2021 Bordeaux is a winemaker’s vintage. Nothing was easy. Rain, frosts, hail, more rain, not enough sun, and rot started off the year. But thanks to the Indian Summer, producers were able to make some very good wines. This article focuses on the difficult growing season.
2021 Bordeaux is not an easy vintage to handicap. I spent 3 weeks tasting over 700 wines to find the gems of the vintage. If you are a fan of classic Bordeaux, like lower alcohol wines, and enjoy more crisp red fruits with savory touches, you are going to like a lot of these wines.
2019 Bordeaux deserves a place as one of the best vintages of all time! There are numerous wines worth tasting, owning, cellaring in every appellation and price point. The best wines offer rich, sensuous textures, ripe, opulent fruits and freshness, and while many can be enjoyed young. they can also age for decades. Plus, many of the wines remain well-priced!
2019 is a spectacular vintage. The wines have fabulous character. Opulent in nature, yet, fresh, age-worthy, stylish and rich, this is a vintage fans of Pauillac need to take a serious look at.
2019 is a near-perfect vintage for Saint Estephe. From top to bottom you find superb wines with concentration, character, balance, style and the ability to age and evolve.
20189Saint Julien is one of the top appellations of the 2019 vintage. Every vineyard and producer managed to release exceptional wines of character with the ability to age and evolve for decades! Not quite as dense or opulent as 2018, but with more lift and energy, fans of Left Bank Bordeaux need to cellar some of these gems!