Right before the Bordeaux En Primeurs Tasting Week, Château Gruaud Larose held its annual clinic in one of the most peaceful place in the world: Gruaud Larose’s cellars. Every year, the clinics provide owners of Gruaud Larose wines, the opportunity to have their wines assessed by Philippe Carmagnac, Gruaud Larose’s winemaker. In 2011, Jean Merlaut, the owner of Château Gruaud Larose, took this opportunity to focus more specifically on vintages ending in ‘1’ from 2001 down to 1831. This year, Château Gruaud Larose was honoured to include the following persons in its clinic committee:
– Ch’ng Poh Tiong, Wine Review, Decanter Watch the video “2001…1831: US Version“ Watch the video “2001…1831: Japanese Version” Watch the video “2001…1831: Chinese Version“ Watch the video “2001…1831: Version Française” “This annual clinic is a great moment for Château Gruaud Larose” said Jean Merlaut. “Every year, we write additional tasting comments in our historical books which reveal precious informations about each vintage at harvest time. Going back to 1831 is necessary because we have an increasing demand for the last few years, more specifically from Asia, to give recent tasting comments on very old vintages from Gruaud Larose.”
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– Tomoko Inoue, Winart
– Bernard Burtschy , Figaro
– Jeannie Cho Lee, First Asian MW
– Neal Martin, wine critics who collaborates with Robert Parker
– Ian d’Agata, wine journalist who collaborates with Stephen Tanzer
– Eric Boissenot, Oenologist Consultant
VIDEO: Leading International Wine Experts comment a Vertical Tasting from 2001 down to 1831 at Château Gruaud Larose
