Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

AOC Sauternes
Bordeaux 2012

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (–).
d'Yquem2012Sauternes1st GCCs113············
Climens2012Sauternes1st GCC29··18.5···1816.5·4€ 59–39%
Clos Haut-Peyraguey2012Sauternes1st GCC12··16.5···17··€ 33–21%
Coutet2012Sauternes1st GCC38··1791··1716.5·€ 45–24%
Guiraud2012Sauternes1st GCC100··1793·····4€ 44+2%
Lafaurie-Peyraguey2012Sauternes1st GCC41··16.589··16+15.5·4€ 360%
Rabaud-Promis2012Sauternes1st GCC31··1891··1714.75···
de Rayne-Vigneau2012Sauternes1st GCC79··16.591··16.515.25·€ 39+3%
Rieussec2012Sauternes1st GCC90············
Sigalas-Rabaud2012Sauternes1st GCC14··1790··1715.25·€ 410%
Suduiraut2012Sauternes1st GCC92············
la Tour-Blanche2012Sauternes1st GCC65··17.593··17.515.75·4€ 44–10%
d'Arche2012Sauternes2nd GCC40···········
Broustet2012Sauternes2nd GCC39.5··15.592··16.5··3€ 200%
Caillou2012Sauternes2nd GCC13···89··15·····
Doisy-Daëne2012Sauternes2nd GCC15.9··1793··1716.5·€ 39+3%
Doisy-Védrines2012Sauternes2nd GCC30··16.5···17-··€ 28–3%
Filhot2012Sauternes2nd GCC62··15.588···14.25·€ 220%
Lamothe (Despujols)2012Sauternes2nd GCC7.5···83········
Lamothe Guignard2012Sauternes2nd GCC17··········€ 210%
de Malle2012Sauternes2nd GCC28··1789··16.514.75·€ 330%
de Myrat2012Sauternes2nd GCC22··1794··1716.75·€ 270%
Nairac2012Sauternes2nd GCC17··16.593··16.515.25·€ 42–13%
Romer du Hayot2012Sauternes2nd GCC15··1691··16+·····
Suau2012Sauternes2nd GCC8.1··17········
Bastor-Lamontagne2012Sauternes·56··1686··1513.25·€ 20–5%
l'Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne (demi)2012Sauternes·15.9··········€ 177–7%
de Fargues2012Sauternes·25············
les Justices2012Sauternes·8.5············
Raymond Lafon2012Sauternes·16············
Romer2012Sauternes·6.5··16.5······3··

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