MAITRE DE CAVE

a wineblog, but not only

Our wineblog is dedicated to amateurs, explorers, and connoisseurs of wine. Join us to enjoy the wine and cuisine from cutting edge dining experiences, the conviviality of wine events and the focus of critical tastings, and the beauty and pleasure of the exciting destinations we investigate. Welcome on board.

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By Maitre de Cave

When an American sommelier and a French enologist share their wine passion

also their passion and interest for culture and gastronomy, so many comments may pop out ! Time for us to share our experiences .

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Robert Lawrence Stepek is a cosmopolitan, North American Sommelier-Consultant with more than 45 years of critiquing wines as an importer, retail and restaurant manager, and Cellar Master. Robert Lawrence guides you through the olfactive, gustative, and tactile universe of wines.

Marie Pull is a Languedocian globetrotter as well as an Oenologist and webmarketer. Marie has been a winemaker and worked in oenotourism as both a project manager and a Community Manager. She is happy to share her winery experience and technical information regarding wines, viticulture, biodiversity, wine-industry revelations and innovations, and leading edge internet marketing including web3 creativity.

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Exceptional Bordeaux Primeurs 2023

Jun,3, 2024 | 7.Tasting notes, 8.Wine events and discoveries, Other

The wines included on our list of exceptional wines are divided equally among Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominance and Left Bank and Right Bank production. We would recommend reading through all the tasting notes available to you on the 2023 vintage and make any decisions based on that research. Quality, as well as inferiority, were spread evenly throughout the vineyards of Bordeaux in 2023.

Exceptional Wines Bordeaux Primeurs 2023

May,28, 2024 | 7.Tasting notes, 8.Wine events and discoveries, Other

We tasted almost the same number of wines that we tasted last year, and the average score is approximately the same. So, neither of the variables, quantity of wines tasted and average score, impacted the results from the 2023 vintage. The reason there are so many more Exceptional Wines is that the 2023 vintage is significantly better than the 2022. The best wines in 2023 are better, achieved higher scores, than the wines in 2022, and there are more wines that achieved an exceptional level of quality.