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| | BORDEAUX / 2020
En Primeur |
| | ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE IN REVIEW |
| | "The most important signature of 2020 is a balance of richness and energy that is highly unusual. The wines sizzle with brightness and mineral-drenched vibrancy. Cold nights at the end of the season were a huge help in that regard. Other winemakers opined that a slightly higher seed count helps explain freshness in the wines. Two thousand twenty is not consistent across the board, so some selection is necessary, but the most successful wines are unquestionably dazzling.
On the Left Bank, many wines are incredibly reticent, certainly much more than we have become accustomed to over the last 10-15 years. I am thinking about wines like Lafite-Rothschild, Margaux, Pichon Comtesse and Leoville Las Cases, all of which are quite classic in feel, with low-ish alcohols and a construction that is more about linearity and persistence rather than volume. Alcohol levels alone never tell the full story, but readers may find interesting to see Lafite at 12.8% and Château Margaux at 13.5%, for example. Interestingly, IPT levels (a measure of phenolic intensity) are pretty high across the board.
Moving over to the Right Bank, Pomerol and Saint-Émilion received far less rain in August than the Médoc, so the vintage is more defined by intense summer heat and lack of rain. Many states on the famed limestone/plateau did exceptionally well. In fact, these are some of the most exciting wines of the vintage, as they offer a breathtaking interplay of fruit richness and saline intensity. I am thinking about wines like Pavie, Clos Fourtet, Canon among others. Many Right Bank reds are defined by feeling of soaring vertical energy that is quite different from the days when opulence ruled above all else. La Conseillante, L’If, Figeac, these are all wines that seem to soar out of the glass and into the sky. Yeah, I know that sounds a bit much, but the wines really do have that shape."
Antonio Galloni, Vinous |
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