Jancis writes This collection of 77 wines reviewed is a bit of a mixed bag. It comprises the 30 2020s I tasted at a recent presentation of crus bourgeois in London and 46 wines that James Lawther MW cleverly picked out at tastings put on recently in Bordeaux by négociants Dourthe and Joanne to fill the most...
More bordeaux 2020s in bottle
Monday 19 December 2022
A supplement to our earlier reports on Bordeaux 2020 crus classés in bottle, both left bank reds and whites and right bank reds. Some gaps filled. Above, Ch Le Boscq in St-Estèphe. See also this guide to our coverage of Bordeaux 2020.
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