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Atlas Fine Wines | Jun 15, 2017
The marketing departments of many merchants are just bursting into action, building the hype for the 2016 Bordeaux en primeur campaign. You are sure to hear a vast range of superlatives and lines lifted from critics to lend weight to the undoubtedly ‘great’ vintage – dubbed as such even before any wine has finished its period of élèvage in barrel. Yet, assessing the quality of a Bordeaux vintage is far from straightforward; projecting how unfinished samples will turn out when in bottle is no exact science. Definitive scores must be met with a healthy dose of scepticism for this very reason. After all, on many occasions, professionals have been surprised by just how specific vintages have turned out with bottle age.
You can view our full 2016 Bordeaux Vintage Report
here.
Offers within the vintage:
2016 Château Lafite-Rothschild
2016 Château Figeac
2016 Château Haut-Bailly
2016 Château Pontet-Canet
2016 Château Brane Cantenac
2016 Château Haut Brion
2016 Château Mouton
2016 Château La Clotte
2016 Château Cos d’Estournel