2008 En Primeur Campaign

[JRM]

I suspect Brian is the only one going to reply to this thread! (assuming it's even found by many people)

Anyway, I thought it might be worth opening up a discussion on here as the first few releases are trickling through

Angelus up first at £725 a case
Latour coming in a shade under £1600, which is MUCH more sensible, especially as '08 seems to be being compared to '04 and '02 in terms of quality.
LaFleur-Petrus at £600

They seem to be keeping release volumes very low though, so that could help prices further down the line I suppose.

Anyone got any insight into Mr Parker's scores yet?

[JRM]

Cheers for the offer, if the investment goes completely tits up then I'll have quite a lot to get through!

[Noger]

BB&R say...

Our Top 10 BB&R Favourites (which should offer good value)

* Ch. du Tertre (Margaux)
* Ch. d'Angludet (Margaux)
* Ch. d'Armailhac (Pauillac)
* Ch. Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
* Echo de Lynch Bages (Pauillac)
* Ch. Batailley (Pauillac)
* Ch. Lafleur-Gazin (Pomerol)
* Ch. Moulin-St Georges (St Emilion)
* Domaine de Chevalier Rouge (Pessac)
* Ch. Doisy-Védrines (Sauternes)

Our Top 10 BB&R Wines of the Vintage - If Sanity Prevails

* Ch. Giscours (Margaux)
* Ch. Haut-Bailly (Péssac)
* Ch. Clerc Milon (Pauillac)
* Ch. Lynch Bages (Pauillac)
* Ch. Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac)
* Ch. Lagrange (St Julien)
* Ch. Beychevelle (St Julien)
* Ch. la Conseillante (Pomerol)
* Ch. Pavie Macquin (St Emilion)
* Domaine de Chevalier Blanc (Péssac)

Our Best BB&R Wines of the Vintage (but unlikely to be a bargain)

* Ch. Latour
* Ch. Ausone
* Ch. Palmer
* Ch. Mouton-Rothschild
* Ch. Léoville-Las Cases
* Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou
* Ch. Cos d’Estournel
* Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Baron
* Ch. Haut-Brion
* Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion

Will be getting some d'Angludet as usual, have been buying it en Primeur for years. Not investment level purchases, but keeps me amused.

[prand]

What's the general consensus on the 2008 vintage compared to say, 2005 (which is supposed to be an absolute corker)?

The BBC Wine programme on Chateau Margaux said that it was likely to be "modest".

[JRM]

Yes, it's nothing like as special as 2005 (but prices for that have gone through teh roof), most are comparing it to '04 or maybe elements of '02. Also a bit of a mixed back, some areas doing well, others rather patchy.
I rather like my St Julien so tend to concentrate around there and that's been fairly consistent across all Chateaux apparently