip. Although Merlot was a big problem in the Right Bank for the ’21s due to mildew and frost, there is a huge variation in how these calamities affected any given winery… it hardly begins to tell the story.

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France, BordeauxRyan MosesK&L Wine Merchantsklwines, bordeaux, en primeur 2021, bordeaux 2021, right bank, conseillante, cheval blanc, figeac