James is currently making his way through hundreds of wines from the 2018 Bordeaux vintage and recently conducted his first 2018 Bordeaux Zoom tasting with Veronique Sanders, managing director of Chateau Haut-Bailly. They tasted three 2018 wines from the small jewel of a wine estate located in Bordeaux’s Pessac-Leognan, that is ranked among the crus classes for red wine.
During the tasting James, along with JamesSuckling.com Assistant Editor Claire Nesbitt, discussed with Veronique the quality of the 2018, and talked about how it compares to other vintages. James is impressed with the beauty and relative drinkability of the 2018 Bordeaux so far. The balance of fruit to the powerful tannins in the 2018s is impressive and something he noted when he rated the wines from barrel in Spring 2019.
Watch the video for the full conversation, and read our Weekly Tasting Report to read about more French wines from the 2018 vintage.
Below are the wines that were tasted during the call. Click the links to see the tasting notes and scores (subscribers only).
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY PESSAC-LÉOGNAN 2018
HAUT-BAILLY.II PESSAC-LÉOGNAN 2018
CHÂTEAU LE PAPE PESSAC-LÉOGNAN 2018
