Jeff Leve ratings near 99 - Bordeaux 2022 Left bank

Wine	Year	AOC Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) AOC stands for “Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée”. It tells you where the wine comes from, its origin. It also tells you that the wine is made according to the criteria of this AOC.	Class. Classification (Class.) Most of these wines belong to one of the Bordeaux classifications: 1st-5th GCC - The famous 1855 Médoc Grand Cru Classé Classification (61 wines). The list starts with the top 5 of 1st Classed Growths. 1st GCC a & b and GCC - The St-Emilion Premier Grand Crus (class a and class b) and the Grand Cru Classés. CB - The Médoc Cru Bourgeois Classification (1932). Last renewed in 2003 (with at the top the 9 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel followed by the Cru Bourgeois Supérieur classed wines, this 2003 classification is used for the overviews 2004 - 2006). In February 2007 the classification was annuled by the Bordeaux Administrative Appeals Court, and in November 2007 it was decided that the classification would be continued but without the sub-classes at the top. CC Grav. - All Graves wines classified (1959) as Cru Classé de Graves are located in the Pessac-Léognan region (as individual AOC established in 1987).	Size Size in hectares (Size) This column tells you what the size is of the property in hectares (ha). Note that seldomly all land is used to make the first wine of the estate. Most châteaux also make a second and even a third wine on the estate.	WA William Kelley, Wine Advocate (WA) English wine critic, living in France and California, publishing on erobertparker.com, starting with the Bordeaux 2021 vintage. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Since the 2022 vintage Kelley is joined by Yohan Castaign. Yohan is from Bordeaux. The vintages 2017-2020 were rated by Lisa Perrotti-Brown. An asterisk (*) means that it is the best wine from the château that Robert Parker ever tasted as a barrel sample. Not all wines are (already) rated.	JR Jancis Robinson (JR) English wine critic publishing on her website JancisRobinson.com, wines are also often rated by team members like Julia Harding MW and James Lawther MW. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.	TA Tim Atkin (TA) English wine critic publishing on his website TimAtkin.com. Wines are rated on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.	JL Jeff Leve (JL) American wine critic publishing on his website TheWineCellarInsider.com. Wines are rated on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.	De Jane Anson, Decanter (De) English wine magazine. Wines were given 1 to 5 stars, from the 2007 to 2014 vintage the 10 - 20 scale was presented, and since 2015 Jane Anson is using the 100 points scale. Before 2015 the wines were tasted by Steven Spurrier, James Lawther MW and Beverley Blanning MW. Not all wines are (already) rated.	JA Jane Anson (JA) English wine journalist formerly writing for Decanter Magazine and now publishing on her website Inside Bordeaux. She rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Ratings from 2013 and earlier were published on her previous website New Bordeaux. Not all wines are (already) rated.	PW Perswijn (PW) Dutch wine magazine. Wines are tasted by Ronald de Groot and are given 1 to 5 stars. Not all wines are (already) rated.	CK Chris Kissack (CK) English wine critic, publishing on Winedoctor. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.	Price Consumer price in euro (Price) The price shown is the average initial consumer "en primeur" price with tax included. Use it as a guideline, as an indication to assess the prices that you encounter.	+/– Price change percentage (+/–) This column compares the initial consumer price of the displayed year with the consumer price of the preceding year. If both consumer prices are known, a percentage is shown for the price increase (+) or price drop (–).
Ducru-Beaucaillou (buy)	2022	St-Julien	2nd GCC	55	94-96	·	17.5+	96	·	·	·	98-100	97	·	98	·	95-97	·	·
Smith Haut Lafitte (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	45	94-95	·	18	96	·	·	·	98-100	97	·	·	·	97-100	€ 161	+25%
Haut-Bailly (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	32	94-96	·	17	95	·	·	·	98-100	96	·	97	·	96-98	€ 170	+25%
Montrose (buy)	2022	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	68	99-100	·	18+	96	·	·	·	98-100	97	·	97	19½	97-100	€ 204	+27%
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse (buy)	2022	Pauillac	2nd GCC	85	97-99	·	17.5+	·	·	·	·	98-100	98	·	98	·	97-100	€ 243	+29%
Cos d'Estournel (buy)	2022	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	64	93-95	·	18	·	·	·	·	98-100	97	·	97	·	96-98	€ 263	+29%
Léoville-Las-Cases (buy)	2022	St-Julien	2nd GCC	97	98-100	·	18+	97	·	·	·	98-100	99	·	97	·	97-100	€ 328	+36%
Haut-Brion (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	1st GCC	43	95-97	·	18	97	·	·	·	98-100	96	·	96	·	97-100	€ 729	+23%
Margaux (buy)	2022	Margaux	1st GCC	81	96-97+	·	17.5+	98	·	·	·	98-100	98	·	98-100	19½	95-97	€ 729	+22%
Mouton-Rothschild (buy)	2022	Pauillac	1st GCC	83	96-99	·	19	98	·	·	·	98-100	99	·	98	19½	97-99	€ 735	+23%
Lafite-Rothschild (buy)	2022	Pauillac	1st GCC	103	95-97+	·	18.5	97	·	·	·	98-100	98	·	97	19	95-97	€ 841	+23%
Latour	2022	Pauillac	1st GCC	67	97-100	·	·	97	·	·	·	99-100	98	·	98-100	·	97-100	·	·
les Carmes Haut-Brion (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	·	4	99-100	·	17++	95	·	·	·	99-100	99	·	96	·	97-100	€ 152	+33%
Léoville-Poyferré (buy)	2022	St-Julien	2nd GCC	80	94-96	·	17.5+	94	·	·	·	97-99	96	·	96	·	96-98	€ 119	+17%
Calon-Ségur (buy)	2022	St-Estèphe	3rd GCC	74	96-98	·	17.5	96	·	·	·	97-99	96	·	94	·	95-97	€ 144	+24%
Pichon-Longueville Baron (buy)	2022	Pauillac	2nd GCC	50	95-97	·	17.5	·	·	·	·	97-99	·	·	94	·	94-96	€ 190	+22%
Palmer (buy)	2022	Margaux	3rd GCC	52	95-97	·	18	96	·	·	·	97-99	97	·	96	·	94-96	€ 418	+23%
Branaire Ducru (buy)	2022	St-Julien	4th GCC	52	95-97	·	16+	91	·	·	·	96-98	97	·	96	·	93-95	€ 57	+27%
Domaine de Chevalier (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	33	94-96	·	·	93	·	·	·	96-98	95	·	·	17	95-97	€ 81	+21%
Brane-Cantenac (buy)	2022	Margaux	2nd GCC	90	95-97	·	17	93	·	·	·	96-98	98	·	98	·	94-96	€ 85	+27%
Pape Clément	2022	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	30	92-94	·	16	95	·	·	·	96-98	95	·	·	·	95-97	€ 89	+2%
Léoville-Barton (buy)	2022	St-Julien	2nd GCC	47	96-97+	·	16.5+	94	·	·	·	96-98	96	·	96	·	96-98	€ 91	+14%
Beychevelle (buy)	2022	St-Julien	4th GCC	74	92-94	·	17.5	95	·	·	·	96-98	95	·	93	17	92-94	€ 97	+15%
Rauzan-Ségla (buy)	2022	Margaux	2nd GCC	51	96-97	·	18+	96	·	·	·	96-98	97	·	97	·	95-97	€ 119	+40%
Pontet-Canet (buy)	2022	Pauillac	5th GCC	80	·	·	17.5	95	·	·	·	96-98	95	·	94	·	92-94	€ 128	+22%
Lynch Bages (buy)	2022	Pauillac	5th GCC	94	93-96	·	18	95	·	·	·	96-98	97	·	97	·	95-97	€ 149	+17%
la Mission Haut-Brion (buy)	2022	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	21	94-96+	·	17.5	98	·	·	·	96-98	97	·	97	·	96-98	€ 373	+18%
Batailley	2022	Pauillac	5th GCC	57	91-93	·	17+	94	·	·	·	95-97	97	·	96	16½	92-94	€ 43	+8%
Giscours (buy)	2022	Margaux	3rd GCC	80	94-96+	·	16.5+	93	·	·	·	95-97	96	·	95	16	94-96	€ 72	+22%
d'Issan (buy)	2022	Margaux	3rd GCC	30	93-95	·	16.5+	93	·	·	·	95-97	96	·	95	·	93-95	€ 73	+22%
Grand-Puy-Lacoste (buy)	2022	Pauillac	5th GCC	55	95-97	·	17+	93	·	·	·	95-97	96	·	96	·	94-96	€ 84	+17%
Gruaud-Larose (buy)	2022	St-Julien	2nd GCC	82	94-96+	·	17.5	94	·	·	·	95-97	97	·	96	17½	93-95	€ 99	+11%

Wine

Year

AOC

Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC): AOC stands for “Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée”. It tells you where the wine comes from, its origin. It also tells you that the wine is made according to the criteria of this AOC.

Class.

Classification (Class.): Most of these wines belong to one of the Bordeaux classifications:; 1st-5th GCC - The famous 1855 Médoc Grand Cru Classé Classification (61 wines). The list starts with the top 5 of 1st Classed Growths.; 1st GCC a & b and GCC - The St-Emilion Premier Grand Crus (class a and class b) and the Grand Cru Classés.; CB - The Médoc Cru Bourgeois Classification (1932). Last renewed in 2003 (with at the top the 9 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel followed by the Cru Bourgeois Supérieur classed wines, this 2003 classification is used for the overviews 2004 - 2006). In February 2007 the classification was annuled by the Bordeaux Administrative Appeals Court, and in November 2007 it was decided that the classification would be continued but without the sub-classes at the top.; CC Grav. - All Graves wines classified (1959) as Cru Classé de Graves are located in the Pessac-Léognan region (as individual AOC established in 1987).

Size

Size in hectares (Size): This column tells you what the size is of the property in hectares (ha). Note that seldomly all land is used to make the first wine of the estate. Most châteaux also make a second and even a third wine on the estate.

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (WA): English wine critic, living in France and California, publishing on erobertparker.com, starting with the Bordeaux 2021 vintage. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Since the 2022 vintage Kelley is joined by Yohan Castaign. Yohan is from Bordeaux. The vintages 2017-2020 were rated by Lisa Perrotti-Brown. An asterisk (*) means that it is the best wine from the château that Robert Parker ever tasted as a barrel sample. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Jancis Robinson (JR): English wine critic publishing on her website JancisRobinson.com, wines are also often rated by team members like Julia Harding MW and James Lawther MW. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Tim Atkin (TA): English wine critic publishing on his website TimAtkin.com. Wines are rated on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Jeff Leve (JL): American wine critic publishing on his website TheWineCellarInsider.com. Wines are rated on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Jane Anson, Decanter (De): English wine magazine. Wines were given 1 to 5 stars, from the 2007 to 2014 vintage the 10 - 20 scale was presented, and since 2015 Jane Anson is using the 100 points scale. Before 2015 the wines were tasted by Steven Spurrier, James Lawther MW and Beverley Blanning MW. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Jane Anson (JA): English wine journalist formerly writing for Decanter Magazine and now publishing on her website Inside Bordeaux. She rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Ratings from 2013 and earlier were published on her previous website New Bordeaux. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Perswijn (PW): Dutch wine magazine. Wines are tasted by Ronald de Groot and are given 1 to 5 stars. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Chris Kissack (CK): English wine critic, publishing on Winedoctor. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Price

Consumer price in euro (Price): The price shown is the average initial consumer "en primeur" price with tax included. Use it as a guideline, as an indication to assess the prices that you encounter.

+/–

Price change percentage (+/–): This column compares the initial consumer price of the displayed year with the consumer price of the preceding year. If both consumer prices are known, a percentage is shown for the price increase (+) or price drop (–).

Ducru-Beaucaillou (buy)

Smith Haut Lafitte (buy)

2022

Pessac-Léognan

CC Grav.