Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

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Bordeaux 2007 Left bank

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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.
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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 (–).
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion2007Pessac-Léognan2nd wine21881616.585-8817·16··
la Garde2007Pessac-Léognan·56·15·85-88·16.5·16··
Bernadotte2007Haut-Médoc·35·16·85-881616.53+15€ 13–7%
Latour-Martillac2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.308715.5·85-8816.5163+17€ 20–5%
Chasse-Spleen2007MoulisCB107·15.514.7585-881715415€ 210%
Haut-Bergey2007Pessac-Léognan·15.5891715.7585-881816.5·€ 210%
Meyney2007St-EstèpheCB5178-8215.516.2585-88·1617€ 210%
Cos-Labory2007St-Estèphe5th GCC1886-8815.51585-8816.515.516€ 22–4%
Ferrière2007Margaux3rd GCC8·1516.7585-881615.5417€ 230%
Haut-Bages Libéral2007Pauillac5th GCC2883-8515.51685-8816.514.7517€ 24–4%
Marquis d'Alesme-Becker2007Margaux3rd GCC1672-75·14.7585-88·14.5·16€ 24+4%
Gloria2007St-Julien·4487-8916.515.585-881715.5·17€ 250%
Boyd-Cantenac2007Margaux3rd GCC1786-88·16.2585-881716.5··€ 270%
Sociando-Mallet2007Haut-Médoc·72·16.5·85-881617·16€ 32–3%
Giscours2007Margaux3rd GCC80861716.2585-8817+16.5418€ 37–3%
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux2007Margaux2nd wine818816.517.7585-8817·16€ 50+2%
Cantenac-Brown2007Margaux3rd GCC42861515.585-881717.5418€ 52–12%
Lascombes2007Margaux2nd GCC849117+17.2585-881715.5418€ 52–5%
le Clarence de Haut-Brion2007Pessac-Léognan2nd wine4387171785-8817.5·417€ 55·
Lynch Bages2007Pauillac5th GCC948815.517.7585-881718418€ 550%
le Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild2007Pauillac2nd wine8384-8717-17.7585-8816.5·417€ 63–13%
la Louvière2007Pessac-Léognan·358716.51584-8714.516.515··
Pibran2007PauillacCB10·15.515.2584-8716+16417··
Petit Bocq2007St-EstèpheCB13·1615.584-87··315€ 14+8%
Brown2007Pessac-Léognan·23.5·1614.2584-8715.5··15€ 170%
les Ormes de Pez2007St-EstèpheCB3386-8815.516.584-8716+16417€ 20–17%
Cantemerle2007Haut-Médoc5th GCC879016+15.2584-8716+163+16€ 210%
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2007Pauillac5th GCC408716·84-8715.51616€ 250%
Phélan-Ségur2007St-EstèpheCB8986-881716.584-871615.5418€ 250%
Lafon-Rochet2007St-Estèphe4th GCC408715.51684-871616.5416€ 270%
Brane-Cantenac2007Margaux2nd GCC908815.516.2584-8717173+·€ 32–14%
d'Issan2007Margaux3rd GCC3088·1684-871716·16€ 33–6%
Lagrange2007St-Julien3rd GCC113901516.2584-871616.5417€ 33–3%
Beychevelle2007St-Julien4th GCC748916.51884-8716+15.53+16€ 36–5%
la Lagune2007Haut-Médoc3rd GCC80901516.2584-871717.5416€ 370%
Dauzac2007Margaux5th GCC4584-87?15.51686-891715.5416··
Bouscaut2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3987-8815.5·86-89·163+16€ 170%
Potensac2007MédocCB67·15.51586-891615.53+16€ 18+6%
Olivier2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.308714.515.7586-89·1515€ 210%
Durfort-Vivens2007Margaux2nd GCC308814.515.7586-891714.53+16€ 25–4%
d'Armailhac2007Pauillac5th GCC508716+16.7586-8916.51617€ 290%
Malartic-Lagravière2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.419016.516.586-891516.5416€ 29–3%
Kirwan2007Margaux3rd GCC3587+15.516.7586-8916+15.5417€ 33–6%
Alter Ego de Palmer2007Margaux2nd wine5287-8917-16.2586-8917·16€ 340%
Duhart-Milon-Rothschild2007Pauillac4th GCC71901717.2586-891716.5417€ 34+3%
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry2007Margaux3rd GCC238915.5+·86-891717.5416€ 36–10%
Léoville-Poyferré2007St-Julien2nd GCC80891616.586-8917.516.517€ 48–11%
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild2007Pauillac2nd wine103901616.586-8916.5·417€ 510%
Branon2007Pessac-Léognan·1592-94··86-891616.5·18€ 53+2%
Clos Marsalette2007Pessac-Léognan·69016.5·83-86···16··
Coufran2007Haut-MédocCB75·15.5·83-8616·15··
Sénéjac2007Haut-MédocCB37·15.5·83-8616·316€ 12–14%
la Gurgue2007MargauxCB10·15.5·83-8616·3+17€ 150%
de Camensac2007Haut-Médoc5th GCC65·14.515.7583-861615.5416€ 160%
Labégorce Zédé2007MargauxCB2785-87161483-86·14.5·16€ 21–5%
du Tertre2007Margaux5th GCC5087-89171683-861716417€ 24–8%
la Tour-Carnet2007Haut-Médoc4th GCC4889+16-·83-86171517€ 24–4%
Batailley2007Pauillac5th GCC5786+161783-861616.53+17€ 25+14%
les Carmes Haut-Brion2007Pessac-Léognan·4.58916·83-8617163+18€ 39–5%
Pouget2007Margaux4th GCC10··15.587-9016.515.5····
Haut-Batailley2007Pauillac5th GCC2285-8717-15.7587-9016.515.5·17€ 270%
Clos du Marquis2007St-Julien2nd wine978916.51787-901716.5417€ 31–11%
Prieuré-Lichine2007Margaux4th GCC688815.517.2587-9016.51617€ 310%
Talbot2007St-Julien4th GCC1028616.5-15.587-9016.515.5416€ 34+3%
Branaire (Ducru)2007St-Julien4th GCC52901516.7587-901716.53+16€ 36–12%
Saint-Pierre2007St-Julien4th GCC17911616.2587-901716.517€ 38–3%
Calon-Ségur2007St-Estèphe3rd GCC748716.517.2587-90·16.5417€ 43–7%
Montrose2007St-Estèphe2nd GCC689116.518.2587-901817.5418€ 60–13%
les Forts de Latour2007Pauillac2nd wine679016.51787-9016.5·417€ 74–5%
Citran2007Haut-MédocCB90·14.5·82-8515.5·3+16€ 130%
Labégorce2007MargauxCB3683-8514.51582-8516·3+17€ 19–5%
Belgrave2007Haut-Médoc5th GCC60·16+16.7582-8516+16417€ 20+5%
Langoa-Barton2007St-Julien3rd GCC1787161788-911716.5417··
Clerc Milon2007Pauillac5th GCC308916+1788-911716.5418€ 34+3%
Domaine de Chevalier2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.339116.517.7588-9116.518417€ 34–3%
Gruaud-Larose2007St-Julien2nd GCC828616·88-9116.517.5418€ 400%
Grand-Puy-Lacoste2007Pauillac5th GCC5589-9117+16.7588-911716·18€ 43–7%
Smith Haut Lafitte2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.45911616.588-911716.5418€ 43–10%
Léoville-Barton2007St-Julien2nd GCC4789+16.51888-9117.51818€ 48–8%
Rauzan-Ségla2007Margaux2nd GCC5189+16.516.7588-9117.517.5417€ 50–11%
Pontet-Canet2007Pauillac5th GCC8091-9416.517.2588-9117.51818€ 59+2%
Pichon-Longueville Baron2007Pauillac2nd GCC5090-9216.518.7588-911718.5518€ 68–12%
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse2007Pauillac2nd GCC85891617.2588-911716.5·18€ 78–20%
Cos d'Estournel2007St-Estèphe2nd GCC649017-1888-911818.519€ 89–17%
Pape Clément2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.30921517.7588-911617.5418€ 100–10%
Palmer2007Margaux3rd GCC5289171888-911817.519€ 154–8%
la Mission Haut-Brion2007Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.219216.518.588-911817.518€ 262–40%
Greysac2007MédocCB60·14·81-8416·3+17··
Couhins-Lurton2007Pessac-Léognan·18···81-84·15·16€ 15·

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