Bordeaux 2021 – left-bank reds four years on

This concludes our coverage of this year’s Southwold-on-Thames appraisal of the 2021 vintage. The tasters agreed that this was the least inspiring vintage for red wines since at least 2017. See the Southwold reports on 2021 right-bank reds and the much more inspiring white wines. See also this guide to our coverage of 2021 bordeaux.

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Southwold 2021 bottles at Farr Vintners

In this year’s blind tastings I managed to give my only red-wine score of 18 to a left-bank wine, Château Haut-Brion, a property that was less scathed by the vagaries of the vintage than many others and even managed a decent yield. Several of...