On Thursday, May 21, James did a Zoom tasting session with Bruno Borie and Pascale Vonderheyden of Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou. The famous St. Julien second-growth winery produces serious wines and James felt the Ducru 2019 is one of the most structured and classic 2019s he has tasted out of the samples tasted so far. James has been tasting 2019 barrel samples from Bordeaux – 800 so far and 200 more to go – that have been sent to him in Hong Kong.

James asked Borie what he thought of the 2019 vintages and how he felt about selling it in the current climate. Check out the two videos below.

The tasting is part of an extensive en primeur tasting campaign being conducted by James. Read the report here, which has already covered 800 wines, with about 200 more to come.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SELLING BORDEAUX 2019 IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BORDEAUX’S 2019 VINTAGE?

More Bordeaux En Primeur Zoom tastings:

[VIDEO] TASTING CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2019 – PHILIPPE DHALLUIN & PHILIPPE SEREYS DE ROTHSCHILD

[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING SESSION WITH VERONIQUE SANDERS OF CHATEAU HAUT-BAILLY

[VIDEO] TASTING 2019 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD WITH ERIC KOHLER

[VIDEO] IN CONVERSATION WITH EMMANUEL CRUSE: COMMENTS ON BLENDING 2019 BORDEAUX

[VIDEO] IN CONVERSATION WITH HUBERT DE BOÜARD – DISCUSSING BORDEAUX 2019 & PRICING

[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING BORDEAUX 2019 EN PRIMEUR WITH CHÂTEAU CROIX DE LABRIE