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Bordeaux 2012: Stream of small chateaux release but no big names yet
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Bordeaux 2012: Mouton releases at €240
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Bordeaux 2012: Nearly 6000 visitors at En Primeur say official figures
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Bordeaux 2012: Montrose, Clinet, Domaine de Chevalier release
New price releases are being met by an increasingly small pool of buyers in the Bordeaux 2012 campaign.
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Bordeaux 2012: Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Cos d’Estournel release below 2011 price
Chateau Ausone is ‘an unqualified success’ with a price drop of 28%, wine merchants say.
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Bordeaux 2012: Figeac drops 33% on 2011 as en primeur campaign draws to a close
The 2012 en primeur campaign has entered its final stages with the release of Vieux Chateau Certan, L’Eglise Clinet, Leoville Las Cases, Brane Cantenac, Figeac and Léoville Poyferré.
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Bordeaux 2012: Mouton tops Sotheby’s en primeur list
Chateau Mouton Rothschild was the 'clear winner' of the Bordeaux 2012 en primeur campaign, according to a league table released by Sotheby's Wine Retail in the US.
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Bordeaux 2012: Good wines say critics, but questions remain over price
Many Bordeaux 2012 wines were showing well in the bottle at the recent Unions des Grands Crus tasting in London critics reported, but prices continued to concern merchants.
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2012 vintage guide for Bordeaux
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Bordeaux 2012: Region braces itself for ‘winemaker’s vintage’
The Bordeaux 2012 harvest will be several weeks later than in recent years – and France's overall harvest will be the smallest since 1991, according to the agriculture minister.
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Bordeaux 2012: White harvest finishes 20% down
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Bordeaux 2012: Chateau Raymond Lafon not to release 2012
Chateau Raymond Lafon has joined Chateau d’Yquem and Chateau Rieussec in announcing that it will not make a 2012 vintage wine.
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Bordeaux 2012: ‘No need to wait’ says Moueix as La Fleur Petrus, Trotanoy and Belair Monange released
JP Moueix sets the early tone ahead of en primeur tasting week by releasing their full 2012 range.
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Bordeaux 2012: attendance good, but doubts about quality persist
As the en primeur tasting week gets underway in Bordeaux, there are differing reports as to the quality of the vintage.
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Bordeaux 2012: major releases ‘next week’
A flurry of early Bordeaux 2012 releases is expected next week including Chateau Gazin in Pomerol, Rauzan Ségla in Margaux, and ‘a high probability’ of a First Growth.
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Bordeaux 2012: Dry whites to offer Sauternes producers cash flow
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Bordeaux 2012: Negociants ‘serene’ about 2012 but worried about effect on 2011
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Bordeaux 2012: Chateau Gazin first release of en primeur
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Bordeaux 2012: cautious optimism as Lynch Bages released
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Bordeaux 2012: Steven Spurrier’s vintage overview
Decanter consultant editor Steven Spurrier gives his early verdict on the Bordeaux 2012 vintage, following the en primeur tastings in Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux 2012: Full Decanter ratings
Click on a heading to sort Decanter's Bordeaux 2012 ratings by chateau, commune or rating
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Bordeaux 2012: Lafite releases ‘most affordable’ vintage
Chateau Lafite Rothschild has released what it calls 'the most affordable Lafite on the market' with its 2012 vintage, at €330 ex-Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux 2012: steady but unspectacular price drops
Price drops continue to be steady rather than spectacular as the 2012 campaign continues its quick pace.
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Bordeaux 2012: Pape Clement, Giscours, Lafon Rochet continue with price drops
Chateau Pape Clement in Pessac-Leognan came out at €50 yesterday, down 12.5% from its 2011 price of €57.60 (and also a drop of 23% in its 2008 price).
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Bordeaux 2012: Palmer and Talbot release as campaign finishes second week
Two weeks into the 2012 En Primeur campaign around one-third of Bordeaux’s classified wines on the left and right banks have been released.
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Bordeaux 2012: ‘A campaign that will be forgotten’ say merchants
So far the 2012 en primeur campaign has been disappointing for many importers save a handful of exceptions.
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Bordeaux 2012: Smith Haut-Lafitte, Pichon Baron drop 10% on 2011
Smith Haut-Lafitte and Pichon Baron head a fresh flurry of Bordeaux 2012 wine releases, as this year's campaign continues to lack vigour.
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Bordeaux 2012: Pichon Lalande, Malartic Lagraviere, Beychevelle release
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Bordeaux 2012: Pickers on standby as late Sauternes harvest gets underway
Sauternes will not be a great vintage, one producer has said, as vignerons hope last week’s rains will finally kick start development of botrytis, or noble rot.
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Bordeaux 2012: Soft tannins and ‘ripe fruit’ potential say vignerons
Bordeaux 2012 is a vintage with low, soft tannins and good fruit flavours, vignerons say – but a good deal of work is necessary in the winery to deliver that potential.
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Chateau d’Yquem will not make 2012 vintage
Chateau d'Yquem has pulled out of making a Sauternes in 2012 after the vintage failed a post-harvest taste test.
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Chateau Rieussec will make no 2012 vintage
Chateau Rieussec, the Sauternes estate owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) has joined Chateau d’Yquem in announcing that it will not be making a 2012 vintage wine.
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