Bordeaux En Primeur 2023
Take a look at the latest arrivals from the Bordeaux En Primeur 2023 campaign. With prices reduced by 20-30% compared to last year, and some superb wines available, this vintage presents a fantastic opportunity to enrich your cellar.
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Château Saint-Pierre, St. Julien
"The 2023 Saint-Pierre (Saint-Julien) is packed with blackberry jam, gravel, lavender, dried herbs, spice and crushed rocks. There’s a ton of character here. Incisive tannins and bright acids pull it all together in style. Give this at least a few years to soften. Tasted two times."
93-95/100 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£195.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château du Tertre, Margaux
"The lead pencil, blackberries and blackcurrants are very intense on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied with a solid core of fruit and tannins and a creamy, refined texture that turns to a medium finish. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 15% merlot, 11% cabernet franc and 4% petit verdot."
95-96/100 - James Suckling
£162.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint Julien
"The purity of fruit is so beautiful here with blackcurrants and violets, as well as freshly shaved lead pencil. It’s medium-bodied with refined tannins that are wonderfully polished and give plenty of texture. Goes on for minutes. Second wine of Ducru. 58% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon and 2% petit verdot."
94-95/100 - James Suckling
£177.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Cos d'Estournel, St Estèphe
"The finesse is pretty phenomenal here, with such complexity of fruit and vivid, bright flowers. Lavender and rose. Seductive. Ever-so long and precise. Lead pencil and graphite. Reminiscent of old, great Cos, such as 1955 or 1982, but with so much more form and modernity. A renaissance of Cos."
98-99/100 - James Suckling
£720.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Lynch-Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
“The 2023 Lynch-Bages is a dark, brooding wine. In so many vintages, Lynch-Bages is a wine of sensuality, but in 2023, it is quite the powerhouse. Formidable tannins wrap around a core of black fruit, spice, menthol, licorice and gravel. This is a somber, introspective Lynch-Bages with a ton of Cabernet Sauvignon character. I can't wait to taste this from bottle.”
94-97/100 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£420.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien
"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Ducru-Beaucaillou opens with classic great Cabernet notes of blackcurrants, mulberries, and ripe plums leading to a perfume of lilacs, lavender, and pencil shavings with a touch of cardamom. The light to medium-bodied palate is very tightly wound and so, so elegant, with a firm backbone of grainy tannins and wonderful tension giving definition to the black and red berry layers, finishing long and fragrant. This is more structured than most Médoc wines this year and very impressive."
95-97+/100 - Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
£720.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château de Fieuzal, Pessac-Léognan
“The 2023 Fieuzal reveals a bright, perfumed bouquet of mulberries and cherries mingled with floral accents of violets, lilac and spring flowers. Medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, it’s pure and seamless, with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids and powdery, ultra-refined tannins, concluding with a mineral, penetrating finish. This blend of 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot stands out in this challenging vintage for gravelly, sandy terroirs…..”
94-96/100 - Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
£118.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château de Fieuzal Blanc, Pessac-Léognan
“The 2023 Blanc from de Fieuzal is another great success this year, exhaling pure aromas of white fruits, white flowers, ripe orchard fruits, menthol and anise. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and broad, it has a delicate, pure mid-palate with chalky dry extract and a long, mouthwatering and saline finish. The aging period in barrels may enhance its mid-palate, potentially making it one of the standout white wines of the vintage. This is a blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Sémillon.”
93-95/100 Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
£252.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Kirwan, Margaux
“Another brilliant wine from Margaux, the 2023 Château Kirwan reveals a deep blue/purple hue to go with a nicely oaked profile of ripe black fruits, leafy herbs, iron, violets, and spice. It's balanced, medium to full-bodied, has a supple, layered mouthfeel, remarkable purity, and a great finish. As with most 2023s, it's going to shine with just a few years of bottle age.”
93-95/100 - Jeb Dunnuck
£165.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan
"This is an exceptional Haut-Brion, offering juice and elegant balance alongside classically structured layers, generous but restrained, sense of architecture and building blocks of a truly great Left Bank wine. Rippling with sinewy muscles, juicy and controlled, packed with cocoa bean, espresso, liquorice root, but none of these flavours dominate, knitted together, with a vertical lift. 100% new oak, Jean-Philippe Delmas director, Jean-Philippe Masclef technical director, no outside consultant."
98-100/100 - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
£1,878.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Léoville Barton, 2ème Cru Classé, St. Julien
“The 2023 Leoville Barton is deep garnet-purple in color. It features fragrant scents of violets, fertile loam, and rose oil leading to a core of redcurrant jelly, cassis, and licorice with a touch of cardamom. The medium-bodied palate is tense and tightly wound at this youthful stage, like a taut spring ready to pop. Firm, fine-grained tannins and a racy backbone adeptly support the vibrant fruit, finishing long and perfumed. The blend is 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc, aged in barriques, 60% new. “
94-96/100 - Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
£336.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Langoa Barton, 3ème Cru Classé, St. Julien
“The 2023 Langoa Barton is a very accomplished wine, the family's new winery having permitted more precise, parcel-by-parcel winemaking as well as gentler handling of the fruit to deliver a wine with all this estate's customary intensity of flavor but more polish and refinement. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings and dried rose petals, it's medium to full-bodied, with an inky core of fruit, vibrant acids and plenty of suave structuring tannin. This classic blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc is sure to number among the intelligent purchases of the en primeur campaign.”
93-95/100 - William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
£177.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Mauvesin Barton, Moulis-en-Médoc
“This is firm and chewy with a medium to full body, yet it shows succulent fruit underneath. Outstanding depth as well as a crunchy sense to this, with blackberry and graphite. Profound limestone character is giving this real depth and solidity.”
93-94/100 - James Suckling
£72.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan
"One of the finest wines in the vintage. It's one hell of a gorgeous wine offering a massive nose of black raspberries, graphite, liquid flowers, scorched earth, and chocolate-like aromas and flavors. It delivers remarkable purity, full-bodied richness, no hard edges, and fine-grained, sweet tannins. The overall balance paired with opulence here is something to behold, and it’s incredible to find this level of quality in the vintage."
96-100pt - Jeb Dunnuck
£1080.00 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac
“When Cabernet works at Mouton, it is hard to beat, and it's on full display in 2023. One of my clear wines of the vintage. Of any vintage.”
98/100 - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
£1950 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac
“The 2023 Le Petit-Mouton is fabulous. It could easy be a Grand Vin at another address. Rich, ample and beautifully resonant in the glass, the 2023 impresses with its notable palate presence. Dark red cherry, pomegranate, cinnamon, rose petal and new leather are some of the many notes that build. The 2023 is seriously impressive. Wow! Drink 2027-2043.”
93-95/100 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£799 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château d’Armailhac, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
“Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 d'Armailhac sings of black raspberries, wild strawberries, and tilled soil with hints of dried herbs and wet slate. The medium-bodied palate is lively and elegantly styled, with plush tannins supporting delicate red and black fruit layers, culminating in a well-sustained finish. Very impressive!”
93-95/100 - Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
£199 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Clerc Milon, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
“The palate is very well balanced with a slightly creamy texture and a lovely mouthfeel. Its concentration is neatly counterbalanced by the acidity, and it feels very harmonious and long on the finish. Superb. If Mouton-Rothschild is beyond your budget—yes, I am familiar with that feeling—then this is where you should look. Drink 2028-2050.”
92-94/100 - Neal Martin, Vinous
£318 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château La Lagune, Haut-Médoc
"Concentrated spiced plum, billowing red and white roses fragrance, opening to a confident tannic architecture, and an expansive but controlled delivery of textured autumnal fruit. Rose stems and grippy tannnins suggest full ripeness was challenging, but this has character and depth, and lift through the palate. Caroline Frey owner, 30hl/ha yields. Drink 2030 - 2048."
93/110 - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
£137 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac
"The 2023 Lynch-Moussas is super-expressive right out of the gate. The lifted, expansive bouquet is enticing. Red-toned fruit, blood orange, cedar, new leather and sweet pipe tobacco build over time, adding layers of complexity and overall dimension. This stylish, mid-weight Pauillac is a delight."
92-94/100 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£146 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Angludet, Margaux
"A polished and in-check red with blackberry, dark-chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. It has a medium body, creamy and round tannins and a savory finish. Well done for this estate. Better than 2022."
93-94/100 - James Suckling
£137 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc
"This shows focus and balance with a pretty dark-fruit character, as well as hints of blue flowers and stones. Medium-bodied, juicy and vivid with very polished tannins and fresh acidity. Nice center-palate with cabernet character coming through. Firm at the end."
93-94/100 - James Suckling
£103 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Talbot, Grand Cru Classé St-Julien
“The 2023 Talbot is another strong wine for this re-emerging estate. Powerful, deep and impressively resonant, the 2023 is striking. Dark-toned fruit, new leather, lavender and dried herbs build over time. There's terrific depth and intensity here, with fine balance to match. This is a superb showing from Talbot and the team led by Estate Director Jean-Michel Laporte. Drink 2030-2053”
93-95/100 Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£219 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Trottevieille, 1er Grand Cru Classé St-Émilion
"Wow, this is really something. It is full and powerful with truly impressive depth of fruit. Yet, it remains agile and structural, with flexed muscles, balanced by a sense of floating. Well defined and poised. 53% cabernet franc, 44% merlot, and 3% cabernet. Will it be better than 2022?"
98-99/100 - James Suckling
£337 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
"The finest of the first growths this year appears to be the 2023 Lafite Rothschild, a terrific effort that unwinds in the glass with deep and incipiently complex aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, lilac and violets mingled with hints of cigar wrapper and mint."
97-99/100 William Kelley, Wine Advocate
£2350 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Carruades de Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
“The 2023 Carruades de Lafite is a very pretty, sensual wine that very much captures the personality of the Grand Vin, naturally in a more approachable style.”
92-94/100 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
£865 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Duhart-Milon, Pauillac
“The palate is medium bodied with saturated tannins that belie the backbone of this Pauillac. That graphite element is accentuated in the mouth and controls the classic finish that could only come from this appellation. This is excellent, but patience is required.”
93-95/100 Neal Marttin, Vinous
£329 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE-LAS CASES, ST JULIEN
"Structured and powerful, this is not as forbidding as En Primeur in many vintages of Las Cases, showing both flesh and florality, but the tannic walls of this great estate remain fully in place, coupled with layers of cassis and bilberry fruits, subtle hints of bitter aniseed, fennel, cola, espresso, squid ink, textured slate tannins. Expect inky depths and unashamed austerity, a wine that will take its time to open, making no excuses for demanding patience. So so good, with a balance and classicism that delivers on the best of the vintage.”
98/100 - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
£831 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac
"A wine to convince you of the quality and ripeness of Cabernet Sauvignon in Pauillac in this 2023 vintage, showcasing superbly supple tannins, great balance, depth and savoury blue and black fruit character, bitter cocoa bean, freshly cut herbs, black tea, fennel, all vivid and with purity of character. There is density here but it is not overt, with heightened raspberry leaf, peony and violet aromatics."
98-100/100 - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
£395 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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Château Batailley, Pauillac
“Beautiful fruit with currants and blackberries, as well as notes of walnuts and chocolate. So much blackberry fruit here. Aromatic. Medium- to full-bodied with very fine tannins on the deep and structured palate. Racy and long finish. 79% cabernet sauvignon, 19% merlot and 2% petit verdot.”
95-96/100 – James Suckling
£162 for 6 x 75 cl bottles
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