Jean-Claude Berrouet, ex-winemaker at Château Petrus in Pomerol, one of Bordeaux’ most expensive wines, writes critically about the primeur releases in Bordeaux. “The Primeurs” are presented each year in March after the vintage to a great hullabaloo of wine merchants and journalists who gather in hundreds if not thousands in Bordeaux for the event. Berrouet says that it is unreasonable to judge the wines “in a moment of madness” and that the wines have become more of a financial speculation item than a drink. Read more: decanter.com
