Vintage Bordeaux Wine Prices

For more on the 2017 bordeaux vintage watch for my full report in the july 31 issue of wine spectator.

Vintage bordeaux wine prices.

A rare selection think. One of the most important wine regions of the world bordeaux is a powerhouse producer of wines of all colors sweetness levels and price points. It said this year s condensed campaign proved a surprising success. Château pontet canet kicked off en primer the sale of wine futures for the 2019 vintage on may 28 releasing it at 58 us 65 60 a bottle from the negociant bordeaux merchant a 31.

The wine advocate vintage guide. Separated from the atlantic ocean by a coastal pine forest this relatively flat region has a mild maritime climate marked by cool wet winters and warm summers. With a higher concentration of tannins left bank bordeaux can stand up longer in the bottle. Left bank wines are a better fit for the aging process.

2 5 left bank 2 5 right bank. The classic collector wine is bordeaux and in the best vintages these wines can age for 5 or more decades. 1970 2019 download pdf rating ranges 96 100. 1 of all wines.

These differences lead to a gap in the price points of bordeaux wines. This happened when robert parker correctly predicted the high quality of 1982 bordeaux red wines propelling that vintage and parker himself to stardom. Prices for the 2017s are listed besides the current prevailing retail price for 2015s so you can gauge where the wines are vis à vis the most recently bottled vintage now on retail shelves. Payback time for sauternes and dry whites also shone but it was clearly the most difficult red wine vintage for decades across bordeaux yields were drastically down in many cases and consultant stephane derenoncourt described producing the vintage from bud to barrel as a war against nature.

Wines that often improve with age include barolo and barbaresco from the nebbiolo grape cabernet sauvignon from napa valley and other regions in california but also certain wines from australia argentina washington state and elsewhere.