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Summary

Goats, amphorae, Whatsapp, wine aged in space, terroir, bats, non-fungible tokens and sexual confusion all crop up as we look beyond the Bordeaux stereotypes in a sponsored episode with the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB).

Sharing their expert views with us on the latest goings-on in the region are Bordeaux-based writer and critic Jane Anson (author of Inside Bordeaux) and Yann Todeschini of Château Mangot in St Emilion.

We discuss everything from sales to sustainability via soils, biodynamics, biodiversity (including why Châteaux Cheval Blanc and Lafite are ripping up vines to plant trees), orange wine, en primeur, the 2019 vs the 2020 vintage and experimental new grape varieties. And there are plenty of top tips along the way for wines and producers that challenge preconceptions. 

Running Order

• How Leoville-Barton 96 helped us get married: 0.12
• A Bordeaux mini-series with the CIVB: 1.20
• On Jane Anson’s Inside Bordeaux: 4.20
• Pop quiz on Bordeaux facts & figures: 5.43
• On Bordeaux’s unique sales system: 12.00
• The new ‘climate change’ grape varieties: 14.06
• Jane Anson interview: 16.09
• Chateau Franc-Baudron 2015: 41.34
• Sustainability in Bordeaux: 43.24
• Yann Todeschini interview: 46.24

Starring

• Jane Anson – here she is on space-aged Petrus in Decanter
• Yann Todeschini of Château Mangot in St Emilion
• Susie & Peter

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