Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

Bordeaux chateaux size near 12 hectares
Bordeaux 2008 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.
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.
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 (–).
Monbrison2008MargauxCB13··16·14.25···16+·87·17·€ 20–5%
Petit Bocq2008St-EstèpheCB1386-87·15.5·········3+16·€ 140%
de Gironville2008Haut-MédocCB10.486·16.5·16···15.5···3+16·€ 90%
les Grands Chênes2008MédocCB1086···········416·€ 14–7%
la Gurgue2008MargauxCB10··16.5·14.5···1514.5···17·€ 150%
Pibran2008PauillacCB10··16·····16+···416···
Pouget2008Margaux4th GCC1085-87···14.5···16.514.5·······
Mille Roses2008Haut-Médoc·9.5··16.5+·····16····15·€ 120%
Belle-Vue2008Haut-Médoc·987·17·15.5···16+15··17·€ 130%
Branon2008Pessac-Léognan·1592·16+··········18·€ 530%
Haut-Bergey2008Pessac-Léognan·15.591·16+·16···15.5·91·17·€ 20–5%
Bellegrave (Pauillac)2008PauillacCB8.3············17···
Ferrière2008Margaux3rd GCC883·16+·15.5···16.515.590·17·€ 21–9%
Poumey2008Pessac-Léognan·887-88············16···
Marquis d'Alesme-Becker2008Margaux3rd GCC1683-85···15.5····14.5···17·€ 240%
Tour de Pez2008St-EstèpheCB16····14···15···3+18···
de Marbuzet2008St-EstèpheCB7·············17···
Boyd-Cantenac2008Margaux3rd GCC1789+···16···1717.5···16·€ 270%
Clos Floridène2008Graves·17··15.5·15.5········16·€ 110%
Langoa-Barton2008St-Julien3rd GCC1790·16.5+·16.5···171790·18·€ 28·
Saint-Pierre2008St-Julien4th GCC1793·16.5·17···17.51792-93···€ 34–11%
Tronquoy-Lalande2008St-EstèpheCB1790·15·····16···16···
Clos Marsalette2008Pessac-Léognan·691·16.5··········16···
le Boscq2008St-EstèpheCB1886·16.5·15.5·······3+18···
Cos-Labory2008St-Estèphe5th GCC1886·16.5·16.5···16+14.589·417·€ 21–5%
Couhins-Lurton2008Pessac-Léognan·18··16······15.5···15···
Lalande-Borie2008St-Julien·1888·16.5·····15.5·····€ 170%
Vieux Robin - Bois de Lunier2008MédocCB18········15.5···16···
Branas Grand Poujeaux2008Moulis·5.5········16.5···417···
Haut Condissas2008Médoc·587-88+············18·€ 30–6%
la Tour Haut-Brion2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.5·················
les Carmes Haut-Brion2008Pessac-Léognan·4.587·15·16.5···16+1690·3+18·€ 32–18%
Marojallia2008Margaux·492·17··········16·€ 58–9%
Clément-Pichon2008Haut-MédocCB2083-85···15···15.5···317·€ 120%
d'Escurac2008MédocCB2088···15···16···417···
Fonbadet2008PauillacCB20············15·€ 220%
Mayne Lalande2008Listrac-MédocCB20············17···
Paloumey2008Haut-MédocCB20··16.5·15···15.5···3+16·€ 130%
la Bessane2008Margaux·3········15.5····18·€ 180%
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion2008Pessac-Léognan2nd wine2191·16·····16.5·92-93·416···
la Mission Haut-Brion2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.2194·18·18·91-94·181894-95·18·€ 148–44%
Clos des Demoiselles2008Listrac-Médoc·2.4··16··············
la Sérénité2008Pessac-Léognan·291················
Charmail2008Haut-MédocCB2288·14.5·····16···317·€ 140%
Haut-Batailley2008Pauillac5th GCC2288···15.5···1714.5···17·€ 25–7%
Luchey Halde2008Pessac-Léognan·2285-86·14.5············€ 190%
Clauzet2008St-EstèpheCB23········15.5···3+16·€ 150%
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry2008Margaux3rd GCC2393·17+·16·90-93·1716.588-89·417·€ 31–14%
l'Aura de Cambon2008Margaux·0.5········16+········
Brown2008Pessac-Léognan·23.5··16·····15.5···416·€ 170%
de Pez2008St-EstèpheCB2489···16.5···16.515.590··16···
Siran2008MargauxCB2486·16-·15···16.515.591·417·€ 19–5%
Villa Bel-Air2008Graves·24···············€ 100%
Fourcas-Loubaney2008Listrac-MédocCB25·················
Sérilhan2008St-EstèpheCB2585-87·16.5·14.5·86-89·16·90-91·3+15·€ 130%
Labégorce Zédé2008MargauxCB2781-83········15.5···16·€ 210%
Goulée2008Médoc·2887·15···87-90·15.5·92-93·3+····
Haut-Bages Libéral2008Pauillac5th GCC2888·17·15.5···16.513.590-91·16·€ 22–8%
Pédesclaux2008Pauillac5th GCC28·········12.5···16·€ 190%
Clerc Milon2008Pauillac5th GCC3090·16.5·17.5·88-91·171689-90·417·€ 31–9%
Croizet-Bages2008Pauillac5th GCC3086·16·16.5···16+13.588·16·€ 180%
Desmirail2008Margaux3rd GCC30··15.5·14···15.512.588-89·3+16·€ 20–5%
Durfort-Vivens2008Margaux2nd GCC30··15.5·13···16.5·85·417·€ 23–8%
d'Issan2008Margaux3rd GCC3092·17·15.5···16+16···17·€ 31–6%
Latour-Martillac2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3087·15.5·17···16.51692·4··€ 200%
Olivier2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3084·17·16···161691-92·415·€ 20–5%
Pape Clément2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3095·16.5·17.5···181889-92·17·€ 88–12%
Preuillac2008Médoc·30··15.5·15···15···415···
Rauzan-Gassies2008Margaux2nd GCC3088·16.5·15.5···16+15.7592·417·€ 26–4%
Tour du Haut-Moulin2008Haut-MédocCB30·················
Beau-Site2008St-EstèpheCB32····14···15.5···316···
le Crock2008St-EstèpheCB3285···········16···
Haut-Bailly2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3296·17·17···17.51892·418·€ 460%
Tour de Termes2008St-EstèpheCB32············3+17···
Domaine de Chevalier2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3393·17+·18···17.51892·18·€ 33–3%
les Ormes de Pez2008St-EstèpheCB3388·17·15.5···16.516.590·417·€ 19–5%
d'Angludet2008MargauxCB3485·17·16.25···16.5·89-90·3+17···
Fonréaud2008Listrac-MédocCB3484-86···13···15·86-87·315···
d'Agassac2008Haut-MédocCB35········16···17·€ 150%
Bernadotte2008Haut-Médoc·3587·16.5·····15.5·86-87··15·€ 130%
de Fieuzal2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3592·15.5·16.5·87-90·16+15.591·417·€ 21–5%
Kirwan2008Margaux3rd GCC3590·16·15.5···1715.586-87·416·€ 31–6%
de Lamarque2008Haut-MédocCB3585-86·15.5·13.5···15.5·87-88·3+16···
la Louvière2008Pessac-Léognan·3583·16.5·17···161689·415···
de France2008Pessac-Léognan·3688·14.5·17···15·90·3+····
Labégorce2008MargauxCB3682-84·17·16···16·89·3+17·€ 190%
Malescasse2008Haut-MédocCB3783-85·16·14.5·87-90·15·90·316·€ 110%
Sénéjac2008Haut-MédocCB3785·16.5·····16+····16···
Marquis de Terme2008Margaux4th GCC3885-87·15·15···16+14.590·16·€ 23·
Arnauld2008Haut-MédocCB39·················
Bouscaut2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3985-87·17·15.5···16+15.588·3+16·€ 170%
Liversan2008Haut-MédocCB39············3+14···
Brillette2008MoulisCB40··15.5··········16···
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2008Pauillac5th GCC4091·17.5·14···16+14.593-94·17···
Lafon-Rochet2008St-Estèphe4th GCC4088·16.5·16.5···171691·416·€ 270%
Rollan de By2008MédocCB4086·15.5··········17·€ 150%
Malartic-Lagravière2008Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4191·15·17···1817.590-92·17·€ 290%
Noaillac2008MédocCB41············315···
Reysson2008Haut-MédocCB41··15.5·14.5·······3+15···
Cantenac-Brown2008Margaux3rd GCC4290·15.5+·15···1616.592-94·17·€ 31–40%

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