THEY WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THE STARS OF 2016.
A few weeks ago, we wrote about Château Ormes de Pez 2016 — the Cru Bourgeois that, at the annual Southwold blind tasting attended by our co-founder Mark Andrew, outperformed the vast majority of Bordeaux’s established elite.
Our allocation disappeared almost immediately.
If you missed out, this is a second chance — and a better one.
Because Ormes de Pez wasn’t the only underdog that stunned the room.
While it was one of the revelations of the Left Bank, over on the Right Bank another modestly priced wine was outperforming far more exalted company. Château Montlandrie 2016, from the late Denis Durantou of Château l’Église-Clinet, sits just beyond the Pomerol border in Castillon. In the glass, though, it belonged among much grander names — a wine of richness and energy that embarrassed bottles costing many times the price.
Then there was Sauternes.
At a tasting filled with legendary sweet wines, Château Suduiraut 2016 emerged as one of the wines of the entire vintage — a breathtaking Sauternes that many tasters preferred even to Château d’Yquem itself.
Three wines. Three outsiders. Three bottles that exposed just how unreliable reputation and price can be in Bordeaux.
Together, they were among the standout wines of the Southwold tasting, and now — with a decade of bottle age behind them — they are entering a glorious drinking window.
We’ve brought them together in a limited-edition three-pack showcasing the best-value wines of the 2016 vintage.
Available now, while stocks last.
