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After visiting wineries and negocaints in the Medoc, the JJ Buckley team turns towards the communes of St. Emilion, Pomerol and their neighboring villages where merlot is king.

Jean-Pierre Renard teaches wine appreciation and tasting at the Beaune Centre for Continuing Education, the University of Bourgogne and at the "Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne" run by the BIVB (Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne), the entity representing the Bourgogne wine industry. This week JJ Buckley’s Wine Specialist had the distinct pleasure of meeting Jean-Pierre Renard during a seminar conducted at JJ Buckley’s headquarters.

We've been all over, tasted the wines and are compiling our notes. And now the campaign begins!

The first growths are designated so because they are considered to have the best terroirs in the Haut-Medoc. But what happens in the more difficult years? Do the supposedly superior terroirs actually allow the first growths to produce wines better than their neighbors?

This year JJ Buckley decided to take the road less traveled and headed south to Pesssc-Leognan to dig a little deeper into their red and white wines. It was a great plan.