The vintage

2019

Balance, and a fair price

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The 2019 vintage, rated

Balance, and a fair price

In 2026 a bottle from 2019 marks a 7th birthday or anniversary

The vintage

Legendary · 5/5

A warm year with cool nights that kept freshness. Bordeaux 2019 is excellent and balanced, and was released at prices well below the neighbouring vintages. Burgundy 2019 is outstanding, concentrated in red and rich in white. The Rhône is excellent, Barolo 2019 classic and very fine, Tuscany very good, Champagne very good, Germany superb.

What we would buy, and why

A seventh birthday and one of the best-value great years: Bordeaux 2019 offers top quality at sensible prices, and Barolo 2019 will keep for decades. Burgundy 2019 is the connoisseur's choice and priced like it. Any of them will be better still at eighteen.

2019 in the world

In April astronomers published the first image of a black hole, and the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris burned. In July the world marked fifty years since the first Moon landing.

Best bets for 2019

  • Classed-growth Bordeaux 2019 - excellent and fairly priced
  • Barolo 2019 - classic and very fine
  • Red Burgundy 2019 - outstanding and concentrated
  • Northern Rhône 2019 - excellent

How we grade a bottle

Fill level, label, capsule and cork, then provenance. Every bottle is checked by hand by people who have handled thousands of old bottles, and we write down the flaws as well as the good news. What the fill levels mean · How to choose a birth-year wine

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