Robert Parker ratings near 87.25 - Bordeaux 2008 Right bank

Wine	Year	AOC 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.	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.	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.	RG 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.	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 (–).
Clos Chaumont	2008	Côtes de Bordeaux	·	12	87-88	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Clos des Jacobins	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	8.4	87	15.5	16	·	16.5	16.5	88-89	4	16	·	·
Gigault Cuvée Viva	2008	Côtes de Blaye	·	13	87	15.5	·	·	·	·	·	3+	·	·	·
Grand Ormeau	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	11	87	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
les Grands Maréchaux	2008	Côtes de Blaye	·	20.5	87	·	·	·	·	·	·	4	·	·	·
la Gravière	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	7	87	·	14.5	·	15	·	·	·	17	·	·
Villars	2008	Fronsac	·	29	87	·	15	·	15	·	·	3½	·	€ 12	0%
les Trois Croix	2008	Fronsac	·	14	87	·	16	·	16	·	·	3½	17	€ 13	–7%
de Fonbel	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	10	87	16.5	14	·	·	·	·	4	17	€ 14	–7%
Fougas Maldoror	2008	Côtes de Bourg	·	11	87	16.5	·	·	·	·	·	·	17	€ 14	–7%
la Sergue	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	25	87	·	·	·	16	·	·	·	·	€ 17	–11%
Jean de Gué	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	10	87	·	·	·	15	·	·	·	16	€ 20	0%
Fombrauge	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	56	87	15	16	·	·	16	·	·	16	€ 22	–12%
Grand-Pontet	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	14	87	17	15.5	·	15	16	·	3+	15	€ 22	0%
Berliquet	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	10	87	17	16.5	·	16	·	·	4	17	€ 24	–4%
Beauregard	2008	Pomerol	·	16	87	16	16	·	16+	15	89-90	4	18	€ 25	0%
la Grave à Pomerol	2008	Pomerol	·	8.3	87	17	15	·	·	·	88	4	16	€ 26	·
Ferrand Lartigue	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	6	87-88+	16.5	·	·	·	·	·	3½	·	·	·
la Cabanne	2008	Pomerol	·	10	86-88	16	16	·	15	·	·	3+	16	€ 23	0%
l'Enclos	2008	Pomerol	·	9.5	87-89	·	14.5	·	·	·	·	·	15	·	·
Montviel	2008	Pomerol	·	5	87-89	16	15.5	·	15	15	·	4	16	·	·
Veyry	2008	Côtes de Castillon	·	4	87-89	15.5	15	·	15.5	·	·	·	·	·	·
Moulin Haut-Laroque	2008	Fronsac	·	15	87-89	·	15.5	·	16	·	·	4	17	€ 16	0%
Vray Croix de Gay	2008	Pomerol	·	4	87-89	15.5	·	·	16.5	16.5	·	4	17	€ 37	0%
Haut-Carles (Ch de Carles)	2008	Fronsac	·	20	88	·	16	·	16.5	·	·	4	16	·	·
Pensées de Lafleur	2008	Pomerol	2nd wine	4.6	88	17	15	·	16.5	·	·	4	16	·	·
la Serre	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	7	88	16.5	15	85-88	16+	·	94+	4	17	·	·
de la Dauphine	2008	Fronsac	·	8.9	88	·	16.5	·	16	·	·	4	17	€ 13	0%
Clos la Madeleine	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	2.2	88	16.5	16	·	·	·	90	4	16	€ 18	–5%
la Croix-de-Gay	2008	Pomerol	·	12	88	·	17.5	·	16	·	·	4	17	€ 21	0%
Bonalgue	2008	Pomerol	·	6.5	88	16.5	16	·	·	·	·	3+	17	€ 22	·
Franc-Mayne	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	7	88	·	16.5	·	16	15.5	88	·	17	€ 24	0%
Quinault l'Enclos	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	18	88	15.5	15	·	·	15.5	·	3½	17	€ 24	–14%
Dassault	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	24	88	15.5	16.5	·	16+	16	91	4	17	€ 25	0%
Rol Valentin	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	4	88	·	16.5	·	·	16	·	4½	18	€ 25	–17%
la Couspaude	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	7	88	17	17.5	·	16+	16	93	4	18	€ 31	–6%
Nénin	2008	Pomerol	·	28	88	17.5	17.5	88-91	16	17	·	4	17	€ 34	0%
Petit Village	2008	Pomerol	·	11	88	17+	17	·	16.5	17	90-91	4½	18	€ 35	–3%
Trottevieille	2008	St-Emilion GC	1st GCCb	12	88+	16.5	17	·	17.5	16.5	·	4	17	·	·
du Domaine de l'Eglise	2008	Pomerol	·	7	86	16.5+	16.5	·	16	·	·	4	17	·	·
du Gaby	2008	Canon-Fronsac	·	11.5	86	·	15.5	·	16	·	·	3½	·	·	·
Reynon	2008	Côtes de Bordeaux	·	18	86	15	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Côte de Baleau	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	8	86	16	·	·	·	15.5	·	3+	17	€ 14	0%
Lafleur-Gazin	2008	Pomerol	·	7.8	86	16	15	·	·	·	92	4	16	€ 23	0%
la Gomerie	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	2.5	86	16.5	·	·	·	15.5	·	4	16	€ 52	–5%
Bel-Air	2008	Pomerol	·	13	85-87	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	18	·	·
Bergat	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	4.5	85-87	·	15	·	15	·	88-89	·	16	·	·
Grand Destieu	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	5.95	85-87	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	16	·	·
Petit Faurie de Soutard	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	8	85-87	·	15.5	·	15.5	·	·	4	16	·	·
Couvent des Jacobins	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	11	85-87	15.5	14.5	·	15	·	87-88	·	16	€ 22	·
Sansonnet	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	6.3	88-90	16	·	·	·	·	·	4	17	·	·
Beau Soleil	2008	Pomerol	·	3.6	88-90	15.5	14.5	·	·	·	·	3+	16	€ 19	0%
Clos René	2008	Pomerol	·	12	88-90	16	14	·	·	·	·	·	16	€ 19	–5%
Cap de Mourlin	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	14	88-90	17+	17	·	15.5	·	87-88	4	17	€ 22	0%
le Prieuré	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	6	88-90	16	16	·	16	16	90	3½	17	€ 23	·
de Chambrun	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	1.5	89	15.5	15.5	·	16	·	·	·	16	·	·
les Grandes Murailles	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	2	89	17	16.5	·	16	16	91	·	18	·	·
Virginie de Valandraud	2008	St-Emilion GC	2nd wine	12	89	16+	16.5	·	·	·	·	4	·	·	·
Dalem	2008	Fronsac	·	14.7	89	·	15.5	·	15.5	·	·	4	16	€ 14	–7%
la Vieille Cure	2008	Fronsac	·	19	89	·	15	·	15.5	·	·	3+	·	€ 15	0%
Joanin-Bécot	2008	Côtes de Castillon	·	9.9	89	16	·	·	16	·	·	3½	15	€ 17	0%
Corbin	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	12.7	89	16	14	·	15.5	·	90	·	16	€ 19	0%
Fonroque	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	17.6	89	16	16	·	16	·	88-90	3+	16	€ 19	0%
Grand Corbin-Despagne	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	26.5	89	15.5	15	·	16.5	16	90	4	17	€ 19	0%
la Fleur de Boüard	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	17	89	·	16	86-89	16	·	92-93	·	16	€ 21	–9%
Chauvin	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	15	89	17	13	·	15	·	87-88	3½	17	€ 22	0%
le Carré	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	1.6	89+	·	·	·	·	·	94	·	16	·	·
Soutard	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	22	89+	14	17	·	16	16.5	93	·	16	€ 29	+21%
Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse	2008	St-Emilion GC	1st GCCb	7	89+	·	16	·	16.5	16	·	4½	18	€ 30	–19%
Certan de May de Certan	2008	Pomerol	·	5	89+	16.5	16	·	15.5	16	93-94	4	18	€ 64	–20%
Larmande	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	25	85	15.5	16	·	15.5	16	92-93	4	17	·	·
Siaurac	2008	Lalande de Pomerol	·	33	85	·	·	·	15.5	·	·	·	·	€ 12	0%
la Pointe	2008	Pomerol	·	23	85	16.5	14.5	89-92	16	·	91	4	17	€ 22	–4%
Laroze	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	27	84-86	·	15.5	·	15	15.5	91-92	·	16	€ 20	0%
Cadet-Bon	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	4.7	84-86	·	·	·	16	·	·	4	·	€ 21	0%
Richelieu (La Favorite)	2008	Fronsac	·	12.5	89-91	16	14.5	·	15.5	·	·	4	·	€ 13	·
Clos Badon Thunevin	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	6.5	90	16	15.5	·	·	·	·	4	15	·	·
Clos du Clocher	2008	Pomerol	·	5.7	90	16.5	16	·	16+	·	92-93	3½	18	·	·
la Clotte	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	4	90	16.5+	16	·	16	·	92-93	4	17	·	·
Fontenil	2008	Fronsac	·	9	90	·	15	·	15.5	·	·	3+	17	·	·
Moulin Saint-Georges	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	7	90	16+	16	·	·	16.5	·	4	17	·	·
le Moulin	2008	Pomerol	·	2.4	90	16-	14	·	·	·	·	3+	18	·	·
Teyssier	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	21	90	·	·	·	·	·	88	·	16	·	·
d'Aiguilhe	2008	Côtes de Castillon	·	40	90	16	16	88-91	16	·	·	4	17	€ 17	0%
Clos Puy Arnaud	2008	Côtes de Castillon	·	7.5	90	14.5	14.5	·	15.5	·	·	·	·	€ 17	0%
Domaine de l'A	2008	Côtes de Castillon	·	4.2	90	16.5+	16.5	·	17	·	·	4	·	€ 21	–5%
Bellefont-Belcier	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	12.4	90	16.5	16.5	·	16	·	91	4	16	€ 23	0%
Faugères	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	28	90	16	16.5	·	·	16	·	4	18	€ 24	–4%
Destieux	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	8.1	90	16	16.5	·	16.5	16.5	88	3+	17	€ 25	0%
la Dominique	2008	St-Emilion GC	GCC	22.5	90	17	17	·	16.5	17	92-93	4½	17	€ 27	–4%
la Clémence	2008	Pomerol	·	3	90	16.5+	16	·	·	16	·	3+	17	€ 42	–11%
Canon	2008	St-Emilion GC	1st GCCb	22	90	17	17.25	89-92	17.5	16.5	·	4	17	€ 50	0%
le Petit Cheval	2008	St-Emilion GC	2nd wine	35.5	90	17	16	87-90	·	·	94	4	17	€ 66	–20%
Bellevue	2008	St-Emilion GC	·	6.2	90+	16	17	·	16+	16.5	89-90	4	17	€ 33	–21%

Wine

Year

AOC

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 (–).