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UGC 2019s in bottle – whites

Picking at Ch Lafaurie Peyraguey, Sauternes

The third and final instalment of our enthusiastic report on a recent tasting of smart bordeaux in London with Julia on the dry wines and Jancis on the sweet. See also our tasting notes on right-bank reds and left-bank reds as well as this guide to our coverage of 2019 bordeaux.

Dry whites

Julia writes In his 2019 Bordeaux weather and harvest report, Gavin Quinney described the dry whites as 'very promising'. The selection below from neighbours Graves and Pessac-Léognan south of the city of Bordeaux seem to be fulfilling that promise even if they are outshone by the...