LEOVILLE LAS CASES’ ANTOINE GIMBERT ON BORDEAUX 2019: ‘EXTREMELY LUSCIOUS’ WINES

Antoine Gimbert, the export director of Domaines Delon and Leoville Las Cases, discusses Bordeaux's 2019 vintage with James.The '19s "already have this appeal that is quite surprising, in fact," Antoine tells James. "So far these wines are extremely luscious but still supplying a great tension and freshness, and a structure that is extremely interesting."Antoine also tells James about how the 2019 growing season affected the vintage, and how the Right Bank wines so wonderfully express their specific terroirs.

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