Bordeaux 2021 – whites

Jancis writes There is no doubt, as I pointed out on our Members’ forum, that 2021 is a white-wine vintage in Bordeaux.

In general the dry whites are brilliantly crisp, aromatic and well defined with quite enough fruit, while the sweet whites are some of the best ever, albeit most of them produced in catastrophically tiny quantities.

Every year the talented Axel Marchal of the ISVV prepares with his colleagues a detailed vintage report that nicely complements that...