Decanter ratings near 16.75 - Bordeaux 2004 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.	LeP Le Point (LeP) French magazine. The leading taster is Jacques Dupont. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. Ratings indicated as "ranging from .0 to .5" are presented as `.25`; ratings indicated as "ranging from .5 to .0" are presented as `.75` (e.g. `17-17,5` becomes `17.25` and `17,5-18` becomes `17.75`). 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 (–).
Léoville-Las-Cases	2004	St-Julien	2nd GCC	97	93	18-	18.5	95-100	5	9	18	€ 68	·
Palmer	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	52	94	18.5	17	89-91	5	8.5	17	€ 84	·
Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	1st GCC	43	92	18	18	92-94	5	9	18	€ 135	·
Mouton-Rothschild	2004	Pauillac	1st GCC	83	92+	18	18.5	92-94	5	9	17.5	€ 135	·
Lafite-Rothschild	2004	Pauillac	1st GCC	103	95	18	18	92-94	5	9	19	€ 140	·
Margaux	2004	Margaux	1st GCC	81	93	19	19	92-94	5	9	18.5	€ 140	·
Latour	2004	Pauillac	1st GCC	67	95	19	19	95-100	5	10	18.5	€ 155	·
de Pez	2004	St-Estèphe	CB Exc.	24	·	·	16	·	4	·	·	·	·
Sénéjac	2004	Haut-Médoc	CB Sup.	37	88-89	17	15	·	4	7	15	€ 9	·
Bouscaut	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	39	86	16	14.5	·	4	7.5	14.5	€ 17	·
Olivier	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	30	85	15	15.5	80-84	4	7.5	15	€ 17	·
Chasse-Spleen	2004	Moulis	CB Exc.	107	88	16	15	85-88	4	8	17	€ 19	·
Haut-Batailley	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	22	88	16.5	14	85-88	4	8	15.5	€ 19	·
Durfort-Vivens	2004	Margaux	2nd GCC	30	·	16	16.5	85-88	4	7.5	17.5	€ 20	·
Lafon-Rochet	2004	St-Estèphe	4th GCC	40	90	17	16	·	4	8	16	€ 20	·
Phélan-Ségur	2004	St-Estèphe	CB Exc.	89	87	16	17	85-88	4	7.5	16	€ 21	·
Clos du Marquis	2004	St-Julien	2nd wine	97	87-89	16.5	·	89-91	4	8	·	€ 22	·
Duhart-Milon-Rothschild	2004	Pauillac	4th GCC	71	91	16.5	15	85-88	4	8	16.75	€ 22	·
d'Issan	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	30	91	17	16	89-91	4	·	16.5	€ 22	·
Lagrange	2004	St-Julien	3rd GCC	113	89+	16	17	89-91	4	8	17.5	€ 22	·
Branaire (Ducru)	2004	St-Julien	4th GCC	52	90	14.5	16	89-91	4	·	16.25	€ 23	·
la Lagune	2004	Haut-Médoc	3rd GCC	80	90	16	15	85-88	4	8	16	€ 23	·
Clerc Milon	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	30	90	17	16.5	89-91	4	7.5	15.75	€ 24	·
Malartic-Lagravière	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	41	89	14	15.5	85-88	4	8	14	€ 24	·
Talbot	2004	St-Julien	4th GCC	102	88	15	16	89-91	4	7.5	15	€ 24	·
Batailley	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	57	90	16	17	85-88	4	8	15.5	€ 25	·
Saint-Pierre	2004	St-Julien	4th GCC	17	92	14.5	17	85-88	4	8	17	€ 25	·
Brane-Cantenac	2004	Margaux	2nd GCC	90	90	15	16	85-88	4	7.5	17	€ 26	·
Langoa-Barton	2004	St-Julien	3rd GCC	17	90	16	15.5	89-91	4	8	16	€ 27	·
Gruaud-Larose	2004	St-Julien	2nd GCC	82	87?	16.5	16	89-91	4	8	16	€ 28	·
Domaine de Chevalier	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	33	90	17+	18	85-88	4	8.5	16.5	€ 29	·
Giscours	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	80	91	17	16	89-91	4	8	17.5	€ 29	·
Alter Ego de Palmer	2004	Margaux	2nd wine	52	88-90	17	·	85-88	4	·	·	€ 30	·
Bahans Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	2nd wine	43	88	17	16.5	89-91	4	·	·	€ 30	·
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild	2004	Pauillac	2nd wine	103	89-90	17-	·	85-88	4	7.5	·	€ 30	·
Grand-Puy-Lacoste	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	55	89	17.5	17	89-91	4	·	17	€ 30	·
Haut-Marbuzet	2004	St-Estèphe	CB Exc.	58	88	15	17.5	85-88	4	8	16.5	€ 30	·
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux	2004	Margaux	2nd wine	81	89	18-	15	89-91	4	·	·	€ 30	·
Haut-Bailly	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	32	93	17.5	18.5	85-88	4	8.5	18.5	€ 32	·
Léoville-Poyferré	2004	St-Julien	2nd GCC	80	93	17+	17	89-91	4	8.5	16.5	€ 32	·
Calon-Ségur	2004	St-Estèphe	3rd GCC	74	89	17.5	18	89-91	4	·	16.5	€ 33	·
Smith Haut Lafitte	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	45	93	17	17.5	89-91	4	8	16	€ 33	·
Lascombes	2004	Margaux	2nd GCC	84	93	17	15	85-88	4	8.5	15.5	€ 34	·
Lynch Bages	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	94	89	16	16.5	89-91	4	8.5	17.5	€ 35	·
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	23	90	16.5	16.5	89-91	4	8.5	16.5	€ 35	·
Pontet-Canet	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	80	90+	17	18.5	92-94	4	·	16.75	€ 35	·
Rauzan-Ségla	2004	Margaux	2nd GCC	51	89	17	16.5	89-91	4	7.5	16	€ 35	·
la Tour Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	5	88	17	16.5	89-91	4	8	15.5	€ 38	·
Léoville-Barton	2004	St-Julien	2nd GCC	47	92+	16	17.5	89-91	4	8.5	17.5	€ 39	·
les Forts de Latour	2004	Pauillac	2nd wine	67	90	17+	16	89-91	4	7.5	·	€ 40	·
Montrose	2004	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	68	91	17.5	18	92-94	4	9	17.5	€ 47	·
Pichon-Longueville Baron	2004	Pauillac	2nd GCC	50	93	16.5	17	89-91	4	8.5	17.5	€ 49	·
Ducru-Beaucaillou	2004	St-Julien	2nd GCC	55	93	16.5	18.5	92-94	4	8.5	17.5	€ 52	·
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse	2004	Pauillac	2nd GCC	85	92	17.5	17.5	89-91	4	8.5	18	€ 59	·
Cos d'Estournel	2004	St-Estèphe	2nd GCC	64	92	17	18	92-94	4	8	17.5	€ 60	·
la Mission Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	21	90	17.5	16.5	89-91	4	8.5	18	€ 105	·
Pouget	2004	Margaux	4th GCC	10	·	·	·	·	3	8	15.5	·	·
Fonréaud	2004	Listrac-Médoc	CB Sup.	34	84	16+	14.5	·	3	7	14.5	€ 10	·
Fourcas-Dupré	2004	Listrac-Médoc	CB Sup.	46	·	14.5	14	·	3	7.5	15	€ 10	·
Fourcas-Hosten	2004	Listrac-Médoc	CB Sup.	47	80	14	·	·	3	6.5	15	€ 10	·
Belgrave	2004	Haut-Médoc	5th GCC	60	88	16.5	15.5	·	3	8	14	€ 11	·
Malescasse	2004	Haut-Médoc	CB Sup.	37	·	15	11	·	3	6	15	€ 11	·
la Tour de By	2004	Médoc	CB Sup.	74	86	17	12	·	3	6.5	16	€ 11	·
Citran	2004	Haut-Médoc	CB Sup.	90	·	15	14	85-88	3	6.5	·	€ 12	·
Maucaillou	2004	Moulis	CB Sup.	68	85-87	15	15	·	3	7.5	13.5	€ 13	·
de Camensac	2004	Haut-Médoc	5th GCC	65	87-89	15.5	15	·	3	6	14.5	€ 14	·
Potensac	2004	Médoc	CB Exc.	67	84-86	15.5	·	89-91	3	8	16.5	€ 14	·
la Croix de Beaucaillou	2004	St-Julien	2nd wine	55	·	16	·	·	3	7	·	€ 15	·
Haut-Bages Averous	2004	Pauillac	2nd wine	94	·	·	·	·	3	·	·	€ 15	·
Latour-Martillac	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	30	85	14	15.5	85-88	3	8	14	€ 15	·
Cantemerle	2004	Haut-Médoc	5th GCC	87	87	16	16	85-88	3	7.5	16.5	€ 16	·
la Gurgue	2004	Margaux	CB Sup.	10	·	16	15	85-88	3	7	16.5	€ 17	·
Poujeaux	2004	Moulis	CB Exc.	55	90	16	16	85-88	3	7	16.5	€ 17	·
Carbonnieux	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	47	90	16	15	·	3	7.5	15.25	€ 18	·
Croizet-Bages	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	30	86	14	14.5	·	3	6	13	€ 18	·
la Dame de Montrose	2004	St-Estèphe	2nd wine	68	86-88	17-	·	·	3	8	·	€ 18	·
Lynch-Moussas	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	57	88	16	16	85-88	3	7.5	15	€ 18	·
Monbrison	2004	Margaux	CB Sup.	13	84	15.5	15.5	·	3	7	15	€ 18	·
Ferrière	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	8	·	15.5	16	89-91	3	8	16.5	€ 19	·
la Louvière	2004	Pessac-Léognan	·	35	88	17-	15.5	85-88	3	·	·	€ 19	·
Meyney	2004	St-Estèphe	CB Sup.	51	84	16.5	16.5	·	3	7.5	·	€ 19	·
la Tour-Carnet	2004	Haut-Médoc	4th GCC	48	90	14.5	16	·	3	7.5	15	€ 19	·
Labégorce	2004	Margaux	CB Sup.	36	80?	16.5	15.5	·	3	7	16	€ 20	·
Labégorce Zédé	2004	Margaux	CB Exc.	27	85	15.5	16	·	3	7	16	€ 20	·
les Ormes de Pez	2004	St-Estèphe	CB Exc.	33	85	17	15	85-88	3	7.5	16	€ 20	·
les Pagodes de Cos	2004	St-Estèphe	2nd wine	64	86-88	14.5	·	85-88	3	·	·	€ 20	·
du Tertre	2004	Margaux	5th GCC	50	88	15.5	16.5	80-84	3	8	15	€ 20	·
Cantenac-Brown	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	42	86?	15.5	15	85-88	3	8	17.5	€ 21	·
Siran	2004	Margaux	CB Exc.	24	89	17	16	89-91	3	7	17	€ 21	·
Dauzac	2004	Margaux	5th GCC	45	87?	16.5	15	89-91	3	8	14	€ 22	·
de Fieuzal	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	35	89+	17	15.5	·	3	6.5	13.5	€ 22	·
Larrivet-Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	·	45	89	16	15.5	85-88	3	8	·	€ 22	·
d'Armailhac	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	50	89	16.5	15.5	85-88	3	8	15	€ 23	·
Beychevelle	2004	St-Julien	4th GCC	74	89	16.5	·	85-88	3	6.5	15.5	€ 23	·
Boyd-Cantenac	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	17	91	·	·	·	3	8	17	€ 23	·
Cos-Labory	2004	St-Estèphe	5th GCC	18	89	16	15	·	3	8	14.5	€ 23	·
Grand-Puy-Ducasse	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	40	90	16	16	·	3	7	15	€ 23	·
Kirwan	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	35	90	16.5	16.5	85-88	3	8.5	14	€ 23	·
Marquis de Terme	2004	Margaux	4th GCC	38	88	14	16	·	3	·	15.5	€ 24	·
Rauzan-Gassies	2004	Margaux	2nd GCC	30	87	17.5	15.5	·	3	7.5	16.5	€ 25	·
Haut-Bages Libéral	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	28	90	17+	15	85-88	3	7	16.5	€ 26	·
les Carmes Haut-Brion	2004	Pessac-Léognan	·	4.5	89+	15	16	·	3	8	·	€ 35	·
Pape Clément	2004	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	30	91	17	18	89-91	3	8.5	17	€ 59	·
Marquis d'Alesme-Becker	2004	Margaux	3rd GCC	16	·	16	15	·	2	6	·	·	·
Pédesclaux	2004	Pauillac	5th GCC	28	·	·	15	·	2	6.5	14	€ 15	·
Prieuré-Lichine	2004	Margaux	4th GCC	68	90	16	15	85-88	2	8	16	€ 23	·

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.

LeP

Le Point (LeP): French magazine. The leading taster is Jacques Dupont. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. Ratings indicated as "ranging from .0 to .5" are presented as .25; ratings indicated as "ranging from .5 to .0" are presented as .75 (e.g. 17-17,5 becomes 17.25 and 17,5-18 becomes 17.75). 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 (–).