Chris Kissack
@chriswinedoctor.bsky.social
Creator, reviewer, writer and chief bottle washer at Winedoctor. Has been to Bordeaux and the Loire a few times.
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I make it to Haut-Bailly! I taste more 2023s! I write notes! And then I move on! My 2023 Odyssey continues. I just hope I don’t meet Polyphemus or the sirens along the way. Full report on Winedoctor in January. #hautbailly #pessacleognan #graves #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I make it to Haut-Bailly! I taste more 2023s! I write notes! And then I move on! My 2023 Odyssey continues. I just hope I don’t meet Polyphemus or the sirens along the way. Full report on Winedoctor in January. #hautbailly #pessacleognan #graves #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
Feeling browned off by Bordeaux prices? Don’t be! You can find very good wines at fair prices. Like Château Brown, for starts. #brown #chateaubrown #pessacleognan #graves #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Feeling browned off by Bordeaux prices? Don’t be! You can find very good wines at fair prices. Like Château Brown, for starts. #brown #chateaubrown #pessacleognan #graves #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Carmes down Chris. It’s just a bottle (or two) of wine! I check in on Les Carmes Haut-Brion. #lescarmeshautbrion #pessacleognan #graves #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Carmes down Chris. It’s just a bottle (or two) of wine! I check in on Les Carmes Haut-Brion. #lescarmeshautbrion #pessacleognan #graves #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
Great to catch sight of the new label for the 2023 Mouton-Rothschild. Brings back nice memories of being at the revealing event and dinner last year. This year the label is by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. #moutonrothschild #bdx2023 #artandwine #joanavasconcelos #art #bordeaux #wine
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great to catch sight of the new label for the 2023 Mouton-Rothschild. Brings back nice memories of being at the revealing event and dinner last year. This year the label is by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. #moutonrothschild #bdx2023 #artandwine #joanavasconcelos #art #bordeaux #wine
I ain’t missin’ ma d’Issan, baby. More 2023s. Full report on Winedoctor in January 2026. Don’t forget the 25th anniversary discount code! #margaux #issan #chateaudissan #bordeaux #bdx2023
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I ain’t missin’ ma d’Issan, baby. More 2023s. Full report on Winedoctor in January 2026. Don’t forget the 25th anniversary discount code! #margaux #issan #chateaudissan #bordeaux #bdx2023
Can’t come to Margaux without…… well, you fill in the rest. #margaux #chateaumargaux #pavillonrouge #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Can’t come to Margaux without…… well, you fill in the rest. #margaux #chateaumargaux #pavillonrouge #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Exciting to call in at Lascombes to taste their 2023s. Very different style here these days! Full report on all my 2023 tastings on Winedoctor in January, by the way. #lascombes #margaux #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Exciting to call in at Lascombes to taste their 2023s. Very different style here these days! Full report on all my 2023 tastings on Winedoctor in January, by the way. #lascombes #margaux #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Continuing my 2023 tastings in St Julien, with the Cuvelier Family’s wines. #leovillepoyferre #moulinriche #lecrock #stjulien #stestephe #bordeaux #wine
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Continuing my 2023 tastings in St Julien, with the Cuvelier Family’s wines. #leovillepoyferre #moulinriche #lecrock #stjulien #stestephe #bordeaux #wine
This is the kind of ‘orange wine’ I like! Happy to call in to Ducru-Beaucaillou to taste the 2023 vintage. Full report on the 2023s on Winedoctor in January. #ducrubeaucaillou #stjulien #bordeaux #wine
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is the kind of ‘orange wine’ I like! Happy to call in to Ducru-Beaucaillou to taste the 2023 vintage. Full report on the 2023s on Winedoctor in January. #ducrubeaucaillou #stjulien #bordeaux #wine
Smart line-up at Mouton-Rothschild for my 2023 tasting at the château, with Petit Mouton, d’Armailhac & Clerc-Milon alongside. Rumours that we also tasted 1945 Mouton Cadet are unfounded. #mouton #moutonrothschild #petitmouton #darmailhac #clercmilon #pauillac #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Smart line-up at Mouton-Rothschild for my 2023 tasting at the château, with Petit Mouton, d’Armailhac & Clerc-Milon alongside. Rumours that we also tasted 1945 Mouton Cadet are unfounded. #mouton #moutonrothschild #petitmouton #darmailhac #clercmilon #pauillac #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Can’t pass up the opportunity to walk across the road after my tasting at Pichon-Baron to Pichon-Comtesse. Tasted the 2023 vintage here too. #pichoncomtesse #pichonlalande #pauillac #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Can’t pass up the opportunity to walk across the road after my tasting at Pichon-Baron to Pichon-Comtesse. Tasted the 2023 vintage here too. #pichoncomtesse #pichonlalande #pauillac #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Great to check out the full range of dry whites from Château Suduiraut, my latest 2023 tasting. #suduiraut #chateausuduiraut #bordeauxblanc #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Great to check out the full range of dry whites from Château Suduiraut, my latest 2023 tasting. #suduiraut #chateausuduiraut #bordeauxblanc #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Stopped off at Lynch-Bages to meet Jean-Charles Cazes and team, and to taste the 2023 Lynch-Bages and 2023 Haut-Batailley, and their second wines. #lynchbages #hautbatailly #pauillac #bordeaux #wine #bdx2023
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Stopped off at Lynch-Bages to meet Jean-Charles Cazes and team, and to taste the 2023 Lynch-Bages and 2023 Haut-Batailley, and their second wines. #lynchbages #hautbatailly #pauillac #bordeaux #wine #bdx2023
Popped into Carrefour to buy a little fougasse for lunch. Managed to resist the temptation to pick up a bottle of Pisse-Dru. #beaujolais #beaujolaisnouveau #pissedru #wine
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Popped into Carrefour to buy a little fougasse for lunch. Managed to resist the temptation to pick up a bottle of Pisse-Dru. #beaujolais #beaujolaisnouveau #pissedru #wine
A little detour down the road (a whole 3 km!!) to St Julien for the 2023 wines of Domaines Delon. Now back to Pauillac. #leovillelascases #closdumarquis #stjulien #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A little detour down the road (a whole 3 km!!) to St Julien for the 2023 wines of Domaines Delon. Now back to Pauillac. #leovillelascases #closdumarquis #stjulien #bordeaux #bdx2023 #wine
Complete tasting of the Castéja family’s left-bank range including Batailley and Lynch-Moussas. #lynchmoussas #batailley #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Complete tasting of the Castéja family’s left-bank range including Batailley and Lynch-Moussas. #lynchmoussas #batailley #bdx2023 #bordeaux #wine
Short but enjoyable visit to Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Checked out the newly completed cellars before tasting the 2023s. #grandpuylacoste #pauillac #bordeaux #wine #bdx2023
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Short but enjoyable visit to Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Checked out the newly completed cellars before tasting the 2023s. #grandpuylacoste #pauillac #bordeaux #wine #bdx2023
Landed in Bordeaux. More rain than I left behind in Edinburgh. Pictured, grey skies over Rauzan-Gassies and Marquis de Terme. Yes I’m staying in Margaux for a day or two. #rauzangassies #marquisdeterme #margaux #bordeaux #wine
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Landed in Bordeaux. More rain than I left behind in Edinburgh. Pictured, grey skies over Rauzan-Gassies and Marquis de Terme. Yes I’m staying in Margaux for a day or two. #rauzangassies #marquisdeterme #margaux #bordeaux #wine
Topping up the Chenin levels before I head to Bordeaux. #francoispinon #bernardbaudry #vouvray #chinon #chinonblanc #lacroixboissee #cheninblanc #chenin #wine
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Topping up the Chenin levels before I head to Bordeaux. #francoispinon #bernardbaudry #vouvray #chinon #chinonblanc #lacroixboissee #cheninblanc #chenin #wine
Looking good; the 2015 L’Echelier Blanc from Roches Neuves - another one for my forthcoming 2015 at Ten Years report. #loire2015 #saumur #saumurblanc #chenin #cheninblanc #rochesneuves #wine
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Looking good; the 2015 L’Echelier Blanc from Roches Neuves - another one for my forthcoming 2015 at Ten Years report. #loire2015 #saumur #saumurblanc #chenin #cheninblanc #rochesneuves #wine
In the glass tonight, with roast duck. Will it have absorbed the oak it displayed in its youth? Only one way to find out. Will add my note to my upcoming 2015 Loire at Ten Years report (coming soon….ish). #bourgueil #closnouveau #cabernetfranc #loire #belair #domainedubelair #wine
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In the glass tonight, with roast duck. Will it have absorbed the oak it displayed in its youth? Only one way to find out. Will add my note to my upcoming 2015 Loire at Ten Years report (coming soon….ish). #bourgueil #closnouveau #cabernetfranc #loire #belair #domainedubelair #wine
Back to the 2015 vintage in the Loire tonight, with this truly remarkable example of Quarts de Chaume from the Ogereau family. Their first vintage; and yet entirely classic. #ogereau #cheninblanc #quartsdechaume #anjou #wine
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Back to the 2015 vintage in the Loire tonight, with this truly remarkable example of Quarts de Chaume from the Ogereau family. Their first vintage; and yet entirely classic. #ogereau #cheninblanc #quartsdechaume #anjou #wine