Best Médoc & Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac 2020 wines tasted en primeur

Médoc/Haut Médoc/ Moulis and Listrac 2020 Average yields: 40hl/h in AOC Médoc, 35hl/ha in Haut-Médoc 31hl/ha in Moulis and Listrac What you find [subscriber-content]Concentrated flavours, some excellent structured wines, but here you start to also see a few bitter flavours creeping in from either low yields or underripe Cabernets. Careful ageing is going to be needed. As with last year, it’s a little disappointing that there are few standout wines in the Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel category in these appellations. What’s new For the classified wines in these appellations, La Lagune is in its final year of biodynamic conversion, and there are changes at Château Cantemerle with Philippe Dambrine stepping down to be replaced by Laure Canu as estate director (who was previously at Château Angélus). Château d’Agassac was bought by Gérard Jicquel (who also bought Fourcas Dupré last year). The Borie wines in Listrac are no longer bottling under the AOC Listrac and are now all one bottling called Madame de Beaucaillou AOC Haut-Médoc. The estate comments: ‘The wine is and will remain sourced from vineyards owned by the Borie family - currently Cussac and Listrac and a small portion of Moulis - and is vinified by the same technical team as all of the Saint Julian wines including Ducru - but in the cellars of Forcas Borie’. Château Lanessan 2020 is the last vintage with Paz Espejo – shame, as she has done a great job at this property. [breakout] Top picks and value wines: Château La Tour Carnet , Château Potensac , Château Branas Grand Poujeaux, Château Escurac , Château Laujac , Château La Cardonne , Château Caronne Ste-Gemme , Château Saint Paul , Château Sénéjac Château Mauvesin Barton . [/breakout] [/subscriber-content] See the top-scoring Médoc/Haut Médoc/ Moulis and Listrac 2020 en primeur wines [wine-collection] Search all Bordeaux 2020 en primeur ratings published so far Back to the main Bordeaux en primeur page

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