Bordeaux 2024 – left-bank reds
Tuesday 29 April 2025
• 10 min read
Cabernet Sauvignon takes precedence in this challenging vintage. Above, just-harvested bunches of Cabernet being sorted in the Château Lafite vineyard on 4 October 2024, photographed by Gavin Quinney. See also this guide to our coverage of Bordeaux 2024.
2024, in a way, is a vintage from the past in the Médoc. Forget the ‘solar’ vintages with their power and exuberance that have dominated recent years and step back in time to the 1990s or 1980s and to a more reined-in style with lower alcohol, higher acidity and a fresher aromatic spectrum. Where there’s a difference from the past is...
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