Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

Robert Parker ratings near 94.25
Bordeaux 2021 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. 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.
JL
Jeff Leve (JL)
American wine critic publishing on his website TheWineCellarInsider.com. Wines are rated on a scale from 75 to 100. 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.
CK
Chris Kissack (CK)
English wine critic, publishing on Winedoctor. He rates the wines on a scale from 75 to 100. 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 (–).
Cos d'Estournel (buy)2021St-Estèphe2nd GCC6494-95·17++····95-97··96·94-96€ 204–4%
Lynch Bages (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC9493-95······92-94··94·91-93··
Giscours (buy)2021Margaux3rd GCC8093-95·16.5····92-94··93·89-91€ 590%
Brane-Cantenac (buy)2021Margaux2nd GCC9093-95······92-94··94··€ 67–6%
Domaine de Chevalier (buy)2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3393-95·17····93-95··94·92-94€ 670%
Léoville-Barton (buy)2021St-Julien2nd GCC4793-95·17++····92-94··94·91-93€ 80–7%
Rauzan-Ségla (buy)2021Margaux2nd GCC5193-95·17····94-96··93·91-93€ 85–10%
Smith Haut Lafitte (buy)2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4593-95·16.5+····94-96··95·92-94€ 129–5%
Gruaud-Larose (buy)2021St-Julien2nd GCC8294-95+······88-90··94··€ 89+9%
Haut-Bailly (buy)2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3294-95+·16.5+····94-96··95·92-94€ 1360%
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse (buy)2021Pauillac2nd GCC8594-95+·17····94-96··95·92-94€ 1890%
Branaire (Ducru) (buy)2021St-Julien4th GCC5293-94+·16····92-94··92·89-91··
Léoville-Las-Cases (buy)2021St-Julien2nd GCC9793-94+·17+····94-96··94·92-94€ 242–14%
Montrose (buy)2021St-Estèphe2nd GCC6894-96·17++····94-96··95·93-95€ 161–12%
Ducru-Beaucaillou (buy)2021St-Julien2nd GCC5594-96·17.5····95-97··96·93-95€ 221–3%
la Mission Haut-Brion (buy)2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.2194-96·17.5····93-95··97·92-94€ 315–12%
Pichon-Longueville Baron (buy)2021Pauillac2nd GCC5094-96+·17····93-95··94·93-95€ 1560%
Grand-Puy-Lacoste (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC5592-94+······92-94··93·90-92€ 720%
les Carmes Haut-Brion (buy)2021Pessac-Léognan·494-97·17++····94-96··94·93-95€ 114+3%
Mouton-Rothschild (buy)2021Pauillac1st GCC8395-96·17.5+····95-97··95·93-95€ 599–2%
Olivier2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3098-88·16.5····89-91··93·86-88··
Langoa-Barton (buy)2021St-Julien3rd GCC1792-94·16.5····90-92··92·89-91€ 430%
Lagrange (buy)2021St-Julien3rd GCC11392-94·16.5····91-93··93·89-91€ 49–4%
Cantenac-Brown2021Margaux3rd GCC4292-94·16+····92-94··93·87-89€ 500%
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry2021Margaux3rd GCC2392-94·17····92-94··90·89-91€ 54–2%
Durfort-Vivens (buy)2021Margaux2nd GCC3092-94·16.5····91-93··93··€ 62+2%
Clerc Milon (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC3092-94·16.5····92-94··92·90-92€ 810%
Calon-Ségur (buy)2021St-Estèphe3rd GCC7495-96+·17+····94-96··95·92-94€ 116+5%
les Forts de Latour2021Pauillac2nd wine6792-93+······91-93··91·89-91··
Phélan-Ségur (buy)2021St-EstèpheCB8992-93+·16.5+····92-94··90·90-92€ 450%
Latour2021Pauillac1st GCC6795-97······96-98··96·92-94··
Palmer (buy)2021Margaux3rd GCC5295-97·17+····94-96··96·93-95€ 3390%
Lafite-Rothschild (buy)2021Pauillac1st GCC10395-97·17.5++····96-98··97·92-94€ 684–1%
Beychevelle (buy)2021St-Julien4th GCC7491-94·16.5····92-94··92·88-90€ 84+2%
Pape Clément (buy)2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3091-94·15····93-95··93·91-93€ 87–2%
Margaux (buy)2021Margaux1st GCC8195-97+·17.5····96-98··95·93-95€ 599–2%
Clos du Marquis (buy)2021St-Julien·9791-93+·16.5····91-93····90-92··
Duhart-Milon (buy)2021Pauillac4th GCC7191-93+·16+····91-93··93·88-90€ 79–1%
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux (buy)2021Margaux2nd wine8191-93·16.5····91-93··92·89-91··
Pontet-Canet (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC8091-93·16+····94-96····91-93··
de Fieuzal2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3591-93·15.5+····91-93··91·85-87€ 39+5%
Haut-Bages Libéral (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC2891-93·16+····90-92··91··€ 390%
Haut-Marbuzet2021St-EstèpheCB5891-93······90-92··89·86-88€ 42+5%
d'Armailhac (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC5091-93·16····90-92··92·89-91€ 470%
Saint-Pierre (buy)2021St-Julien4th GCC1791-93·16.5····91-93··93·90-92€ 550%
Alter Ego de Palmer (buy)2021Margaux2nd wine5291-93·16.5····89-90··93·90-92€ 79+10%
le Clarence de Haut-Brion (buy)2021Pessac-Léognan2nd wine4391-93·16+····91-93··91·89-91€ 155–9%
Talbot (buy)2021St-Julien4th GCC10291-92+·16++····89-91··92·90-92€ 56–2%
Haut-Brion (buy)2021Pessac-Léognan1st GCC4396-98·18····95-97··95·93-95€ 593–3%
Haut-Batailley (buy)2021Pauillac5th GCC2290-93······91-93··91·87-89··
du Tertre (buy)2021Margaux5th GCC5090-93·16.5····90-92··92·86-88€ 400%
d'Issan (buy)2021Margaux3rd GCC3090-93·16.5····92-94··94·90-92€ 600%
Ferrière (buy)2021Margaux3rd GCC890-92+·15.5····88-90··90··€ 400%
de Pez2021St-EstèpheCB2490-92·17····90-92··92·89-91··
Tronquoy-Lalande (buy)2021St-EstèpheCB1790-92·16.5····90-92··89·88-90··
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2021Pauillac5th GCC4090-92·16.5····86-88··87·87-89€ 35·
Pibran (buy)2021PauillacCB1090-92·16+····89-91··90·89-91€ 35+3%
Prieuré-Lichine2021Margaux4th GCC6890-92·16.5·······92·87-89€ 370%
Gloria (buy)2021St-Julien·4490-92·16····89-91··91·88-90€ 390%
la Lagune (buy)2021Haut-Médoc3rd GCC8090-92·16.5·······91·88-90€ 390%
Larrivet-Haut-Brion2021Pessac-Léognan·4590-92·17····91-93··92·86-88€ 39+15%
Malartic-Lagravière2021Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4190-92·15.5+····92-94··92·87-89€ 420%
les Pagodes de Cos (buy)2021St-Estèphe2nd wine6490-92·16····90-92··90·90-92€ 450%
la Croix Ducru Beaucaillou (buy)2021St-Julien2nd wine5590-92·16.5····90-92··92·89-91€ 47+7%
Batailley2021Pauillac5th GCC5790-92·16····92-94··92·89-91€ 55·
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion (buy)2021Pessac-Léognan2nd wine2190-92·16+····93-95··92·89-91€ 79–7%
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild (buy)2021Pauillac2nd wine10390-92·16.5····91-93··91·88-90€ 233–6%

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