Gareth Birchley, Vincenzo Arnese and Arthur Coggill tasted 111 wines, with 10 Excellent and 79 Extremely Beneficial.
St-Emilion and Pomerol 2015: Panel tasting scores
111 wines tasted
Distinctive 0
Excellent 10
Extremely beneficial 79
Beneficial 18
Recommended 4
Entry standards: Producers and UK brokers had been invited to submit their 2015 classic purple Bordeaux grand vins from St-Emilion Grand Cru and Grand Cru Classé, and Pomerol
When you requested the vignerons of Bordeaux to foretell the standard of the 2015 classic earlier than a single bud had even burst, lots of them would have said that greatness was inevitable.
It’s, in fact, purely probability that 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 had been all contenders for the best classic of their respective a long time.
Nonetheless, in 2015, the universe acquiesced and gave the Bordelais a tough however extremely beneficial rising season.
Scroll right down to see notes and scores of the decide of St-Emilion and Pomerol 2015
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St-Emilion and Pomerol 2015 panel tasting scores
Wines had been tasted blind
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The judges
Gareth Birchley is shopping for director at London-based Burns & German Vintners. Arriving in London in 2006, he labored in gross sales and senior shopping for roles at Bordeaux Index and Berry Bros & Rudd, earlier than becoming a member of Burns & German in early 2019
Vincenzo Arnese is director of wine at Raffles London on the OWO. Born in Naples, he labored at high accommodations in Italy, Switzerland and Australia, and later Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester. A DWWA choose, in 2022 he gained the coveted title of Taittinger UK Sommelier of the 12 months
Arthur Coggill is head of enterprise improvement at London-based service provider Hatton & Edwards, having joined in January 2024. Previous to this he was at Goedhuis & Co, the place he labored initially in advantageous wine gross sales earlier than operating its funding fund for eight years, after which shifting into shopping for in 2021
