Bordeaux 2015 Primeurs: Pessac-Léognan Tasting Notes
Before concluding this report, it is only right to draw attention to some wines beyond those of Château Haut-Brion, Château La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Haut-Bailly, and also to make some more general comments on the wines and the style of the vintage in Pessac-Léognan, especially as I haven’t really made any comment on the white wines yet.
First, looking at the red wines, I was hugely impressed by the consistency in Pessac-Léognan in this vintage. After the aforementioned visits, I tasted many of the wines of this appellation in a single sitting, at a wonderful self-pour press tasting hosted by Château Bouscaut where, as was also the case during the 2014 and 2013 vintage primeurs, for much of the time I was the only attendee, providing me with perfectly peaceful tasting conditions. And I found there a huge number of barrel samples of very high quality, with succulent fruit, ripe tannins and fresh acidity. While the wines did not have the mind-blowing voluptuous textures and velvety tannins seen in St Emilion, they were still plainly top quality. Like Pomerol, the reds of Pessac-Léognan are definitely worth looking out for in the 2015 vintage, being just a micro-notch behind St Emilion, and perhaps likely to give some good value. Indeed, in the 2015 vintage, for red wines these are the three most successful regions, by far.
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