HOW GOOD IS BORDEAUX 2020? MICHEL ROLLAND AND JAMES SUCKLING DISCUSS THE EN PRIMEURS

On April 8 James spoke with Michel Rolland to discuss the quality of the 2020 vintage in Bordeaux. James is currently tasting hundreds of the 2020 wines, all of which have been flown into Hong Kong from France. This is the second year James has tasted barrel samples from Bordeaux in Hong Kong due to the COVID pandemic instead of being in France. The 2020 vintage is already looking like an excellent one and compares favorably to 2019 and 2018.“We have a reputation in Bordeaux to say the last vintage is the best one,” said Rolland by Zoom from his laboratory in Pomerol. "But we did 2018, 2019 and now 2020 … after we did our tastings in the Spring I can say it is a really great vintage. It is different than 2019 with more freshness, more tension, more balance. It’s a good one. May be a bit less powerful than 2019 but it made really great wine. I think that we can call it a trilogy now [three consecutive high quality vintages: 2018, 2019 and 2020].”Watch the video at https://www.jamessuckling.com/videos/good-bordeaux-2020-michel-rolland-james-suckling-discuss-en-primeurs/