Pierre Graffeuille is the director of second-growth Chateau Leoville Las Cases in Saint-Julien. James had a tasting session over Zoom with Graffeuille on June 1, and found his 2019 wine to be powerful yet polished, structured and brimming with fresh fruit. You can watch some highlights of the Zoom session below. The most interesting comments came when Graffeuille compared 2019 to 2018 and gave his thoughts on the lower alcohol levels of 2019.
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
TASTING CHATEAU LEOVILLE-LAS CASES GRAND VIN DE LEOVILLE 2019
HOW DOES THE 2019 COMPARE TO THE 2018?
[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING WITH CHRISTIAN SEELY OF AXA MILLESIMES
[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING WITH PIERRE GRAFFEUILLE OF LEOVILLE LAS CASES
[VIDEO] ZOOM TASTING SESSION WITH PHILIPPE BASCAULES OF CHATEAU MARGAUX
[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