Pessac-Léognan 2017: Top wines re-tasted in the bottle

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Vineyards closest to the city generally escaped the worst of the frost, while others were almost wiped out.Some of the big names, such as Fieuzal, produced nothing at all in 2017. Others, such as Carmes Haut-Brion, showed perfectly how geography played a big part in the year.

The vines for estate’s main wine, all located around the château and close to the city of Bordeaux, were untouched by frost, but those for its second wine, C de Carmes Haut-Brion, sit around one mile away in Léognan and suffered more.

Overall there are some lovely, sculpted wines that have made it into the bottle in this appellation, which will offer good medium-term drinking.

Most will only need another five to eight years in bottle, not the full 10 required in years like 2016.

Look out for: Château Haut-Bailly, Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Domaine de Chevalier

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