[Video] Zoom Tasting Bordeaux 2019 En Primeur with Château Croix de Labrie

Last week was perhaps the world’s first Bordeaux En Primeur 2019 Zoom tasting! It was certainly the first for James. The samples of Château Croix de Labrie were jet-freighted from Bordeaux and James tasted them a few days later with owners Axelle and Pierre Courdurié. James was impressed with the precision and focus of the wines, both white and red. He was surprised how together the wines were despite only having been in barrel a few months. This, he said, was a good sign for the quality of the fledging vintage. Check out the edited video of the tasting session. There’s lots of good information on the 2019 vintage in general. James was happy to finally taste some 2019s as he has been tasting barrel samples from Bordeaux every year since the 1982 vintage.

To see the barrel scores and read more recent notes, click here. 

This is part of an extensive en primeur tasting campaign being conducted by James, which has already covered 850 wines, with about 200 more to come. The reports are listed below:

Bordeaux en primeur first report: A potentially challenging vintage
Bordeaux en primeur second report: 850 notes and scores
Pricing report: Pontet-Canet’s decision to slash its prices

All our Bordeaux en primeur Zoom tastings:

[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING WITH CHRISTIAN SEELY OF AXA MILLESIMES

[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING WITH PIERRE GRAFFEUILLE OF LEOVILLE LAS CASES