The Bordeaux Extravanganza 2023 took place at the Embassy of France in Washington DC and was organized by Calvert and Woodley.
Bordeaux Extravaganza 2023 at the French Embassy
Annette and I were in particular happy to reconnect with:
Damien Barton Sartorius - Owner / Châteaux Léoville Barton, Langoa Barton, and Mauvesin Barton
Julien Noël - Winemaker, Director / Châteaux Chambrun and Moncets
Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Winemaker Julien Noel, Château du Cros, Loupiac, France. See: Tasting Château du Cros and other Petites Bordeaux Wines with Winemaker Julien Noel at Calvert and Woodley in Washington DC, USA
Picture: Wine Lunch at Restaurant Château de la Tour in Cadillac with Catherine Boyer, Château Du Cros, Loupiac. See: Wine Lunch at Restaurant Château de la Tour in Cadillac with Catherine Boyer, Château Du Cros, Loupiac– Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), France
Fabrice Bacquey - Winemaker / Château Phélan Ségur
Tour, Tasting and
Lunch at Château Phélan-Ségur, with General Manager Véronique Dausse and
Winemaker Fabrice Bacquey - Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2019,
France
Pictures: Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Château Phélan-Ségur, with General Manager Véronique Dausse and Winemaker Fabrice Bacquey - Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2019, France
For the last Bordeaux tour by ombiasy WineTours, see: Summary: Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French Gourmet Cuisine - Bordeaux Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours, France
Led by Annette Schiller, the Bordeaux Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours
took place from September 20 - Thursday, September 29, 2022. The group comprised 12 wine lovers including Annette and Christian
Schiller. See: Summary: Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French Gourmet Cuisine - Bordeaux Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours, France
The Wines we Tasted at the Bordeaux Extravanganza 2023
Red Wines
- Barde-Haut - St.-Emilion
- Beaumont - Haut-Médoc
- Beychevelle "Amiral de Beychevelle" - St.-Julien
- Brane-Cantenac "Baron de Brane" - Margaux
- Cap Royal - Bordeaux
- Carlmagnus - Fronsac
- Chambrun - Lalande-de-Pomerol
- Clos Badon - St.-Emilion
- Clos du Roy - Fronsac
- Clos L'Eglise - Pomerol
- D'Issan "Moulin d'Issan" - Bordeaux Supérieur
- D'Issan "Blason d'Issan" - Margaux
- D'Issan - Margaux
- Donjon de Bruignac "Premium" - Bordeaux Supérieur
- Fombrauge - St.-Emilion
- Fonbadet - Pauillac
- Haut-Bailly "HB" - Pessac-Léognan
- Haut Vigneau - Pessac-Léognan
- Lafont Fourcat - Bordeaux
- Lalande-Borie - St.-Julien
- Langoa Barton - St.-Julien
- Larose Trintaudon - Haut-Médoc
- Lascombes - Margaux
- Léoville Barton - St.-Julien
- Les Carmes Haut-Brion "Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion" - Pessac-Léognan
- Les Grands Chenes - Médoc
- Lugaud - Graves
- Marjosse - Bordeaux
- Mauvesin Barton - Moulis-en-Médoc
- Meyney - St.-Estephe
- Moncets - Lalande-de-Pomerol
- Noaillac - Médoc
- Ormes de Pez - St.-Estephe
- Pape Clement - Pessac-Léognan
- Phélan Ségur - St.-Estephe
- Pichon Baron "Les Tourelles de Longueville" - Pauillac
- Poesia - St.-Emilion
- Sansonnet - St.-Emilion
- Vieux Chevrol - Lalande-de-Pomerol
- Vieux Château Saint André - Montagne-St.-Emilion
- Chantegrive "Cuvée Caroline" - Graves
- Doisy Daene - Bordeaux
- Doisy Daene - Sauternes (sweet)
- Haut Vigneau - Pessac-Léognan
- Lespault-Martillac - Pessac-Léognan
- Lynch-Bages "Blanc de Lynch Bages" - Bordeaux
- Martinon - Entre-Deux-Mers
- Petit Vedrines - Sauternes (sweet)
- Suduiraut - Sauternes (sweet)
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