Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

Bordeaux chateaux size near 79 hectares
Bordeaux 2004 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.
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.
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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 (–).
Giscours2004Margaux3rd GCC8091·17·16·89-91·48·17.5···€ 29·
la Lagune2004Haut-Médoc3rd GCC8090·16·15·85-88·48·16···€ 23·
Léoville-Poyferré2004St-Julien2nd GCC8093·17+·17·89-91·48.5·16.5···€ 32·
Pontet-Canet2004Pauillac5th GCC8090+·17·18.5·92-94·4··16.75···€ 35·
Margaux2004Margaux1st GCC8193·19·19·92-94·59·18.5···€ 140·
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux2004Margaux2nd wine8189·18-·15·89-91·4······€ 30·
Gruaud-Larose2004St-Julien2nd GCC8287?·16.5·16·89-91·48·16···€ 28·
Mouton-Rothschild2004Pauillac1st GCC8392+·18·18.5·92-94·59·17.5···€ 135·
Beychevelle2004St-Julien4th GCC7489·16.5···85-88·36.5·15.5···€ 23·
Calon-Ségur2004St-Estèphe3rd GCC7489·17.5·18·89-91·4··16.5···€ 33·
la Tour de By2004MédocCB Sup.7486·17·12···36.5·16···€ 11·
Lascombes2004Margaux2nd GCC8493·17·15·85-88·48.5·15.5···€ 34·
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse2004Pauillac2nd GCC8592·17.5·17.5·89-91·48.5·18···€ 59·
Sociando-Mallet2004Haut-Médoc·7290·16.5·17·89-91··8.5·17···€ 32·
Duhart-Milon-Rothschild2004Pauillac4th GCC7191·16.5·15·85-88·48·16.75···€ 22·
Cantemerle2004Haut-Médoc5th GCC8787·16·16·85-88·37.5·16.5···€ 16·
Phélan-Ségur2004St-EstèpheCB Exc.8987·16·17·85-88·47.5·16···€ 21·
la Dame de Montrose2004St-Estèphe2nd wine6886-88·17-·····38·····€ 18·
Maucaillou2004MoulisCB Sup.6885-87·15·15···37.5·13.5···€ 13·
Montrose2004St-Estèphe2nd GCC6891·17.5·18·92-94·49·17.5···€ 47·
Prieuré-Lichine2004Margaux4th GCC6890·16·15·85-88·28·16···€ 23·
Brane-Cantenac2004Margaux2nd GCC9090·15·16·85-88·47.5·17···€ 26·
Citran2004Haut-MédocCB Sup.90··15·14·85-88·36.5·····€ 12·
les Forts de Latour2004Pauillac2nd wine6790·17+·16·89-91·47.5·····€ 40·
Latour2004Pauillac1st GCC6795·19·19·95-100·510·18.5···€ 155·
Potensac2004MédocCB Exc.6784-86·15.5···89-91·38·16.5···€ 14·
de Camensac2004Haut-Médoc5th GCC6587-89·15.5·15···36·14.5···€ 14·
Cos d'Estournel2004St-Estèphe2nd GCC6492·17·18·92-94·48·17.5···€ 60·
les Pagodes de Cos2004St-Estèphe2nd wine6486-88·14.5···85-88·3······€ 20·
Haut-Bages Averous2004Pauillac2nd wine94········3······€ 15·
Lynch Bages2004Pauillac5th GCC9489·16·16.5·89-91·48.5·17.5···€ 35·
Clos du Marquis2004St-Julien2nd wine9787-89·16.5···89-91·48·····€ 22·
Léoville-Las-Cases2004St-Julien2nd GCC9793·18-·18.5·95-100·59·18···€ 68·
Belgrave2004Haut-Médoc5th GCC6088·16.5·15.5···38·14···€ 11·
Haut-Marbuzet2004St-EstèpheCB Exc.5888·15·17.5·85-88·48·16.5···€ 30·
Batailley2004Pauillac5th GCC5790·16·17·85-88·48·15.5···€ 25·
Lynch-Moussas2004Pauillac5th GCC5788·16·16·85-88·37.5·15···€ 18·
Talbot2004St-Julien4th GCC10288·15·16·89-91·47.5·15···€ 24·
la Croix de Beaucaillou2004St-Julien2nd wine55··16·····37·····€ 15·
Ducru-Beaucaillou2004St-Julien2nd GCC5593·16.5·18.5·92-94·48.5·17.5···€ 52·
Grand-Puy-Lacoste2004Pauillac5th GCC5589·17.5·17·89-91·4··17···€ 30·
Poujeaux2004MoulisCB Exc.5590·16·16·85-88·37·16.5···€ 17·
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild2004Pauillac2nd wine10389-90·17-···85-88·47.5·····€ 30·
Lafite-Rothschild2004Pauillac1st GCC10395·18·18·92-94·59·19···€ 140·
Alter Ego de Palmer2004Margaux2nd wine5288-90·17···85-88·4······€ 30·
Branaire (Ducru)2004St-Julien4th GCC5290·14.5·16·89-91·4··16.25···€ 23·
Palmer2004Margaux3rd GCC5294·18.5·17·89-91·58.5·17···€ 84·
Meyney2004St-EstèpheCB Sup.5184·16.5·16.5···37.5·····€ 19·
Rauzan-Ségla2004Margaux2nd GCC5189·17·16.5·89-91·47.5·16···€ 35·
Chasse-Spleen2004MoulisCB Exc.10788·16·15·85-88·48·17···€ 19·
d'Armailhac2004Pauillac5th GCC5089·16.5·15.5·85-88·38·15···€ 23·
Pichon-Longueville Baron2004Pauillac2nd GCC5093·16.5·17·89-91·48.5·17.5···€ 49·
du Tertre2004Margaux5th GCC5088·15.5·16.5·80-84·38·15···€ 20·
la Tour-Carnet2004Haut-Médoc4th GCC4890·14.5·16···37.5·15···€ 19·
Carbonnieux2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4790·16·15···37.5·15.25···€ 18·
Fourcas-Hosten2004Listrac-MédocCB Sup.4780·14·····36.5·15···€ 10·
Léoville-Barton2004St-Julien2nd GCC4792+·16·17.5·89-91·48.5·17.5···€ 39·
Fourcas-Dupré2004Listrac-MédocCB Sup.46··14.5·14···37.5·15···€ 10·
Dauzac2004Margaux5th GCC4587?·16.5·15·89-91·38·14···€ 22·
Lanessan2004Haut-MédocCB Sup.4587·15·12··········€ 12·
Larrivet-Haut-Brion2004Pessac-Léognan·4589·16·15.5·85-88·38·····€ 22·
Smith Haut Lafitte2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4593·17·17.5·89-91·48·16···€ 33·
Beaumont2004Haut-MédocCB Sup.11386·15·13··········€ 10·
Lagrange2004St-Julien3rd GCC11389+·16·17·89-91·48·17.5···€ 22·
Bahans Haut-Brion2004Pessac-Léognan2nd wine4388·17·16.5·89-91·4······€ 30·
Haut-Brion2004Pessac-Léognan1st GCC4392·18·18·92-94·59·18···€ 135·
la Tour de Mons2004MargauxCB Sup.43····13····6.5·16···€ 12·
Cantenac-Brown2004Margaux3rd GCC4286?·15.5·15·85-88·38·17.5···€ 21·
Malartic-Lagravière2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4189·14·15.5·85-88·48·14···€ 24·
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2004Pauillac5th GCC4090·16·16···37·15···€ 23·
Lafon-Rochet2004St-Estèphe4th GCC4090·17·16···48·16···€ 20·
Rollan de By2004MédocCB Sup.4089···15.5····7.5·15···€ 14·
Bouscaut2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3986·16·14.5···47.5·14.5···€ 17·
Marquis de Terme2004Margaux4th GCC3888·14·16···3··15.5···€ 24·
Malescasse2004Haut-MédocCB Sup.37··15·11···36·15···€ 11·
Sénéjac2004Haut-MédocCB Sup.3788-89·17·15···47·15···€ 9·
Labégorce2004MargauxCB Sup.3680?·16.5·15.5···37·16···€ 20·
de Fieuzal2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3589+·17·15.5···36.5·13.5···€ 22·
Kirwan2004Margaux3rd GCC3590·16.5·16.5·85-88·38.5·14···€ 23·
la Louvière2004Pessac-Léognan·3588·17-·15.5·85-88·3······€ 19·
Fonréaud2004Listrac-MédocCB Sup.3484·16+·14.5···37·14.5···€ 10·
Domaine de Chevalier2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3390·17+·18·85-88·48.5·16.5···€ 29·
les Ormes de Pez2004St-EstèpheCB Exc.3385·17·15·85-88·37.5·16···€ 20·
Haut-Bailly2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3293·17.5·18.5·85-88·48.5·18.5···€ 32·
Clerc Milon2004Pauillac5th GCC3090·17·16.5·89-91·47.5·15.75···€ 24·
Croizet-Bages2004Pauillac5th GCC3086·14·14.5···36·13···€ 18·
Desmirail2004Margaux3rd GCC30···········14···€ 19·
Durfort-Vivens2004Margaux2nd GCC30··16·16.5·85-88·47.5·17.5···€ 20·
d'Issan2004Margaux3rd GCC3091·17·16·89-91·4··16.5···€ 22·
Latour-Martillac2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3085·14·15.5·85-88·38·14···€ 15·
Olivier2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3085·15·15.5·80-84·47.5·15···€ 17·
Pape Clément2004Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3091·17·18·89-91·38.5·17···€ 59·
Rauzan-Gassies2004Margaux2nd GCC3087·17.5·15.5···37.5·16.5···€ 25·
Haut-Bages Libéral2004Pauillac5th GCC2890·17+·15·85-88·37·16.5···€ 26·
Pédesclaux2004Pauillac5th GCC28····15···26.5·14···€ 15·
Labégorce Zédé2004MargauxCB Exc.2785·15.5·16···37·16···€ 20·
Fourcas-Loubaney2004Listrac-MédocCB Sup.25····13··········€ 11·
de Pez2004St-EstèpheCB Exc.24····16···4········
Siran2004MargauxCB Exc.2489·17·16·89-91·37·17···€ 21·
Brown2004Pessac-Léognan·23.5·········7·····€ 15·

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