There were one of two nice wines in the first left-bank flight, of Pessac-Léognan reds including, unsurprisingly, Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. The Margaux flight was definitely better than the left-bank average and Château Giscours (pictured above) was the best performer other than the first growths when all tasters’ scores were taken into account. (There was a perceptible quality difference between the...
Bordeaux 2015 ten years on – left-bank reds
Tuesday 25 March 2025
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Completing yesterday’s report on a big blind tasting of 2015 right-bank wines and sweet whites. See this guide for all our coverage of this vintage. Château Giscours, pictured here, was a star performer in this tasting.
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