A conspicuous handful of producers did not submit their wines for tasting this year. They were the five Médoc first-growths: Châteaus Mouton and Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Margaux and Haut-Brion. Read senior editor James Molesworth's column reflecting on the first-growths' decision.
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