Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

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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.
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 (–).
Monbrison2005MargauxCB Sup.13··16·15·92-94·33.5·····€ 22+22%
Petit Bocq2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.1388-90·16···89-91·3··15.5···€ 13·
Branon2005Pessac-Léognan·1596·16+···89-91········€ 65·
Haut-Bergey2005Pessac-Léognan·15.592·16.5·15.5·89-91·3······€ 24·
Marquis d'Alesme-Becker2005Margaux3rd GCC1684-86·17·15·92-94·32.5·13.5···€ 22·
Tour de Pez2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.1680-83·15············€ 15·
Boyd-Cantenac2005Margaux3rd GCC1792·16·16.5·92-94·44.5·18···€ 33+43%
Clos Floridène2005Graves·1787-89··········16···€ 14·
Langoa-Barton2005St-Julien3rd GCC1790?·18·18·92-94·44·16···€ 65+141%
Saint-Pierre2005St-Julien4th GCC1792-94···17.5·89-91·44.5·17···€ 46+84%
Tronquoy-Lalande2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.1789·16·14.5···3··17.5···€ 15+36%
les Grands Chênes2005MédocCB Sup.1091·15.5·····3··15···€ 17·
la Gurgue2005MargauxCB Sup.10··15.5···89-91·3··14.5···€ 170%
Pibran2005PauillacCB Sup.1086-88·····89-91····16.5···€ 22·
Pouget2005Margaux4th GCC10··15.5···92-94·34·15···€ 24·
le Boscq2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.1888-90·15.5···89-91·3··15.5···€ 19·
Cos-Labory2005St-Estèphe5th GCC1889+·17·14.5·85-88·34·16···€ 26+13%
Lalande-Borie2005St-Julien·1890·16·15·85-88·3··14.5···€ 16·
Vieux Robin - Bois de Lunier2005MédocCB Sup.1887-88·15············€ 12·
Belle-Vue2005Haut-Médoc·988·15·15···3··14···€ 12·
Ferrière2005Margaux3rd GCC8··15.5·16·89-91·32·17···€ 26+37%
Poumey2005Pessac-Léognan·887-89·15.5·16.5·92-94········€ 20·
Clément-Pichon2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.2085-86·15.5···80-84·3······€ 14·
d'Escurac2005MédocCB Sup.2089·15·14···3··14.75···€ 12·
Fonbadet2005PauillacCB Sup.2086-88·15···85-88·3······€ 17+6%
Mayne Lalande2005Listrac-MédocCB Sup.2085-87·16.5·····3······€ 10·
Paloumey2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.2080-84·15···80-84·3··15.5···€ 13·
de Marbuzet2005St-EstèpheCB788-90·16.5···85-88·3··16.5···€ 29·
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion2005Pessac-Léognan2nd wine2191·17.5·15·89-91·3······€ 35·
la Mission Haut-Brion2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.2197·19·18·95-100·44.5·16···€ 215+105%
Clos Marsalette2005Pessac-Léognan·692·16.5·16·85-88·3··14.5···€ 20·
Charmail2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.2290·15·15·85-88·3··14.5···€ 16·
Haut-Batailley2005Pauillac5th GCC2289·16.5·16·92-94·44·16···€ 29+53%
Luchey Halde2005Pessac-Léognan·2292·16········15···€ 12·
Haut Condissas2005Médoc·590·16···85-88········€ 34·
la Tour Haut-Brion2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.589·18·16·92-94·44·15···€ 50+32%
Clauzet2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.2381-83·15·15.5·85-88·3··15···€ 15·
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry2005Margaux3rd GCC2397·16.5·16.5·95-100·44.5·15.5···€ 49+40%
les Carmes Haut-Brion2005Pessac-Léognan·4.592·17·15·85-88·44·····€ 49+40%
Brown2005Pessac-Léognan·23.588-90·16.5·15·80-84·3··15.5···€ 17+13%
Marojallia2005Margaux·495·14···89-91········€ 116·
de Pez2005St-EstèpheCB Exc.2486-88···17·89-91·44·18···€ 23·
Siran2005MargauxCB Exc.2488-90·15·15.5·89-91·33.5·17···€ 22+5%
Villa Bel-Air2005Graves·24··15.5···85-88····14.5···€ 12·
Fourcas-Loubaney2005Listrac-MédocCB Sup.25···············€ 13+18%
la Sérénité2005Pessac-Léognan·291··············€ 63·
Labégorce Zédé2005MargauxCB Exc.2787-89·16.5·15·89-91····16···€ 23+15%
Goulée2005Médoc·089·15·16.5·85-88·3······€ 20·
Haut-Bages Libéral2005Pauillac5th GCC2890·16·16·92-94·43.5·16···€ 31+19%
Pédesclaux2005Pauillac5th GCC2882·15.5·15···33·14···€ 18+20%
Clerc Milon2005Pauillac5th GCC3092·17.5·16·92-94·43.5·15···€ 39+63%
Croizet-Bages2005Pauillac5th GCC3086·17·12·80-84·31·13···€ 19+6%
Desmirail2005Margaux3rd GCC30·········3.5·14···€ 21+11%
Durfort-Vivens2005Margaux2nd GCC30··16-·14.5·85-88·44·18···€ 30+50%
d'Issan2005Margaux3rd GCC3095·17.5·16.5·89-91·44.5·17···€ 44+100%
Latour-Martillac2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3089·15.5·16·89-91·34·14···€ 22+47%
Olivier2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3086-88·16.5·16·89-91·44·15···€ 22+29%
Pape Clément2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3098·17·18·92-94·44.5·17.5···€ 126+114%
Preuillac2005Médoc·30··16.5·16·85-88·3··15.5·····
Rauzan-Gassies2005Margaux2nd GCC3092·15.5·14.5·85-88·34.5·16.5···€ 34+36%
Tour du Haut-Moulin2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.3088-90·16·····3······€ 14·
Beau-Site2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.3285-88···15.5·89-91·3··15···€ 15·
le Crock2005St-EstèpheCB Sup.3287-89·15·15·89-91·3··16···€ 18·
Haut-Bailly2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3295·17+·18·92-94·45·18.5···€ 62+94%
Domaine de Chevalier2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3392·17·17.5·89-91·45·16.5···€ 44+52%
les Ormes de Pez2005St-EstèpheCB Exc.3386·15·15·85-88·34·16.5···€ 24+20%
d'Angludet2005MargauxCB Sup.3490·16·16·89-91·4··14···€ 24·
Fonréaud2005Listrac-MédocCB Sup.3484-86·15·14·85-88·3······€ 100%
d'Agassac2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.35··15·15·89-91·3······€ 14·
Bernadotte2005Haut-Médoc·3585-87·15···85-88·3··15···€ 14·
de Fieuzal2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3590·14.5·17·89-91·33.5·14.5···€ 25+14%
Kirwan2005Margaux3rd GCC3592+·15.5·15.5·92-94·44·14···€ 43+87%
de Lamarque2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.3585-87·14.5·13.5·85-88·3········
la Louvière2005Pessac-Léognan·3587·16·15.5·85-88·33·····€ 24+26%
de France2005Pessac-Léognan·36··16·15·89-91·3········
Labégorce2005MargauxCB Sup.3687-88·16·15·89-91·33.5·16.5···€ 22+10%
Malescasse2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.37··16·13·85-88·3··15.75···€ 110%
Sénéjac2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.3788·16.5·15·85-88·4··16···€ 19+111%
Marquis de Terme2005Margaux4th GCC3888·16+·15.5·89-91·34.5·15.5···€ 32+33%
Arnauld2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.3985-86·14········14·····
Bouscaut2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.39··17.5·15.5·89-91·34·14.5···€ 19+12%
Liversan2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.3984-86·14.5···85-88·3······€ 8·
Brillette2005MoulisCB Sup.4087-89·15·15·85-88·3··14.5···€ 16·
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2005Pauillac5th GCC4091·17+·16·85-88·33.5·15···€ 25+9%
Lafon-Rochet2005St-Estèphe4th GCC4090·16·17·89-91·44·16···€ 33+65%
Rollan de By2005MédocCB Sup.4090·16·15·80-84·3······€ 16+14%
Malartic-Lagravière2005Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4191-93·16.5·17.5·89-91·45·15.5···€ 35+46%
Noaillac2005MédocCB41····15.5···3··15.5···€ 8·
Reysson2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.4184-86·····85-88·3······€ 11·
Cantenac-Brown2005Margaux3rd GCC4287+?·16.5·15·89-91·34·18.5···€ 32+52%
Loudenne2005MédocCB Sup.4286-88···14·85-88·3······€ 12·
Bahans Haut-Brion2005Pessac-Léognan2nd wine4389·17.5·17·92-94·4······€ 47+57%
Haut-Brion2005Pessac-Léognan1st GCC4398·19.5·19·95-100·55·18.5···€ 340+152%
Lestage2005Listrac-MédocCB Sup.4384-86·····80-84·3······€ 10·
la Tour de Mons2005MargauxCB Sup.4386·15.5···89-91····16···€ 15+25%
Gloria2005St-Julien·4490·16.5·15.5·89-91·34·16···€ 28·
Caronne Ste Gemme2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.4588-90·····89-91········€ 12·
Dauzac2005Margaux5th GCC4591·16.5·15·92-94·43.5·15.25···€ 29+32%
Lanessan2005Haut-MédocCB Sup.4590·16·15.5·89-91········€ 13+8%
Larrivet-Haut-Brion2005Pessac-Léognan·4590·16.5·17·85-88·34·····€ 24+9%

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