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UGC 2019s in bottle – left-bank reds

Julia Harding MW & Jancis Robinson

Thursday 9 December 2021

Bordeaux Bordeaux 2019

Ch Siran chartreuse in Margaux

Great quality, likely longevity and relatively good prices. What's not to like? See this guide to our coverage of 2019 bordeaux.

Julia writes As Jancis noted in UGC 2019s in bottle – right-bank reds, this was an exceptional vintage in Bordeaux: no extreme weather events, constrained en primeur tastings, reasonable prices. While Jancis focused on reds from the right bank, plus Margaux and St-Julien on the left, my share of the wines were all on the left bank: Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Listrac, Moulis, St-Estèphe, Pauillac, Graves and Pessac-Léognan.

Jancis also mentions the tannins, and it was both the tannins and...

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