{"id":7504,"date":"2013-06-18T18:23:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2013-06-18T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:23:24","slug":"in-bordeaux-for-vinexpo-some-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/bordeaux\/in-bordeaux-for-vinexpo-some-highlights","title":{"rendered":"In Bordeaux for Vinexpo, some highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just on my way home from Bordeaux, and a quick one-night stay for Vinexpo, the huge bi-annual wine trade fair.<\/p>\n

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These Castel girls were unloading a palette of gift bags every few hours, which – inexplicably – punters seemed keen to snaffle. But what was in them worth snaffling?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The scale of Vinexpo, with it’s multitiered stands and kilometre long exhibition hall, is quite daunting. It’s not really a place for journalists to come to taste wine; it’s more about doing business.<\/p>\n

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I was here to present a masterclass on Loire Sauvignon. I can’t comment on my own performance, but the wines that were on show – 14 of them – were really good, and showed just how high-quality and diverse Loire Sauvignon is these days.<\/p>\n

I also spent some time tasting wines – mainly Portuguese and Austrian.<\/p>\n

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An impressive Blaufrankisch from Weninger. Just beautiful: rich yet quite\u00a0elegant.<\/p>\n

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A new producer to me: Malat from the Kremstal. Amazing freshness and precision in the wines.<\/p>\n

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The wines of J Reinisch, from the Thermenregion, were a nice surprise. Loved this Northern Rhone-style St Laurent. Striking stuff.<\/p>\n

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Tried through a large range of sweet wines from Tschida. This was the best: just beautiful complexity and balance. Remarkable.<\/p>\n

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Great German Riesling: such pure wines from Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau.<\/p>\n

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A really great wine from Joao Portugal\u00a0Ramos. Ripe but very fresh, with great\u00a0definition. This is seriously good.<\/p>\n

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Also from JPR, this Foz d’Arouce Vinas Velhas\u00a02009 is a remarkable Baga. A paradox of a wine: ripe, sweet fruit, but also amazing structure and precision.<\/p>\n

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I’d never tried the wines of Pocas before, so I put that right today. This, their Simbolo 2010, is really striking. It’s quite\u00a0savoury, with a bit of sternness, but there’s good fruit here too. It’s a proper wine, I reckon, and could age well.<\/p>\n

And, finally, last night I dined at Brasserie Bordelaise<\/a>\u00a0with Ben Smith, previously of Enotria, now of Concha y Toro UK, along with a couple of Ben’s colleagues. We had a great time, and ended up in a pub drinking weissbier, served by an Aussie bartender who is related in some way to Amelia Jukes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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