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Sauternes | Graves | Haut Medoc/Medoc | Margaux | St Julien | Paulliac | St Estephe | St Emilion | Pomerol | Download Order Form

If a wine is indicated in Grey Color, it means that it has not been release for sale yet.

Wine	WS	RP	Offer Price		Wine	WS	RP	Offer Price
WS = Wine Spectator, RP = Robert Parker
Sauternes
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Climens	-	98-100	SOLD OUT		Guiraud (375ml)	91-94	92-94	36.50
Climens (375ml)	-	98-100	SOLD OUT		La Tour Blanche	90-93	86-88	82.00
Coutet	91-94	93-95	85.00		La Tour Blanche (375ml)	90-93	86-88	41.50
Coutet (375ml)	91-94	93-95	43.00		Lafaurie Peyrageuy	91-94	91-93	66.00
De Fargues	92-95	94-96	181.00		Lafaurie Peyrageuy (375ml)	91-94	91-93	33.50
De Fargues (375ml)	92-95	94-96	91.00		Rieussec	93-96	92-94	121.00
De Malle	88-91	89-91	53.00		Rieussec (375ml)	93-96	92-94	61.00
De Malle (375ml)	88-91	89-91	27.00		Suduiraut	92-95	91-93	106.00
Doisy Vedrines	89-92	94-96	SOLD OUT		Suduiraut (375ml)	92-95	91-93	53.50
Doisy Vedrines (375ml)	89-92	94-96	SOLD OUT		Yquem	97-100	96-98	945.00
Guiraud	91-94	92-94	72.00		Yquem (375ml)	97-100	96-98	473.00
Graves
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Clarence de Haut Brion	-	-	100.00		Haut Brion Blanc *	97-100	96-100	900.00
Branon	86-89	92-94	96.00		Laville Haut Brion Blanc *	92-95	93-96	825.00
Domaine de Chevalier	88-91	90-92	61.00		La Chapelle de La Mission Haut Brion	-	-	65.00
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc	91-94	-	121.00		La Mission Haut Brion	88-91	90-94	510.00
Haut Bailly	-	90-92	83.00		Pape Clement	88-91	91-94	185.00
Haut Bergey	85-88	90-92	36.00		Pape Clement Blanc	92-95	96-100	294.00
Haut Bergey Blanc	-	92-94	48.00		Smith Haut Lafitte	88-91	90-92	79.00
Haut Brion	89-92	91-94	600.00		Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc	90-93	94-96	110.00
Haut Medoc/Medoc
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Cantermerle	84-87	89-91	37.00		La Tour Carnet	83-86	89-91	43.00
La Lagune	84-87	90-92	67.00		Sociando Mallet	85-88	-	58.00
Margaux
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Alter Ego de Palmer	86-89	87-89	62.00		Marojallia	85-88	89-91	118.00
D'Issan	84-87	87-90	59.00		Palmer	88-91	91-93	285.00
Giscours	85-88	85-87	66.00		Pavillon Blanc de Margaux	91-95	-	211.00
Kirwan	86-89	89-92	60.00		Pavillon Rouge de Margaux	85-88	89-91	92.00
Lascombes	85-88	90-93	96.00		Prieure Lichine	87-90	87-89	55.00
Malescot St Exupery	86-89	91-93	65.00		Rausan Segla	88-91	89-91	91.00
Margaux	89-92	92-94	615.00
St Julien
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Beychevelle	84-87	87-90	64.00		Leoville Barton	88-91	87-90	87.00
Branaire Ducru	87-90	90-92	65.00		Leoville Lascases	89-92	92-95	223.00
Clos du Marquis	87-90	90-92	54.00		Leoville Poyferre	86-89	89-91	87.00
Ducru Beaucaillou	89-92	90-92	133.00		Saint Pierre	87-90	90-92	69.00
Gruaud Larose	88-91	87-90	73.00		Talbot	87-90	84-86	61.00
Lagrange	84-87	88-91	60.00
Paulliac
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Carruades de Lafite	86-89	83-85	SOLD OUT		Latour	89-92	90-93	680.00
Clerc Milon	88-91	88-90	60.00		Le Petit Mouton	85-88	84-87	115.00
D'Armailhac	86-89	87-88	51.00		Les Forts de Latour	87-90	90-92	146.00
Duhart Milon	86-89	86-88	60.00		Lynch Bages	85-88	87-89	100.00
Grand Puy Lacsote	88-91	89-91	79.00		Mouton Rothschild	90-93	90-94	600.00
Haut Bages Liberal	85-88	83-85	42.00		Pichon Baron	88-91	90-92	126.00
Haut Batailley	87-90	-	47.00		Pichon Lalande	88-91	88-90	144.00
Lafite Rothschild	89-92	90-93	615.00		Pontet Canet	88-91	91-94	108.00
St Estephe
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Calon Segur	87-90	86-88	78.00		Les Pagodes de Cos	-	-	50.00
Cos d'Estournel	88-91	90-93	163.00		Montrose	87-90	89-92	113.00
St Emilion
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Angelus	88-91	90-93	250.00		L'Arrosee	85-88	89-91	64.00
Ausone	90-93	91-94	1360.00		La Confession	-	91-94	49.00
Barde Haut	-	90-92	44.00		La Fleur Cardinale	84-87	91-93	51.00
Beausejour Becot	-	86-88	67.00		La Gomerie	-	90-93	100.00
Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse	-	85-87	67.00		La Mondotte	88-91	90-93	236.00
Bellevue	87-90	91-93	76.00		Larcis Ducasse	87-90	92-94	65.00
Bellevue Mondotte	86-89	94-97	390.00		Le Petit Cheval	84-87	85-87	138.00
Canon	87-90	88-90	91.00		Lucia	-	90-92	55.00
Canon La Gaffeliere	87-90	90-92	92.00		Lusseau	85-88	-	33.00
Chapelle d'Ausone	85-88	91-93	198.00		Lynsolence	-	85-87	49.00
Cheval Blanc	89-92	88-91	885.00		Monbousquet	87-90	90-93	65.00
Clos de L'Oratoire	86-89	87-90	43.00		Monbousquet Blanc	90-93	-	116.00
Clos de Sarpe	84-87	90-93	94.00		Pavie	89-92	93-95	298.00
Clos Saint Martin	87-90	89-91	71.00		Pavie Decesse	87-90	92-94	238.00
Clos Fourtet	86-89	90-93	73.00		Pavie Macquin	88-91	92-94	75.00
Croix de Labrie	-	92-94	73.00		Quinault L'enclos	85-88	91-93	51.00
Figeac	-	-	124.00		Troplong Mondot	88-91	90-93	106.00
Grand Corbin Despagne	84-87	86-88	33.00		Valandraud	85-88	90-93	288.00
Pomerol
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Clinet	86-89	88-90	83.00		Le Pin	90-93	91-93	SOLD OUT
Clos L'Eglise	86-89	90-93	142.00		L'Eglise Clinet	89-92	91-94	196.00
Gazin	88-91	84-86	76.00		L'Evangile	88-91	88-90	208.00
La Croix Saint Georges	-	90-93	73.00		Petrus	89-92	90-93	SOLD OUT
La Conseillante	88-91	87-89	146.00		Trotanoy	88-91	87-89	SOLD OUT
Le Gay	86-89	90-93	136.00		Vieux Chateau Certan	88-91	89-91	149.00
Lalande de Pomerol
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
La Fleur de Bouard	86-89	-	40.00
Others
	WS	RP	S$			WS	RP	S$
Clos Les Lunelles	-	-	53.00		D'Aiguilhe	85-88	-	29.00

If a wine is indicated in Grey Color, it means that it has not been release for sale yet.

Sauternes | Graves | Haut Medoc/Medoc | Margaux | St Julien | Paulliac | St Estephe | St Emilion | Pomerol | Download Order Form

BORDEAUX 2007 HARVEST REPORT

Bordeaux 2007 – A Drinker's Vintage
26th March 2008 - James Suckling commented on his blog "I just finished my first day in Bordeaux and I am happy."

The commenter is Senior Editor of America’s forerunner of Wine & Food publication, Wine Spectator. These are comforting words, considering the wet and gray weather in Bordeaux for most of the summer growing season. Thank God for a relatively sunny September and October last year that made a difference.

In 2007, the turnaround happened on 29th August. The unsettled months of May and June spun out the flowering with considerable fashion in the later part. Then June continued overcast and grey, and evolved into a dull, drizzly July, and, to cap it all, a cool, showery second half of August stretched the grapes’ resistance to the limit.

Then, suddenly the weather just blew itself out with a day of very heavy rain 29th August, and next morning, the high pressure systems returned, with dry, cool North-Easterly breezes replacing the wet depressionary Westerlies of the last four months The sun shone, and would shine permanently - apart from a few showers end September/early October – right up to early November. This sudden and lasting Indian summer was an amazing, unexpected and totally welcome phenomenon and it was to save the fortunes of the 2007 vintage.

In a Nutshell
2007 is a recovery vintage. We have experienced such vintages many times before: Even the great 2000 was not looking at all good until the weather suddenly changed in July.

2007 is certainly not a year for speculators. It's a drinkers' vintage. As for prices, Bordeaux is keeping mum about it. We certainly hoped that prices would be cheap considering the global economy at present. Moreover, the world market for Bordeaux has already put so much money into 2005 and 2006. And a lot of that has been on speculation.

The Wines
2007 Dry Whites - Picked in perfect conditions, with a permanently good forecast, everyone took their time, and could afford to wait until the optimum day for each parcel’s and each variety's total ripeness. General style is very pure, and the nature of the wines is of fresh, fine, tangy fruit, with pronounced acidities. But maybe the most important signal to their quality is that the people who made them really like them.

2007 Red Wines - The Merlots are very variable. The Merlots of the Right Bank will surely turn out stronger than those of the Left Bank, which will certainly turn out lighter. The Cabernets are generally very successful, both Franc on the Right Bank, not tremendously powerful but fresh and silky-textured, and Sauvignon on the Left, well-defined and smooth.

2007 Sweet Wines - Quite clearly Sauternes has had the best of the vintage. It will come as no surprise that 2007 has nothing to do with the regularly hot, dry years that produce the really rich, heavy Sauternes when the botrytis comes in a rush on already very concentrated grapes as in '05, '03, '90, '47, '21. It is rather in the family of long harvests, spun out over many pickings as the botrytis arrives throughout a dry Autumn, producing the finer more nervous style of wines like ’88, ’89 and ’01. The 2007 is awfully close to these vintages, which are themselves legends.