Jancis Robinson ratings near 17+ - Bordeaux 2007 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.	B&D Michel Bettane & Thierry Desseauve (B&D) French wine critics publishing in TAST. They rate the wines on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.	JS James Suckling (JS) American wine critic James Suckling published in the American magazine Wine Spectator up to and including the Bordeaux 2009 vintage. From Bordeaux 2010 vintage he publishes on his own new website JamesSuckling.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.	RVF La Revue du Vin de France (RVF) French wine magazine. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. The wines are tasted by Olivier Poels, Hélène Durand and Philippe Maurange. Instead of a single number, always a range is given with a 1 point span. Presented here is the mean. E.g. `16,5-17,5` becomes `17`. In the exceptional case where the span is just 0,5 point, the average ending in .25 or .75 is presented. 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.	RG René Gabriel (RG) Swiss wine critic publishing in WeinWisser. He rates the wines on a scale from 10 to 20 (except for Yquem 1937, this wine received 21 points). 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 (–).
Grand-Puy-Lacoste	2007	Pauillac	5th GCC	55	89-91	17+	16.75	88-91	17	16	·	18	€ 43	–7%
Lascombes	2007	Margaux	2nd GCC	84	91	17+	17.25	85-88	17	15.5	4	18	€ 52	–5%
Lafite-Rothschild	2007	Pauillac	1st GCC	103	94	17.5-	19	89-92	18.5	18.5	4½	18	€ 325	–26%
Haut-Bergey	2007	Pessac-Léognan	·	15.5	89	17	15.75	85-88	18	16.5	3½	·	€ 21	0%
du Tertre	2007	Margaux	5th GCC	50	87-89	17	16	83-86	17	16	4	17	€ 24	–8%
Phélan-Ségur	2007	St-Estèphe	CB	89	86-88	17	16.5	84-87	16	15.5	4	18	€ 25	0%
Duhart-Milon-Rothschild	2007	Pauillac	4th GCC	71	90	17	17.25	86-89	17	16.5	4	17	€ 34	+3%
Giscours	2007	Margaux	3rd GCC	80	86	17	16.25	85-88	17+	16.5	4	18	€ 37	–3%
le Clarence de Haut-Brion	2007	Pessac-Léognan	2nd wine	43	87	17	17	85-88	17.5	·	4	17	€ 55	·
Palmer	2007	Margaux	3rd GCC	52	89	17	18	88-91	18	17.5	4½	19	€ 154	–8%
Latour	2007	Pauillac	1st GCC	67	92+	17.5++	18.75	89-92	17.5	18.5	4½	18	€ 325	–26%
Mouton-Rothschild	2007	Pauillac	1st GCC	83	92	18--	19.25	90-93	18	19	5	19	€ 325	–26%
Margaux	2007	Margaux	1st GCC	81	92	18-	18.75	89-92	18.5	18.5	4½	18	€ 325	–24%
Haut-Batailley	2007	Pauillac	5th GCC	22	85-87	17-	15.75	87-90	16.5	15.5	·	17	€ 27	0%
Alter Ego de Palmer	2007	Margaux	2nd wine	52	87-89	17-	16.25	86-89	17	·	3½	16	€ 34	0%
le Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild	2007	Pauillac	2nd wine	83	84-87	17-	17.75	85-88	16.5	·	4	17	€ 63	–13%
Ducru-Beaucaillou	2007	St-Julien	2nd GCC	55	90	17-	18.25	89-92	18.5	18.5	4½	17	€ 71	–36%
Cos d'Estournel	2007	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	64	90	17-	18	88-91	18	18.5	4½	19	€ 89	–17%
Haut-Brion	2007	Pessac-Léognan	1st GCC	43	91-94	18	18.5	89-92	18.5	18.5	4½	18	€ 325	–26%
Clos Marsalette	2007	Pessac-Léognan	·	6	90	16.5	·	83-86	·	·	·	16	·	·
la Louvière	2007	Pessac-Léognan	·	35	87	16.5	15	84-87	14.5	16.5	3½	15	·	·
Desmirail	2007	Margaux	3rd GCC	30	78-81	16.5	14.75	·	16+	13.5	3	15	€ 21	0%
Gloria	2007	St-Julien	·	44	87-89	16.5	15.5	85-88	17	15.5	·	17	€ 25	0%
la Croix de Beaucaillou	2007	St-Julien	2nd wine	55	·	16.5	16	·	16.5	·	4	16	€ 26	·
Malartic-Lagravière	2007	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	41	90	16.5	16.5	86-89	15	16.5	4	16	€ 29	–3%
Clos du Marquis	2007	St-Julien	2nd wine	97	89	16.5	17	87-90	17	16.5	4	17	€ 31	–11%
Sociando-Mallet	2007	Haut-Médoc	·	72	·	16.5	·	85-88	16	17	·	16	€ 32	–3%
Domaine de Chevalier	2007	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	33	91	16.5	17.75	88-91	16.5	18	4	17	€ 34	–3%
Beychevelle	2007	St-Julien	4th GCC	74	89	16.5	18	84-87	16+	15.5	3+	16	€ 36	–5%
Calon-Ségur	2007	St-Estèphe	3rd GCC	74	87	16.5	17.25	87-90	·	16.5	4	17	€ 43	–7%
Haut-Bailly	2007	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	32	90	16.5	·	·	17	17.5	4	18	€ 46	–13%
Léoville-Barton	2007	St-Julien	2nd GCC	47	89+	16.5	18	88-91	17.5	18	4½	18	€ 48	–8%
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux	2007	Margaux	2nd wine	81	88	16.5	17.75	85-88	17	·	3½	16	€ 50	+2%
Rauzan-Ségla	2007	Margaux	2nd GCC	51	89+	16.5	16.75	88-91	17.5	17.5	4	17	€ 50	–11%
Pontet-Canet	2007	Pauillac	5th GCC	80	91-94	16.5	17.25	88-91	17.5	18	4½	18	€ 59	+2%
Montrose	2007	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	68	91	16.5	18.25	87-90	18	17.5	4	18	€ 60	–13%
Pichon-Longueville Baron	2007	Pauillac	2nd GCC	50	90-92	16.5	18.75	88-91	17	18.5	5	18	€ 68	–12%
les Forts de Latour	2007	Pauillac	2nd wine	67	90	16.5	17	87-90	16.5	·	4	17	€ 74	–5%
Léoville-Las-Cases	2007	St-Julien	2nd GCC	97	91+	16.5	18.75	89-92	18	18.5	5	18	€ 120	–28%
la Mission Haut-Brion	2007	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	21	92	16.5	18.5	88-91	18	17.5	4½	18	€ 262	–40%
Siran	2007	Margaux	CB	24	79-82	16.5-	15	·	16	14.75	3+	16	€ 20	–5%
Talbot	2007	St-Julien	4th GCC	102	86	16.5-	15.5	87-90	16.5	15.5	4	16	€ 34	+3%

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.

B&D

Michel Bettane & Thierry Desseauve (B&D): French wine critics publishing in TAST. They rate the wines on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.

James Suckling (JS): American wine critic James Suckling published in the American magazine Wine Spectator up to and including the Bordeaux 2009 vintage. From Bordeaux 2010 vintage he publishes on his own new website JamesSuckling.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.

RVF

La Revue du Vin de France (RVF): French wine magazine. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. The wines are tasted by Olivier Poels, Hélène Durand and Philippe Maurange. Instead of a single number, always a range is given with a 1 point span. Presented here is the mean. E.g. 16,5-17,5 becomes 17. In the exceptional case where the span is just 0,5 point, the average ending in .25 or .75 is presented. 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.

René Gabriel (RG): Swiss wine critic publishing in WeinWisser. He rates the wines on a scale from 10 to 20 (except for Yquem 1937, this wine received 21 points). 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 (–).