On Wednesday, May 20, James did a Zoom tasting session with Veronique Sanders, managing director of Chateau Haut-Bailly. Located in Bordeaux’s Pessac-Leognan, Haut-Bailly is a small jewel of a wine estate that is ranked among the crus classes for red wine. Their 2019 Bordeaux barrel sample was sent to Hong Kong for James to taste in his wine bar, James Suckling Wine Central. He thought the sample was sensational. Watch some highlights of the Zoom call below.

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

WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF BORDEAUX 2019?

SHOULD THERE BE A BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR CAMPAIGN?

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