Decanter Bordeaux 2020 en primeur wines: What to expect
Jane Anson reveals the style of the Bordeaux 2020 vintage, the best-performing appellations and châteaux to look out for in this sneak preview ahead of her full verdict on the wines - as the first en primeur releases begin to emerge.
Look out for our individual appellation reports and wines this week.
For the second year running, this was an unusual en primeur season, where very few external tasters were able to get to Bordeaux.
But unlike last year’s 2019 vintage, which was tasted almost entirely from my kitchen table, I was able to visit a large number of properties for this campaign (with full precautions in place – Ducru-Beaucaillou, for example, was using medical-grade techniques to disinfect between each visitor).
Bordeaux Battle Royal: Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Sold for €75M
A young vintner and a cosmetics executive won the property after a surprising bureaucratic struggle between three parties representing some of St.-Emilion s biggest names From left: Claire, Prisca, Jenna and Virginie Courtin-Clarins (Larry Busacca/Getty Images) By Apr 8, 2021
It was a sale that had all of St.-Emilion paying attention. After weeks of regulatory holdups, Josephine Duffau-Lagarrosse and Prisca Courtin-Clarins, representing her family, have acquired Château Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse, a Premier Grand Cru Classé, after the deal was approved by SAFER, the French land management agency, for €75 million (about $89 million).