Bordeaux Futures Primeurs Tasting Notes

Jeff Leve
Bordeaux 2018 Left bank

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WineYearAOC
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (–).
Latour2018Pauillac1st GCC6798-100·1896···98-10098··597-99··
les Carmes Haut-Brion2018Pessac-Léognan·4.594-96+·16.591···98-1009818···€ 98+27%
Montrose2018St-Estèphe2nd GCC6896-98·18+93···98-1009719·597-99€ 177+30%
Pichon-Longueville Comtesse2018Pauillac2nd GCC8597-99·17.592···98-1009919.25·596-98€ 186+46%
Ducru-Beaucaillou2018St-Julien2nd GCC5597-99·17+91···98-1009719·98-100€ 196+16%
Cos d'Estournel2018St-Estèphe2nd GCC6497-100·17.596···98-1009719.25·598-100€ 202+33%
Léoville-Las-Cases2018St-Julien2nd GCC9798-100·18.595···98-1009819.5·598-100€ 252+25%
Palmer2018Margaux3rd GCC5297-99·18.594···98-1009919.75·595-97€ 336+25%
Haut-Brion2018Pessac-Léognan1st GCC4397-99+·1892···98-1009819.5·95-97€ 579+19%
Mouton-Rothschild2018Pauillac1st GCC8397-99+·1894···98-1009919.75·597-99€ 579+19%
Lafite-Rothschild2018Pauillac1st GCC10398-100·1997···98-1009919.5·595-97€ 679+16%
Léoville-Poyferré2018St-Julien2nd GCC8094-96+·17.590···97-999718.25·597-99€ 94+22%
Rauzan-Ségla2018Margaux2nd GCC5197-99+·16.5+92···97-999719···€ 102+36%
Calon-Ségur2018St-Estèphe3rd GCC7496-98·1895···97-999618.25·496-98€ 102+20%
Smith Haut Lafitte2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4597-99+·1791···97-999818.5·96-98€ 112+18%
Pontet-Canet2018Pauillac5th GCC8097-99·16.596···97-999619.5·94-96€ 119+5%
Pichon-Longueville Baron2018Pauillac2nd GCC5097-99·1893···97-999719.5·597-99€ 161+18%
la Mission Haut-Brion2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.2198-100·17.5+91···97-999719·594-96€ 353+5%
Margaux2018Margaux1st GCC8197-100·18.594···97-999819.75·96-98€ 579+19%
Domaine de Chevalier2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3394-96+·17.5+89···96-989618·94-96€ 75+25%
Beychevelle2018St-Julien4th GCC7494-96+·1690···96-989417.75·495-97€ 85+13%
Pape Clément2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3096-98·16.591···96-9895··95-97€ 94+8%
Haut-Bailly2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3296-98+·17.5····96-989818.5··94-96€ 119+17%
Lynch Bages2018Pauillac5th GCC9496-98·1793···96-989718.5·94-96€ 127+20%
Malescot-Saint-Exupéry2018Margaux3rd GCC2394-96+·1690···95-979318.25·493-95€ 59+18%
Brane-Cantenac2018Margaux2nd GCC9092-94·1691···95-979518·493-95€ 72+7%
Léoville-Barton2018St-Julien2nd GCC4794-96·1791···95-979618.75·97-99€ 88+17%
Marquis d'Alesme2018Margaux3rd GCC1694-96··89···94-969417.25··92-94€ 45+15%
Malartic-Lagravière2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4192-94·1689···94-969517.25·93-95€ 50+6%
Cantenac-Brown2018Margaux3rd GCC4291-93·1690···94-969418·493-95€ 55+10%
Saint-Pierre2018St-Julien4th GCC1794-96·1689···94-969517.75·496-98€ 60+9%
Giscours2018Margaux3rd GCC8090-92+·1791···94-969517.25·94-96€ 64+7%
d'Issan2018Margaux3rd GCC3094-96·1792···94-969618··94-96€ 65+8%
Duhart-Milon2018Pauillac4th GCC7193-95·17.588···94-969517·493-95€ 78+13%
Clerc Milon2018Pauillac5th GCC3093-95·1790···94-969617·94-96€ 85+18%
le Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild2018Pauillac2nd wine8392-94+·16.589···94-9692··493-95€ 238·
les Forts de Latour2018Pauillac2nd wine6793-95+·1790···93-9592··94-96··
Meyney2018St-EstèpheCB5189-91+·1691···93-959417.5··93-95€ 30+11%
Labégorce2018MargauxCB3691-93+·16+87···93-959316.5·93-95€ 31+15%
Gloria2018St-Julien·4492-94·16.589···93-959317·92-94€ 42+11%
Prieuré-Lichine2018Margaux4th GCC6891-93·1789···93-959416.75·493-95€ 42+5%
Phélan-Ségur2018St-EstèpheCB8993-95·1788···93-959417.5·493-95€ 45+7%
Lagrange2018St-Julien3rd GCC11393-95+·16.591···93-9594··493-95€ 50+14%
les Pagodes de Cos2018St-Estèphe2nd wine6493-95·1789···93-9592··493-95€ 50+14%
Branaire (Ducru)2018St-Julien4th GCC5292-94·16.589···93-959318.25·495-97€ 55+12%
Haut-Batailley2018Pauillac5th GCC2292-94·1789···93-959316.75···€ 64+7%
Grand-Puy-Lacoste2018Pauillac5th GCC5592-94+·17.591···93-959517.5·94-96€ 78+4%
Gruaud-Larose2018St-Julien2nd GCC8295-97·1690···93-959418.5·494-96€ 79+7%
la Dame de Montrose2018St-Estèphe2nd wine6890-92·17+89···92-9491··494-96··
Griffons de Pichon Baron2018Pauillac2nd wine5090-92+·17.589···92-9490···93-95··
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux2018Margaux2nd wine8193-95·1789···92-9492··493-95··
Tronquoy-Lalande2018St-EstèpheCB1793-95·1788···92-949315.5·493-95··
Lilian Ladouys2018St-EstèpheCB4590-92·1687···92-949216.75·493-95€ 23+10%
Haut-Bergey2018Pessac-Léognan·15.590-92·1686···92-9493··90-92€ 23·
Clos Marsalette2018Pessac-Léognan·6··15.5····92-94····88-90€ 24+4%
la Louvière2018Pessac-Léognan·3592-94·1586···92-949015.25··€ 29+4%
Siran2018MargauxCB2491-93·1689···92-949316.75·493-95€ 30·
de Pez2018St-EstèpheCB2491-93·1787···92-949216·492-94€ 31+7%
Poujeaux2018MoulisCB5586-88·15.588···92-949316.25·492-94€ 310%
Branas Grand Poujeaux2018Moulis·5.589-91······92-94·16.25··€ 31·
Sociando-Mallet2018Haut-Médoc·7285-87·16.5····92-949417.5··€ 35+9%
Latour-Martillac2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3093-95·1787···92-949417·492-94€ 37+12%
Larrivet-Haut-Brion2018Pessac-Léognan·4591-93·1685···92-949316.25·492-94€ 37+9%
Grand-Puy-Ducasse2018Pauillac5th GCC4091-93·16.590···92-949216.5·492-94€ 39+5%
Pédesclaux2018Pauillac5th GCC2892-94·16.590···92-949318··93-95€ 44+5%
Marquis de Terme2018Margaux4th GCC3891-93·16.590···92-949117.5·492-94€ 45+2%
Batailley2018Pauillac5th GCC5792-94·1689···92-949418.25·493-95€ 47·
la Croix Ducru Beaucaillou2018St-Julien2nd wine5591-93·16+87···92-9493··495-97€ 49+11%
Langoa-Barton2018St-Julien3rd GCC1792-94·16.590···92-949317.25·96-98€ 52+16%
Clos du Marquis2018St-Julien·9792-94·1789···92-949118·94-96€ 55+10%
Talbot2018St-Julien4th GCC10291-93·16.5+89···92-949418.25·95-97€ 60+11%
la Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion2018Pessac-Léognan2nd wine2191-93·16.589···92-9492··489-91€ 850%
le Clarence de Haut-Brion2018Pessac-Léognan2nd wine4392-94·1788···92-9492··490-92€ 1440%
Carruades de Lafite Rothschild2018Pauillac2nd wine10392-94·17.590···92-9493··492-94€ 259·
Belgrave2018Haut-Médoc5th GCC6089-91·16.591···91-939217·492-94··
le Boscq2018St-EstèpheCB1889-91+·16.5····91-939015.5·4···
Malescasse2018Haut-MédocCB3788-90·14.589···91-93···490-92··
Pauillac de Château Latour2018Pauillac3rd wine6790-92·16.587···91-9389··491-93··
Lanessan2018Haut-MédocCB4589-91+··89···91-9392···91-93€ 16+7%
Capbern2018St-EstèpheCB4191-93·17····91-939215.75·92-94€ 24+14%
le Crock2018St-EstèpheCB32··16.5····91-939115.5·492-94€ 25·
Fonbadet2018PauillacCB2089-91+··88···91-9391··91-93€ 35+6%
Carbonnieux2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.4791-93·15.588···91-93·17·493-95€ 37+6%
Lynch-Moussas2018Pauillac5th GCC5791-93+·1691···91-939116.25·91-93€ 40+8%
Haut-Marbuzet2018St-EstèpheCB5891-93·16+87···91-939117.5···€ 42+11%
Marojallia2018Margaux·492-94+·17····91-9394···94-96€ 43+8%
du Tertre2018Margaux5th GCC5089-91·1787···91-939217·492-94€ 43+5%
Lascombes2018Margaux2nd GCC8492-94·15.591···91-939217.25·92-94€ 77+10%
Brown2018Pessac-Léognan·23.586-88·16····91-9292···93-95€ 29+16%
l'Aura de Cambon2018Margaux·0.5···87···90-92····94-96··
Goulée2018Médoc·2890-92·16.587···90-92·15.5·93-95··
Tourelles de Longueville2018Pauillac2nd wine5090-92·1790···90-929116.75·493-95··
les Grands Chênes2018MédocCB1089-91··88···90-9291··93-95€ 16+7%
Sénéjac2018Haut-MédocCB3790-92·16····90-929015.5···€ 16·
Charmail2018Haut-MédocCB2289-91··86···90-9287··391-93€ 17+6%
Belle-Vue2018Haut-Médoc·989-91+·16····90-929216.25··€ 17·
Petit Bocq2018St-EstèpheCB13··16.589···90-929016·3+91-93€ 200%
la Tour de Mons2018MargauxCB4388-90·16.5····90-929215.25·4·€ 22+10%
de France2018Pessac-Léognan·3690-92·15.586···90-9290··91-93€ 22·
Potensac2018MédocCB6790-92·1790···90-929116.25·4·€ 27+8%
Marquis de Calon2018St-Estèphe2nd wine74··1789···90-9291··92-94€ 29+7%
Cantemerle2018Haut-Médoc5th GCC8786-88·15.588···90-929217·493-95€ 30+3%
Couhins-Lurton2018Pessac-Léognan·1889-91······90-929316.25··91-93€ 30+3%
Olivier2018Pessac-LéognanCC Grav.3092-94·16.5+86···90-929416.75·492-94€ 32+7%
Cos-Labory2018St-Estèphe5th GCC1892-94·1687···90-92·17.25·92-94€ 39+15%
Réserve de la Comtesse2018Pauillac2nd wine8592-94+·16.590···90-9293···92-94€ 46+10%
Kirwan2018Margaux3rd GCC3591-93·16.589···90-929316.75·492-94€ 46+2%
Petit Lion de Léoville-Las-Cases2018St-Julien2nd wine9792-94·17.589···90-9292··492-94€ 57+10%
Baron de Brane2018Margaux2nd wine9086-88······89-9291····€ 29+7%
Fourcas-Borie2018Listrac-Médoc·29···87···89-91······
de Gironville2018Haut-MédocCB10.4··16····89-91·······
Paloumey2018Haut-MédocCB2087-89·15.5····89-9190·····
Cambon la Pelouse2018Haut-MédocCB6390-92··89···89-9192··92-94€ 16+7%
Clos Manou2018Médoc·9.589-91······89-91·16···€ 23+5%
du Glana2018St-Julien·4387-89··88···89-9191···91-93€ 24+4%
Blason d'Issan2018Margaux2nd wine3088-90··88···89-9192···91-93€ 28+4%
Lalande-Borie2018St-Julien·1888-90·16.587···89-919016·93-95€ 29+7%
Pibran2018PauillacCB1089-91·16.589···89-919016·492-94€ 37+9%
Boyd-Cantenac2018Margaux3rd GCC1789-91··90···89-919317.5···€ 46+5%
Beau-Site2018St-EstèpheCB32·······88-909015.5·4···
la Garde2018Pessac-Léognan·5687-89·16.5····88-909115·4···
Reysson2018Haut-MédocCB41·······88-9089·····
la Sirène de Giscours2018Margaux2nd wine8087-89·16++····88-9089······
Tour du Haut-Moulin2018Haut-MédocCB30·······88-90·······
Picque-Caillou2018Pessac-Léognan·2091-93+·1686···88-9092··90-92€ 21+5%
Maucaillou2018MoulisCB6887-89+·1587···88-9088··90-92€ 24+4%
Rauzan-Gassies2018Margaux2nd GCC3093-95·1687···88-909216.5·490-92€ 56+12%
Greysac2018MédocCB60··15.588···87-89···92-94··
Haut Condissas2018Médoc·5··14.591···87-89·17.25·493-95··
de Lamarque2018Haut-MédocCB3590-92·15····87-8991··92-94··
Rollan de By2018MédocCB40··16.588···87-89·16.25·492-94··
d'Agassac2018Haut-MédocCB3584-86······87-8992···€ 18+13%
Clément-Pichon2018Haut-MédocCB20·······87-8990··92-94€ 20+5%
Lacoste Borie2018Pauillac2nd wine5588-90·16.588···87-8990··490-92€ 28+4%
Chasse-Spleen2018MoulisCB107··15.589···87-899216.5·91-93€ 35+13%
Monbrison2018MargauxCB1388-90·16.589···87-8989··490-92€ 35+9%
Pouget2018Margaux4th GCC1087-89··89···87-898816.25···€ 37·
Preuillac2018Médoc·3085-87······88-8788··4···
Bernadotte2018Haut-Médoc·35···88···86-88···91-93··
Clarke2018Listrac-MédocCB5487-89·16····86-8894··91-93··
Beaumont2018Haut-MédocCB10588-90·16····86-8891··91-93€ 14+8%
Caronne Ste Gemme2018Haut-MédocCB4589-91·16····85-8792····€ 140%
Coufran2018Haut-MédocCB7588-90······85-8789··90-92€ 17·
Citran2018Haut-MédocCB9088-90·15+87···85-8789··90-92€ 19+12%
Desmirail2018Margaux3rd GCC3087-89·15.587···85-879116.25·490-92€ 390%
de Camensac2018Haut-Médoc5th GCC65··1688···84-869317.5·90-92€ 32·

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