Martin concludes: 'We will be fascinated to see the main peloton of 2018 prices announced in due course, and the extent to which this incredibly heterogeneous, tricky vintage is reflected in those release prices.’. Many 2016s, the last high-quality vintage, are still stuck in the system at their opening price, indicating they were released as futures at too high a price to attract consumers. On the Right Bank, Valandraud futures have been released at €129 ex-négoce, a 29 percent increase over 2017, but identical to the 2016 release price. Everything you need to know about 2018 Bordeaux, the Best Wines, Top Values, Tasting Notes, Ratings, Vintage info and Harvest Report.

The initial retail average of $197 is 29.9 percent higher than 2017’s $152 initial retail price. I struggle to buy into the notion suggested by some merchants that the scarcity of Palmer 2018 will make it rare and collectible.

10 May 2019 Philippe Larché of négociant Vintex, whose predictions for the campaign were given in Bordeaux 2018 part 3 – pricing, describes the campaign so far as ‘very heterogeneous’. There is no critics reviews yet for this vintage. As Nick Martin of Wine Owners puts it about Lafleur's price, 'it's 10% above our proto-price but it will sell out with Julia’s big score and is still only half the price of the secondary market average of 09, 10, 15 16. Because for 2018 to represent value as an en primeur purchase it will need to be released at a discount to current market prices of those other vintages. ‘Of all the appellations that we see here, I would say St-Estèphe is the most reflective of a true trend, as it continues its rise to catch up with the other communals of the Médoc. Wine Owners runs a wine collection management platform and a peer-to-peer trading exchange.

It’ll be entirely sold out by the end of the day. 13 June Lots of important prices have now been released including, this afternoon, the wine crowned 'wine of the vintage' (19/20 from Julia), Ch Lafite. Shipping charge of 14 €.Standard delivery 1 weekNo minimum order. 'The trend of the last couple of weeks has been to release very little production. While these châteaux have released their ex-château prices this week, the UK merchants have not yet published their offers. You see the average estate size grow over the same time period in both appellations, a clear indication of consolidation. Wine-Searcher is not responsible for omissions and inaccuracies. 24 May 2019  At last, post Vinexpo, there has been a flurry of releases of some of the more significant wines.

Supply chain management researchers use proven model to forecast certain wine prices. The majority of wines are meant to be consumed within about five years of purchase.

2 May 2019 We have now added all of Julia's scores to the table below for ease of reference. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape variety combi... Bordeaux Supérieur is an appellation tier applied to wines made within the generic Bordeaux AOP zone. © 2020 Wine-Searcher™ All rights reserved.

Check with the merchant for stock availability. Those in bold are below or close to the proto-price. Lafite Rothschild 2018, rated at 98-100 points by Decanter’s Jane Anson, making it one of the wines of the Bordeaux 2018 vintage, has been released en primeur at €480 per bottle ex-Bordeaux.. That matches the current market price of the lauded 2016 vintage, which was released at €455 ex-Bordeaux. Standard delivery 1 weekNo minimum order.

The initial price for 2018 Smith-Haut-Lafitte Blanc is also slightly higher, at $118. Beychevelle came out at €60, a 13.6 percent increase over last year. The initial retail price of $99 is 41.2 percent higher than 2017’s initial price of $77 and almost even with the 2016 current retail price of $101.

There are just three gaps: L'If, Le Pin and Petrus.

It is also 13 percent higher than the 2015 current retail price of $96. Prices of relatively minor châteaux continue to dribble out but see Bordeaux 2018 part 3 – pricing for predictions of likely timing of releases of more major wines. The initial retail price of $294, or $3,528 per case, is 22.9 percent higher than 2017, lower than current retail prices for 2016 and 2010, but relatively close to 2015 current retail of $284. Initial retail average comes to $60, which is just above both 2017 and 2016 initial retails of $56 and $58, respectively. Sign up for Wine Spectator’s Free Email Newsletters and stay up-to-date with all things wine. Futures for Pichon Lalande (97-100) have been released at €132, ex-négoce, a significant 46.7 percent increase over 2017 futures. But the initial retail price of $92 is only slightly above 2017’s $91 and 2016’s $90.


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A Bordeaux drinking well ... Stores and prices for '2018 Chateau Bel-Air Bordeaux' | prices… Patrick Campbell's iconic Sonoma estate is now under new management.

There is no price history for this product yet. As for the wines, the 2018 vintage is rife with superb options.

For each wine, we averaged current market value for its 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016 vintages. (Carillon d'Angélus came out at €78.) The reds are, as their name implies, intended to be a slightly "superior" form of standard Bordeaux AOC wines.

Last week, the 2018 futures campaign hit full steam, as multiple top names released their allocations. We will add them below as soon as we hear more. "So, if the prices remain at the level of or below the prices of 2016 … I think we should be able to get the attention of some Bordeaux lovers and possibly others.".
It easy to see what he means here when you look at completed sales – over 20% of St-Estèphe has changed hands over the past decade. For centuries, Cabernet Sa... Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. Troplong-Mondot (95-98) released its 2018 futures at €74.40 per bottle ex-négoce, which is only a slight bump up from 2017 at 3.3 percent.

With some 13,000 producers working approximately 300,000 acres of vines, no other wine region has so many wineries making so much excellent wine.

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Initial retail average upon release is $160 which, compared to 2017, is a 19 percent increase. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape variety combi... Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. Vintners continue to assess damage to wineries and crops. The 2018 futures campaign is winding down, with top estates Cheval-Blanc, Figeac and Vieux Château Certan all releasing in recent days. In contrast, Bergerac, right next door and still in the Aquitaine region, has lost 11%, coming in now at an average of €8,000 per hectare, just over half the least expensive appellation in Bordeaux and bringing the overall Aquitaine figure to a 3.1% rise.