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As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Lynch-Bages 2021 has been released at £525 per case of 6 by the international trade, the same as the 2020’s opening price.

The new release is among the best value wines on the market today. See more pricing analysis below.

Today’s release received 94-96 points from Neal Martin (Vinous), who called it ‘a very classy Lynch-Bages’.

Antonio Galloni awarded it 92-94 and described it as ‘a brooding wine’.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) also gave it 92-94, while William Kelley (The Wine Advocate) rated it 93-95.

Jane Anson scored it 94-points, and declared it ‘one of the best in Pauillac’.

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As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Langoa-Barton 2021 has been released at £177 per case of 6, equal to the 2020 release. 

This is not a wine that we would usually consider for investment purposes – however they are celebrating the 200 release of this wine, so have created a special anniversary label.

The wine has been scored 91-93 points by Neal Martin (Vinous) who said it was ‘well-defined’ with a ‘persistent finish’, a ‘gorgeous Saint-Julien’. 

William Kelley at the Wine Advocate rated it 92-94 points and called it ‘immensely promising’. Along with fellow stablemate Léoville-Barton, this is the first vintage of Langoa produced in the estate’s new winery. 

Jane Anson (92-points) said it lacked the ‘exuberant depths’ in more recent vintages but ‘will age and has appellation signature’. 

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As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Léoville Barton 2021 has been released at £334.50 per case of 6, that is 7% below the 2020 release.

This is attractively priced under the current market values of 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages.

Neal Martin (Vinous) gave the wine a score of 93-95 points saying it was, ‘focused and very well delineated, classic in style’.

William Kelley (Wine Advocate) awarded it the same score saying it was a ‘terrific success’. ‘A wine to buy in memory of Anthony Barton,’ said Jane Anson who gave it 94-points.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) scored it slightly lower at 90-92 points.

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As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Angélus 2021 has been released at £1560 per case of 6, just slightly up on the 2020 release of £1524. Volumes released onto the market of the 2021 wines are significantly down on the 2020, so this makes it an interesting investment play. 

Neal Martin (Vinous) scored the new vintage 93-95 points, noting that the 60% Cabernet Franc component in the blend was ‘the highest percentage ever’. He added it was more understated than previous vintages and ‘deserves 4-5 years in bottle to show its true potential’. 

The Wine Advocate’s William Kelley said it was a ‘brilliant wine’ with ‘unprecedented purity and finesse’. He scored it 94-96+. 

Jane Anson concurred with Martin’s assessment that it is ‘less exuberant’ than recent vintages but still ‘classy and with presence’. She scored it 95-points. 

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Leoville Las Cases surprised everyone this morning by releasing their 2021 vintage – and pleasingly they have released the wines at a 15% discount to their 2020 wines, priced at £975 per case of 6. For those that have been reading our other investment posts, this is promising for the rest of the campaign and we hope that others continue to follow suit.

The 2021 Léoville-Las-Cases received 94-96 points from Neal Martin (Vinous), who said it was ‘very impressive in terms of depth and backbone’ and called it a ‘cerebral Las-Cases’.   

Antonio Galloni gave it the same score, describing it as ‘classy, nuanced and so expressive’.  

William Kelley (The Wine Advocate) awarded it a slightly higher barrel range of 95-97 points and declared it ‘one of the wines of the vintage’.   

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) rated it 91-93+ points, while Jane Anson awarded it a score of 94.

We have taken good allocations of this wine – as our allocations of this brilliant estate grow year on year. 

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Cheval Blanc 2021 from the Right Bank was released today – up 2.6% on the 2020 release. This wine has been highly rated by the critics and is being offered by the international trade for £4,740 per 12×75.

Both Neal Martin and Antonio Galloni at Vinous rated the wine 95-97 points. Martin said it was ‘uncompromising’ and ‘cerebral’. He added that while it was ‘not as flattering as the 2020’ it was still one of the leading wines of the Right Bank in this vintage.

The Wine Advocate’s William Kelley scored it 95-97 points and said it was a ‘terrific achievement’, ‘built for the long haul’.

Jane Anson rated the wine 96-points and Lisa-Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) 95-97 points.

The new release costs less than its immediate predecessors, the 2020, 2019 and 2018 vintages – which makes it an attractive buy – and we have taken our full allocation here.

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Château Pavie 2021 was released first up this morning and pleasingly the tone carries on that the wines are being released below the 2020 prices.

A 6 bottle case of the 2021 vintage was released to the UK market at £1392 underbond, where the 2020 was originally released at £1446.

Château Pavie is the largest St.Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé, with over 35 hectares of vineyards located exclusively in St-Emilion. Pavie is situated south-east of the village of St-Emilion and its vineyards lie on a south-facing slope of the famous limestone plateau.

The wine has received very good scores throughout – Neal Martin 93-95, James Suckling 95-96, Antonio Galloni 95-97 and Jane Anson 94.

This is not a wine we typically purchase for our investment syndicates, however was interesting to note the ‘sensible’ release price.

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Carruades de Lafite, the second wine at Chateau Lafite Rothschild has been released today – and it is being offered by the international trade @ £990 per 6×75, this is nearly 6% down on the 2020 release. 

The new release is the best value Carruades on the market today – and hopefully sets the tone for a decent campaign ahead. 

Antonio Galloni (Vinous) rated the second wine 91-93, calling it a ‘serious Carruades’. William Kelley writing for the Wine Advocate said it was ‘impressively intense’ and showed the progress that had been made with the wine over the last 10-15 years. He rated it 90-92. 

Jane Anson scored it 91-points saying it was ‘very Lafite in style’ with ‘a ton of concentration and hidden power’. 

The 2021 wine is the best value vintage of Carruades de Lafite available in the market. It’s release price is 16.3% less than the current Market Price of the 2020.

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As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Duhart-Milon 2021 has been released at the same level as the 2020’s opening price. This again puts the Bordeaux 2021 campaign on a positive step forward – and hopefully sets the trend for the campaign ahead. 

Chateau Duhart Milon is part of the Lafite Rothschild stable – and occasionally performs well on the secondary market.

The wine has been rated 93-points by Jane Anson, 91-93+ points by William Kelley (Wine Advocate) and 90-92 by Antonio Galloni (Vinous).  

Anson said the wine showed less of the ‘rusticity you find in older Duharts’ and Kelley thought it ‘reflects the progress this estate has been making over the last decade’. 

Galloni said it was ‘serious’ and ‘brooding’ and said: ‘Whether or not it will acquire a little more charm remains an open question’. 

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