Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

Classification GCC
Bordeaux 2023 Left bank

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Wine YearAOC
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.
NM
Neal Martin (NM)
English wine critic, formerly contributing to Wine-Journal on erobertparker.com, and since the 2017 vintage to Vinous. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. 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.
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.
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 (–).
Balestard La Tonnelle2023St-Emilion GCGCC10···91······91······
Barde-Haut2023St-Emilion GCGCC17·91-93·····93-95··95······
Bellefont-Belcier2023St-Emilion GCGCC1293-9589-91·93···93-95··94······
Berliquet (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC1093-9593-95·93···93-95··92······
Cap de Mourlin2023St-Emilion GCGCC14···92···90-92··91······
Chauvin2023St-Emilion GCGCC15·89-91·91···91-91··93······
Clos de l'Oratoire2023St-Emilion GCGCC10···92···93-95·········
Clos de Sarpe2023St-Emilion GCGCC3·92-94·90···92-94··91······
Clos des Jacobins2023St-Emilion GCGCC8·91-93·89···90-92··92····€ 28·
Clos la Madeleine2023St-Emilion GCGCC2·················
Clos Saint-Martin2023St-Emilion GCGCC1···92···93-95··93······
la Clotte (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC4···91···92-94··96····€ 850%
Corbin2023St-Emilion GCGCC1291-93·········93······
Côte de Baleau2023St-Emilion GCGCC890-9190-92·90···90-92··89······
la Couspaude2023St-Emilion GCGCC7···87···90-92··89······
Dassault2023St-Emilion GCGCC24···90···92-94··93······
Destieux2023St-Emilion GCGCC8·90-92·91···91-93··92······
la Dominique2023St-Emilion GCGCC22···93···93-95··95······
Faugères2023St-Emilion GCGCC28···91···91-93··92······
Fleur Cardinale2023St-Emilion GCGCC18···92···92-94··93······
la Fleur Morange2023St-Emilion GCGCC1···91···93-95··90······
Fombrauge2023St-Emilion GCGCC56·91-93·92···92-94··90····€ 29–9%
Fonroque (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC1791-9390-92·92···89-91··91······
Franc-Mayne2023St-Emilion GCGCC791-9390-92·90···92-94··92······
Grand Corbin2023St-Emilion GCGCC14·83-85·89···········€ 24–4%
Grand Corbin-Despagne (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC2690-9288-90·89···92-94··92······
Grand Mayne2023St-Emilion GCGCC19·92-94·92···92-94··93······
Grand-Pontet2023St-Emilion GCGCC14·················
Jean Faure2023St-Emilion GCGCC1893-95··92······96····€ 42–5%
Larmande2023St-Emilion GCGCC2591-93··92···91-93··90······
Laroque (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC5892-9494-96·91···93-96··95······
Laroze2023St-Emilion GCGCC27·84-86·91···90-92··92······
Monbousquet2023St-Emilion GCGCC32···93···92-94··89······
Péby Faugères2023St-Emilion GCGCC8·90-92·92···95-97··92······
de Pressac2023St-Emilion GCGCC36···92···92-94··94····€ 33–8%
Ripeau2023St-Emilion GCGCC15·84-86·86···2-94··93······
Rochebelle2023St-Emilion GCGCC391-93······91-93·········
Sansonnet2023St-Emilion GCGCC6·91-93·91···94-96··93······
la Serre2023St-Emilion GCGCC7···89···91-93··91····€ 47·
Soutard2023St-Emilion GCGCC2293-95··90···93-95··92······
la Tour Figeac (buy)2023St-Emilion GCGCC14···89···92-94··93····€ 35–20%

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