Penfolds Bordeaux Collection – 2022 Release The new French venture, in partnership with Dourthe, is particularly enlightened. Matthieu Chadronnier, managing director of negociant company CVBG Dourthe, is one of the most knowledgeable and enthusiastic supporters of the ‘Beyond Bordeaux’ category, which is making significant inroads into this very specialised and extraordinary fine wine distribution channel. Bordeaux wine merchants are massively effective and reach parts of the world of fine wine that many New World wine producers have been unable to crack. The promising Dourthe Penfolds collaboration takes the Beyond Bordeaux category to a new level. It is now 72 years since Max Schubert visited the region and imagined Grange. But now, generational ambitions are on an equal footing. This joint project is a team effort between Emma Wood and Dourthe’s Frederic Bonnaffous, both highly skilled winemakers, each bringing different perspectives. On the one side there is an ambition to amplify the Penfolds aesthetic, and on the other an aspiration to bring out the best of Dourthe’s terroirs in
Emma Wood
The Vintage Journal – Verticals
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