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