How do Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson, Michel Bettane, James Suckling, Steven Spurrier and others rate Bordeaux 2009?

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WINE	AOC	CLASS.	SIZE	WHO?	RP	JR	BD	WS	De	RVF	PW	RG	Price
Calon-Ségur	St-Estèphe	3rd GCC	74	Capbern-Gasqueton, D.	92+	17+	18.5	92-94	4	4.5	·	·	€ 62 (+ € 3)
Haut-Bailly	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	32	Ribéreau/Dubourdieu	95	17+	18	92-94	4	5	·	·	€ 62 (+ € 3)
le Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild	Pauillac	2nd wine	83	Dhalluin, Ph.	88	17	17.5	89-91	4	·	·	·	€ 62 (+ € 3)
Smith Haut Lafitte	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	45	Rolland/Derenoncourt	95	17.5	17	92-94	4	5	·	·	€ 55 (– € 4)
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild	Pauillac	2nd wine	103	Boissenot, J.	89	18	16.5	89-91	4	·	·	·	€ 55 (– € 4)
Lascombes	Margaux	2nd GCC	84	Rolland, M.	95	15	16	92-94	3	4.5	·	·	€ 63 (+ € 4)
Grand-Puy-Lacoste	Pauillac	5th GCC	55	Boissenot, J. & E.	95	17	18.5	92-94	4	5	·	·	€ 63 (+ € 4)
la Sérénité	Pessac-Léognan		2	Rolland, M. (B. Magrez)	91	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	€ 63 (+ € 4)
Langoa-Barton	St-Julien	3rd GCC	17	Barton, A.	90?	18	18	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 65 (+ € 6)
Pontet-Canet	Pauillac	5th GCC	80	Boissenot/Rolland	96+	15.5	18	95-100	4	4.5	·	·	€ 65 (+ € 6)
Branon	Pessac-Léognan		15	Raynaud, A.	96	16+	·	89-91	·	·	·	·	€ 65 (+ € 6)
la Tour Haut-Brion	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	5	Delmas, J-P	89	18	16	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 50 (– € 9)
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux	Margaux	2nd wine	81	Boissenot, J.	91	17.5	17	92-94	4	·	·	·	€ 50 (– € 9)
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry	Margaux	3rd GCC	23	Rolland, M.	97	16.5	16.5	95-100	4	4.5	·	·	€ 49 (– € 10)
les Carmes Haut-Brion	Pessac-Léognan		4.5	Furt, D.	92	17	15	85-88	4	4	·	·	€ 49 (– € 10)
Gruaud-Larose	St-Julien	2nd GCC	82	Pauli, G./Boissenot	89?	16	17	89-91	4	4.5	·	·	€ 48 (– € 11)
Giscours	Margaux	3rd GCC	80	Boissenot, J./Rolland	91	17	17	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 48 (– € 11)
Branaire (Ducru)	St-Julien	4th GCC	52	Boissenot, J.	95	17.5	16.5	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 48 (– € 11)
Rauzan-Ségla	Margaux	2nd GCC	51	Boissenot, J. (J. Kolasa)	94+	16.5	16.5	95-100	4	3.5	·	·	€ 70 (+ € 11)
Lynch Bages	Pauillac	5th GCC	94	Llose, D.	91	17	17	92-94	4	4.5	·	·	€ 70 (+ € 11)
Bahans Haut-Brion	Pessac-Léognan	2nd wine	43	Masclef, J-P	89	17.5	17	92-94	4	·	·	·	€ 47 (– € 12)
Saint-Pierre	St-Julien	4th GCC	17	Boissenot, J.	92-94	·	17.5	89-91	4	4.5	·	·	€ 46 (– € 13)
Léoville-Barton	St-Julien	2nd GCC	47	Boissenot, J.	94?	17+	18	95-100	4	5	·	·	€ 72 (+ € 13)
Léoville-Poyferré	St-Julien	2nd GCC	80	Rolland, M./Davin, I.	93	16	18.5	95-100	4	4.5	·	·	€ 72 (+ € 13)
Brane-Cantenac	Margaux	2nd GCC	90	Boissenot, J.	94	15.5	15.5	89-91	4	4	·	·	€ 44 (– € 15)
d'Issan	Margaux	3rd GCC	30	Boissenot, J.	95	17.5	16.5	89-91	4	4.5	·	·	€ 44 (– € 15)
Domaine de Chevalier	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	33	Derenoncourt, S.	92	17	17.5	89-91	4	5	·	·	€ 44 (– € 15)
Kirwan	Margaux	3rd GCC	35	Rolland, M.	92+	15.5	15.5	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 43 (– € 16)
Clos du Marquis	St-Julien	2nd wine	97	Boissenot, J. & E.	91	17	17.5	92-94	3	·	·	·	€ 42 (– € 17)
Lagrange	St-Julien	3rd GCC	113	Boissenot, J.	91?	16.5	17	92-94	4	3.5	·	·	€ 40 (– € 19)
Beychevelle	St-Julien	4th GCC	74	Boissenot, J.	90	17	16	89-91	3	3	·	·	€ 40 (– € 19)
Talbot	St-Julien	4th GCC	102	Ribéreau-G/Boissenot	90	17.5	16.5	92-94	3	4	·	·	€ 40 (– € 19)
Sociando-Mallet	Haut-Médoc		72	Couasnon, M.	91+	15.5	17	85-88	4	4.5	·	·	€ 40 (– € 19)
Clerc Milon	Pauillac	5th GCC	30	Dhalluin, Ph.	92	17.5	16	92-94	4	3.5	·	·	€ 39 (– € 20)
la Lagune	Haut-Médoc	3rd GCC	80	Dubourdieu, D.	95	16.5	16.5	89-91	4	4.5	·	·	€ 38 (– € 21)
les Forts de Latour	Pauillac	2nd wine	67	Ardouin, F./Boissenot	92	17.5	18	95-100	4	·	·	·	€ 80 (+ € 21)
Duhart-Milon-Rothschild	Pauillac	4th GCC	71	Chevallier, Ch.	94	17.5	16.5	92-94	4	4	·	·	€ 37 (– € 22)
Prieuré-Lichine	Margaux	4th GCC	68	Derenoncourt, S.	92	17+	16	89-91	3	4	·	·	€ 37 (– € 22)
Alter Ego de Palmer	Margaux	2nd wine	52	Boissenot, J.	90	16.5	·	89-91	4	·	·	·	€ 37 (– € 22)
Haut-Marbuzet	St-Estèphe	CB Exc.	58	Saintout, B.	85?	16	17	89-91	3	4	·	·	€ 37 (– € 22)
Malartic-Lagravière	Pessac-Léognan	CC Grav.	41	Rolland, M.	91-93	16.5	17.5	89-91	4	5	·	·	€ 35 (– € 24)
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion	Pessac-Léognan	2nd wine	21	Masclef, J-P	91	17.5	15	89-91	3	·	·	·	€ 35 (– € 24)
Rauzan-Gassies	Margaux	2nd GCC	30	Camps, J-L	92	15.5	14.5	85-88	3	4.5	·	·	€ 34 (– € 25)
d'Armailhac	Pauillac	5th GCC	50	Dhalluin, Ph.	90+	16.5	16	89-91	4	4	·	·	€ 34 (– € 25)
Haut Condissas	Médoc		5	Raynaud, A.	90	16	·	85-88	·	·	·	·	€ 34 (– € 25)
Boyd-Cantenac	Margaux	3rd GCC	17	Guillemet, L.	92	16	16.5	92-94	4	4.5	·	·	€ 33 (– € 26)
Lafon-Rochet	St-Estèphe	4th GCC	40	Couasnon, M-B	90	16	17	89-91	4	4	·	·	€ 33 (– € 26)
Cantenac-Brown	Margaux	3rd GCC	42	Boissenot, J. & E.	87+?	16.5	15	89-91	3	4	·	·	€ 32 (– € 27)
Marquis de Terme	Margaux	4th GCC	38	Hugon, J-P	88	16+	15.5	89-91	3	4.5	·	·	€ 32 (– € 27)
Haut-Bages Libéral	Pauillac	5th GCC	28	Ruini, S.	90	16	16	92-94	4	3.5	·	·	€ 31 (– € 28)

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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.

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 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.

Winemaker, consultant, manager or owner (WHO?)

Some people are playing a decisive role in the wine-making process. From more to less influential with respect to the style of the wine we can distinguish:

1. consulting oenologist
2. oenologist
3. cellar master (and vineyard manager)
4. (general) manager
5. owner

Not all roles are necessarily played by different people, e.g. there is no oenologist supporting the cellar master, or the owner himself is in fact the winemaker. For this column the person fulfilling the first role is mentioned: he or she is in fact the person who most determines the overall style of the wine.

Robert Parker (RP)

American wine critic publishing in The Wine Advocate. He rates the wines on a scale from 50 to 100. For example 92-94 means "ranging from 92 to 94". Sometimes Parker adds a plus (+) to his rating. An asterisk (*) means that it is the best wine from the château that he has ever tasted as a barrel sample. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Jancis Robinson (JR)

English wine critic. She rates the wines on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Michel Bettane & Thierry Desseauve (BD)

French wine critics publishing in TAST. They rate the wines on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Wine Spectator (WS)

American wine magazine. The leading taster is James Suckling. Wines are rated on a scale from 50 to 100. For example 92-94 means "ranging from 92 to 94". Not all wines are (already) rated.

Decanter (De)

English wine magazine. Wines are given 1 to 5 stars. From the 2007 vintage onwards the 10 - 20 scale is presented (might be changed later for the 2006 vintage etc. also). The wines are tasted by Steven Spurrier, James Lawther MW and Beverley Blanning MW. Not all wines are (already) rated.

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.

Perswijn (PW)

Dutch wine magazine. Wines are tasted by Ronald de Groot and Sjoerd de Groot, and are given 1 to 5 stars. Not all wines are (already) rated.

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.

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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