Bordeaux 2021 en primeur releases actually picked up velocity this week, and the launch of Ausone, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Canon, Montrose, Léoville Poyferré, Beychevelle and La Gaffelière in current days – to call just some – has given potential patrons lots to take a look at.
Let’s not neglect the debut for Lafite Rothschild 2021, too.
Ausone, Canon and Pichon Comtesse 2021
Ausone is St-Emilion wine royalty, in fact, and UK service provider Bordeaux Index quoted a launch worth of £6,000 (12x75cl in bond) this morning.
It will likely be closely allotted, wrote Giles Cooper in a weblog publish for the service provider. ‘Ausone’s launch is all the time small, and has had a notable discount in yield in 2021.’
Blue-chip names have typically seen good demand in the marketplace not too long ago, too, though there was quite a lot of uncertainty about how Bordeaux’s difficult 2021 classic will probably be obtained – notably following the broadly well-regarded trilogy of 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Ausone 2021 95 factors. ‘Good winemaking for the classic,’ she wrote.
Liv-ex, a worldwide market for the commerce, quoted an ex-Bordeaux worth of €500 per bottle for Ausone 2021, flat versus 2020, and highlighted the relative worth provided by Ausone 2019.
Each Chanel-owned Canon and Louis Roederer-owned Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, in the meantime, are amongst Bordeaux’s historic estates which have a contemporary buzz round them in the marketplace lately, backed up by essential acclaim following intensive investments in winemaking.
Pichon Comtesse, one other property that noticed yields considerably dented by hostile climate, was being provided at £1,608 (12x75cl in bond), based on Liv-ex. A launch worth of €132 per bottle ex-Bordeaux was unchanged versus 2020.
Separate knowledge from Liv-ex and analyst group Wine Lister confirmed the 2021 worth was considerably beneath present market worth for the highest vintages of 2019, 2018 and 2016.
Decanter’s Georgie Hindle rated Pichon Comtesse 2021 at 96 factors, degree with its 2020 rating and two factors under 2019 and 2018.
Hindle stated of 2021, ’This can be a significantly spectacular Comtesse and stands out as certainly one of my favorite wines of the classic with actual promise.’
Given the decrease manufacturing, ‘anybody trying so as to add Pichon Comtesse 2021 to their cellar probably wants to purchase it now’, stated Wine Lister.
For anybody interested by back-vintages, Liv-ex famous the 2014 classic regarded good worth.
Canon had a barely more durable act to observe after its 2020 classic was tipped as a possible 100-pointer. But the property additionally made successful out of the difficult 2021 classic. ’So elegant and so refined, in addition to tremendous fashionable,’ wrote Hindle of Canon 2021, giving it 96 factors.
Canon was provided by UK retailers at this time at £1,080 (12x75cl in bond), stated Liv-ex, quoting an ex-Bordeaux worth of €90 per bottle, down 6% on final 12 months. That places the wine considerably under the present worth of Canon 2020, 2019, 2016 and 2015, and barely under 2018, Liv-ex knowledge confirmed.
Wine Lister famous Canon’s ‘good will’ among the many commerce and stated it anticipated the 2021 classic to promote rapidly.
Beychevelle 2021 value a glance
Château Beychevelle 2021, from St-Julien, might draw curiosity as the most affordable accessible classic of the property, regardless of growing its launch worth barely versus final 12 months’s marketing campaign.
Hindle gave 94 factors to Beychevelle 2021, historically a sweet-spot for Decanter and placing it among the many success tales in a difficult, heterogenous classic.
‘Nice potential right here,’ Hindle wrote, praising the wine’s density, construction and finesse.
It was launched at €58.8 ex-Bordeaux, up 2% on the 2020-vintage opening worth, and provided by UK retailers at £706 (12x75cl in bond), based on Liv-ex.
‘Beychevelle is one of many few châteaux that may justifiably elevate its worth yearly as [the] wine all the time appreciates post-release, and final 12 months was no exception,’ stated Wine Lister. ‘The 2020 has risen by round 15% on the secondary market since launch en primeur final 12 months, relying on the place you look.’
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Rauzan-Ségla 2021, Canon’s sister property in Margaux, additionally obtained a 96 factors Decanter rating. ‘Tasted twice and each occasions I beloved it. Pure and exact with all the things you need from a 2021,’ Hindle wrote.
It was launched at €60 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, down 9% on 2020 – one of many greatest year-on-year reductions up to now. UK retailers had been providing the wine for £720 (12x75cl in bond), under present costs on the prior three vintages, stated Liv-ex.
Château Montrose 2021, rated 95 factors by Decanter, was one other launch with an attention grabbing low cost versus 2020, down greater than 10% at €114 per bottle an ex-Bordeaux foundation.
At round £1,360 (12x75cl in bond), it sits ‘comfortably under the market costs for 2019 and 2018’, stated Bordeaux Index’s Giles Cooper in a word.
‘It’s good to see a reduction of greater than 1% on final 12 months’s launch worth,’ stated Wine Lister.
Over on the Proper Financial institution, the service provider additionally inspired purchasers to ‘step on board’ at Le Dôme, launched at £1,380 (12x75cl in bond). Le Dôme now has its personal vineyard, designed by Lord Foster’s structure group, and has been working with extremely regarded advisor Thomas Duclos.
Hindle gave Le Dôme 2021 94 factors, albeit decrease than the prior three vintages. ‘This has depth and persistence, the creamy chalky tannins making their presence identified and balancing the wealthy, concentrated fruits,’ she wrote.
Additionally in St-Emilion, La Gaffelière made its en primeur debut – not lengthy after it emerged the well-regarded property had change into the newest to step other than the upcoming St-Emilion 2022 Classification.
La Gaffelière 2021 was launched at €48 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, flat on final 12 months’s launch worth, stated Liv-ex. At £576 (12x75cl in bond), ‘at this time’s launch represents relative worth in comparison with different current vintages’, it added.
The wine obtained a Decanter rating of 93 factors. As with a variety of others, that is under the scores on 2020, 2019 and 2018, however it’s nonetheless early days, in fact.
Again on the Left Financial institution, Léoville Poyferré 2021 was additionally launched, having been rated 95 factors by Decanter’s Hindle. ‘Fantastically fragranced on the nostril – floral-edged ripe bramble fruits,’ she wrote, praising the wine’s ‘well-worked fruit’ and total poise within the classic.
Liv-ex quoted a launch worth of €72 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, equal to the 2020-vintage debut worth, and an preliminary supply by retailers of £860 (12x75cl in bond). It instructed the 2019 classic regarded higher worth, nevertheless.
