‘ONE OF THE MOST PRECISE VINTAGES WE’VE EVER MADE’: ALEXANDER VAN BEEK OF CHATEAU GISCOURS ON 2019

James talks with Alexander van Beek, the general director of Chateau Giscours, about 2019 in bottle."I think the 19 is a vintage is one of the most precise vintages we've ever made, for different reasons. The first reason is we took a different approach to our work and preparation in the vineyards," he said. "I think we never produced as juicy merlots as we every did ... and one very important element was we started to harvest our vineyards not just by terroir but also by age, meaning that we go through the same parcel in different sequences."Alexander also tells James how the weather affected the vintage, and compares his 2019 releases with the 2018s.