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Discover the vast world of wine with the help of Corney & Barrow! From everyday drinking to en primeur releases of the most sought-after wines on the planet, our team will delve deep into each topic with first-hand accounts, personal anecdotes and lots of humour!
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Bordeaux Unpicked: Mitjavile Family Releases
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Bordeaux can feel formulaic until you encounter the Mitjaviles. In this episode, we dive into the much loved Right Bank wines of François and Louis Mitjavile - Tertre Roteboeuf, Roc de Cambes, and L’Aurage - and the radical philosophy behind them. These are wines of late-picked fruit, haunting aromatics and velvet-textured tannins, built for emotion rather than conformity. Alongside standout 2025 tastings, including a potentially benchmark L’Aurage, we explore why these wines are among Bordeaux’s unmistakable blind-tasting signatures, and why a mature Tertre Roteboeuf can humble the best of them.