The 2024 Bordeaux Campaign Is Underway

I was in Bordeaux two weeks ago, tasting extensively to get a clear sense of the vintage—I’ll have some updated notes coming soon but here’s some initial thoughts

  1. This is a vintage you'll be able to enjoy on the younger side, much like 2004. The wines show accessibility, freshness, and charm, even in their youth.

  2. I tasted very few wines that were thin or green—a testament to the state-of-the-art winemaking, sheer talent, and hard work of our friends in Bordeaux. Even in a tricky growing season, quality prevailed.

  3. This is a vintage to focus on the top Châteaux. These estates had the resources to do whatever was necessary to produce wines they’re proud of, and it shows in the glass.

  4. Prices are way down. Cheval Blanc released yesterday at its lowest price since 2004, and Montrose is being offered at its lowest price in over 20 years. The Larcis price is a steal, Haut Bailly came down  32% , etc. etc. This represents a rare opportunity for savvy collectors.

Again, more notes and individual wine picks coming soon—stay tuned!

Phil Bernstein

 

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2024 Chateau Angelus - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100998 | 21 Available
93-95 VM

The 2024 Angelus is very fine. It is the first vintage I have tasted that captures the newer approach at Angelus, one where the wines are not as extracted as in the past. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather and menthol fill out the layers effortlessly....

$240.00

2024 Chateau Beychevelle - St. Julien (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101136 | 36 Available
95-97 VM

The 2024 Beychevelle might very well be the wine of the vintage in Saint-Julien. It is certainly among the very best I tasted on the Left Bank. Plush, inky and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2024 is so silky and inviting. Blue/purplish fruit, laven...

$75.00

2024 Chateau Branaire Ducru - St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100938 | 25 Available
90-92 WA

The 2024 Branaire-Ducru offers up a pretty and precise bouquet of cassis, violets and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, supple and suave, with polished tannins and tangy acids, it's a fine-boned, delicate wine from Branaire that was harvested between 20 Sep...

$39.00

2024 Chateau Carruades Lafite - Pauillac (Bordeaux FUTURE ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100972 | 24 Available
$165.00

2024 Chateau Cheval Blanc - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101055 | 23 Available
94-96 WA

A blend of 48% Cabernet Franc, 48% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2024 Château Cheval Blanc is one of the stars of the vintage. Unwinding in the glass with notes of minty berries and plums mingled with violets, cigar wrapper and rose petals, ...

$370.00

2024 Chateau Clos Fourtet - St. Emilion (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101120 | 30 Available
93-95 VM

The 2024 Clos Fourtet is a gorgeous, elegant wine. Medium in body, with terrific persistence and notable purity, Clos Fourtet impresses with its balance more than anything else. Dark blue fruits, lavender, spice, menthol, licorice and dried herbs open fir...

$70.00

2024 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes HALF BOTTLE (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027) (375ml)

375ml | SKU 101134 | 36 Available
94-96 VM

The 2024 Coutet was picked over six tries although the final ones were not used with 134 g/L residual sugar this year. It has quite an intense bouquet with beautifully defined lemon thyme and light peach aromas. The palate is well balanced with a vivaciou...

$22.00

2024 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101135 | 36 Available
94-96 VM

The 2024 Coutet was picked over six tries although the final ones were not used with 134 g/L residual sugar this year. It has quite an intense bouquet with beautifully defined lemon thyme and light peach aromas. The palate is well balanced with a vivaciou...

$43.00

2024 Chateau Gruaud Larose St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100973 | 31 Available
92-94 WA

The 2024 Gruaud Larose shows excellent potential, bursting with notes of cassis, pencil shavings, iris and violets. Medium to full-bodied, suave and seamless, it's ample and pure, with a precise, refined pro-life and good persistence on the finish. A blen...

$59.00

2024 Chateau Haut Bailly - Pessac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101074 | 36 Available
93-95 VM

The 2024 Haut-Bailly was picked from September 25 to October 4 and matured in 50% new oak, possibly with a shorter élevage. As usual, it deserves patience at this stage as it gradually opens and coheres with aeration. This has a perfumed bouquet built aro...

$79.00

2024 Chateau Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100971 | 28 Available
94-96 VM

The 2024 Late-Rothschild is a sensual, elegant wine very much in the style of the year. Plush and enveloping, with lovely forward fruit, the 2024 is very Late, perhaps a bit reticent, but super-expressive just the same. Black cherry, pomegranate, bloo...

$380.00

2024 Chateau Larcis Ducasse - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101075 | 59 Available
94-97 VM

The 2024 Larcis Ducasse is dense, powerful and imposing, almost surprisingly so. All of the wine's intensity is in the mid-palate. Black cherry, plum, mocha, lavender, chocolate and cinnamon meld together in the glass, but it is the wine's mind-blowing ba...

$52.00

2024 Chateau Leoville Barton - St. Julien (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101121 | 30 Available
93-95 VM

The 2024 Léoville Barton is a very beautiful wine. Black cherry, plum, lavender, new leather, graphite, crushed rocks, mocha and spice all meld together. A wine of classical build, Léoville Barton is also wonderfully deep and expressive. Today, all of ...

$66.00

2024 Chateau Lynch Bages - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101056 | 44 Available
93-95 VM

The 2024 Lynch-Bages is packed. Cedar, scorched earth, licorice, incense and pipe tobacco weave through a core of dark, sepia-toned fruit. I especially admire the long, polished finish and overall balance here. The 2024 is a virile Lynch Bages with a brig...

$82.00

2024 Chateau Malescot St Exupery - Margaux (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101122 | 30 Available
93-94 JS

Aromas of violets, dark cherries and blueberries follow through to a medium-bodied palate with chewy tannins. Slightly angular, but there is a good center palate to hold the fruit. Structured, with a medium-long finish. 53% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon ...

$41.00

2024 Chateau Montrose - St. Estephe (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101073 | 59 Available
94-96 VM

The 2024 Montrose exudes Cabernet Sauvignon character in its aromatic savoriness and tannic structure. In fact, the 2024 has the most Cabernet Sauvignon ever. Tightly wound today, the 2024 impresses with its energy and focus. There's a bit less mid-palate...

$115.00

2024 Chateau Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac (750ml) (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 101133 | 24 Available
95-97 JD

One of the wines of the vintage, if not the wine of the vintage, the 2024 Château Mouton Rothschild checks in as a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Merlot, hitting 12.9% alcohol and a pH of 3.71, that's resting in 100% new barrels. It sports a dense...

$335.00

2024 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

750ml | SKU 100921 | 47 Available
94-96 WA

The 2024 Pontet-Canet underlines the fact that daring to harvest late paid dividends in this challenging vintage, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, black raspberries and plums mingled with accents of rose petals, licorice and exotic spices. Me...

$82.00
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