Philippe Guigal teilte mit, dass 90% seiner rebanlagen an der cote rotie vom hagel zerstört sind.

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mittlere intensität, deutlich nach tee, getr. kräutern, etwas minze & moos, relativ komplex, reif. am gaumen schöne balance, satte mineralität, runde saftige säure, runde dezente tannine, sehr von tertiärnoten geprägt, samtene struktur, noch vital, herbe art, aromatik wie die nase, sehr erdiger mittlerer bis langer abgang, erkennbarer reifer cabernet aus der neuen welt. noch 2-3 jahre. verliert aber nach 2 std. 6 sollte somit in diesem zeitraum getrunken werden...wirkt dann extrem karg & trocknet aus.

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Sophie Kevany in Bordeaux, June 29, 2007

As the 2006 Bordeaux primeur campaign draws to a close, the five first growths appear to have more closely aligned their prices.

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild both came out within the last 48 hours at €270 per bottle ex-chateau, joining Margaux and Latour. Chateau Haut Brion came out at €275.

Mouton and Lafite are being offered by UK merchants at £3,200 per case. Haut Brion will be £2,950.

This represented a 60% increase on 2005 for Haut Brion, which was widely seen to have under-priced last year. The other first growths saw an average decrease of 10%.

Chateau Ausone stuck to its high end pricing strategy with a per bottle price, ex-chateau, of €450, 10% down on 2005. It is £7,500 per case on the shelves.

'The reduced prices [of the first growths] have taken some of the arrogance out of the campaign,' Jeffery Davies, a Bordeaux based American negoiciant told decanter.com.

Ed Cottrell, director of fine wine sales at Bibendum said that the campaign had been going better than expected. 'Even though the prices are still very high compared to 2004, it doesn't seem to have put people off at the top end'.

Jean Baptiste Buorotte, director of negociant Audy said, 'The 2005 prices marked the beginning of a new era. Because demand is increasing, prices are now repositioned permanently. The demand is different, with a lot of rich people asking for a few top wines. Bordeaux is now the reference for those who want to spend money on wine.'

Chateau Yquem, Chateau Cheval Blanc and Petrus are expected to be released on Monday.
quelle: www.decanter.com

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Adam Lechmere, June 27, 2007

Bordeaux first growths Chateau Latour and Chateau Margaux have released their prices on the 2006 vintage – around two-thirds the price of last year.

Margaux and Latour have both been released to wine merchants at cost price of €325 per bottle. This will work out at £2653 per case, which merchants will sell at around £2950 per case.

Margaux has released all its wine in one tranche, while Latour has keep some back for a second tranche, which will be released at a higher price.

The wines are cheaper than 2005, by about a third. Merchants say they are more expensive than they would have liked, but they are not surprised.

'There is pretty well no vintage of Latour in the last 6 vintages available at a lower price,' Stephen Browett at Farr Vintners said.

At Berry Bros and Rudd, wine director Simon Staples said that the first growths were three times the price of the 2004 when it was released.

'We are surprised to see them on the market at that price, considering their quality.'

Chateau Palmer and Ducru Beaucaillou have also released, and will be available at around £1176 and £780 per case respectively.

quelle: www.decanter.com

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bedingt durch unseren diesjährigen urlaub auf der indonesischen insel bali, ist mir ein schaumwein aufgefallen der überaus positiv war. die winery heisst hatten wines und der wein tunjung. nach der traditionellen methode ausgebaut. 1 jahr lag der wein auf der hefe. die traubensorte - noch nie von gehört und auch nirgends in der literatur gefunden - heisst Probolingo Biru. es soll eine lokale sorte sein und von der indonesischen agrarkammer so benannt worden sein. mehr weiss man nicht. nichtsdestotrotz ein bemerkenswerter schaumwein. man merkt dass ein franzose die führung hat. durchaus anklänge an champagner stiklistik. nicht der allerlängste aber mit frische & leicht brotigen aromen.

die höfliche anfrage meinerseits, einen besuch zu tätigen & danach dies in einer reportage wiederzugeben, wurde sehr brüsk & unprofessionell behandelt. mit jedem telefonat wurde es immer komplizierter, so dass ich davon abstand genommen habe - leider - mich hätte die produktion sehr interessiert.....wein auf bali, wo gibts denn sowas.

sigi hiss

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Adam Lechmere

Jancis Robinson MW has entered the debate over en primeur by slamming the system, saying she hopes the 2006 campaign 'will not be a success.'

Following Decanter's debate between Stephen Brook and Steven Spurrier entitled 'Is En Primeur a scam?', Robinson is outspoken in her condemnation of a system that she says fails the consumer.

Robinson is interviewed by Berry Bros and Rudd's Bordeaux sales director Simon Staples in a wide-ranging podcast just released by the London merchant.

'Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to play this game?' she asks. 'I hope 2006 will not be a success. I hope it will really show the Bordelais the shortcomings of the system.'

She expresses the hope that the negociants will get left with unsaleable stock this year, and Staples agrees that is likely to be the case.

Chateaux are seduced by the new markets of the east, Robinson says. They feel that 'there's lots of money in Russian and Asian pockets – so we can get rid of [the wines] there.'

But, Staples says, the problem with Russia, China and Taiwan is that they tend to have 'no belief' in en primeur futures and buy only 'physical product' – another reason why negociants are going to find their shelves filled with stock.

The danger this year is that negociants will sell at cost to the French supermarkets, which will be putting 2006 on the shelves in September, 'this will undermine the whole system,' Staples says.

The system fails the consumer, Robinson says, because any newcomer to the market could see no sense in paying huge sums of money for a product that may change substantially in two months.

The system whereby barrel samples are assessed up to two years before they are sold is one that Stephen Brook also criticises in detail in the Decanter article.

Staples agrees. Although he is satisfied that chateaux give tasters 'the best representation of what they think the final blend will be', he worries how the wines can change.

He cites colleagues who have just tasted 2006 - two months after en primeur week - and found they have 'added weight and are richer'

'This does concern me. I would love to see [the wine] in the bottle before having to guesstimate how well it does.'

'Is En Primeur a Scam?' appears in the Bordeaux 2007 supplement to the July issue of Decanter magazine, out now.

Vote now on the decanter.com poll: Is the en primeur system fatally flawed? See panel, right

quelle: www.decanter.com

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Guy Woodward in Bordeaux

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild last night launched an impassioned defence of the high prices increasingly being demanded by Bordeaux's classed growths.

At a gala dinner to open Vinexpo for the world's wine press - and including guests such as French minister of agriculture Christine Lagarde - at the Pauillac first growth, the Baroness used her speech to defend her property and her blue-chip neighbours against criticism that wine lovers are being priced out of the market.

Referring to the 2005 vintage, she spoke of 'price levels that would have been
unimaginable a few years ago', before asking 'will those prices determine our
future, and if so, how?'

Latching onto a theme brought to the surface by much of the UK press - not least Decanter - in recent months, de Rothschild asked: 'What are our grand crus
classes today? A luxury product or something to share with friends? Something to
be drunk or a speculative investment? Should we fear that wine will one day quit
the cellar for the strong-room, the table for the display-case?

While de Rothschild didn't provide direct answers, she referred to the 'rare, if not to say unique product' of the classed growths, which relies on 'three trump cards: terroir, know-how and prestige', by way of endorsing high prices. She also suggested family estates were at a financial disadvantage to corporate-owned properties.

'Our future depends... on the fate of our family-owned companies. While a
certain number of crus classes are now entirely controlled and very well-managed
by big French or foreign firms, many of us are proud still to be independent
owners, backed by mainly family shareholders.'

But, she went on, family businesses are restrained by 'a more limited capacity to invest, exorbitant inheritance, taxes [and] the need to find heirs capable
of getting on with each other, involving themselves in the business and taking
risks. It is not easy.'

The speech took place against the backdrop of prices being released for the 2006 vintage at higher levels than many initially expected - in many cases closer to those of the 'fabulous' 2005 vintage than those of the 2004 with which the wines were initially compared.

The dinner, at which the 200-plus guests were served some of Bordeaux's finest vintages, including the highly-prized 1961 Mouton, ended with a astonishing firework display, which was set against a background of constant sheet lightning, the forerunner of a dramatic thunderstorm.

quelle: www.decanter.com

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Oliver Styles

A violent hail storm has destroyed over half of the Cote Rotie harvest with nearly total destruction of fruit on the vines in some vineyards.

Hail stones, the size of 'large marbles', according to locals, battered vineyards at 10.30pm on Wednesday night. The majority of damage occurred between the towns of Ampuis and St-Cyr-sur-le-Rhone.

Top vineyards including La Landonne and La Moline were hit.

'Nearly the whole appellation is affected,' said Jean-Paul Jamet of Domaine Jamet. '50% of La Landonne and around 30% of the Cote Blonde has been destroyed.'

Jamet said that about a quarter of his harvest had been lost and that in some cases 90% of some parcelles had been ruined.

This was confirmed by a spokeswoman at Guigal who said that although the damage on the top producer's vines had not been properly assessed yet, on average the Cote Rotie had lost 60% of its fruit.

'A year's work has gone,' said Louis Drevon at the Domaine des Rosiers, on which 50% of the vines were damaged. 'We're going to try to nurse what remains.'

The producers, however, remain stoic.

'You've got to take this philosophically,' said Jamet. 'We've still got some fruit, we'll try to heal, and I'm confident for the rest of the harvest.'

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into neck

eher dezent, malzig, feine melasse, cognac, frischer tabak, gewisse eleganz, gebrannter zucker, etwas kräuteriges, gewinnt mit luft deutlich an tiefe & komplexität. am gaumen satte dichte eleganz, reife weiche säure, volle füllige struktur, satte gut eingebundene süsse, wieder malz & melasse, nugat, touch safran, feine reife orangen, mandarinen, heller butterscotch, toffee, etwas dunkle vanille, grandiose länge & wuchtiger abgang, mindestens weitere 10-15 jahre, klasse. ein jahrgang der unterbewertet ist. hält sich problemlos 3-4 tage in der angbrochenen flasche .

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top shoulder

stinkig, urin, heller sherry. am gaumen dito, etwas flüchtige, klebstoff der nach 15 min. zu reinstem pattex wird. so ziemlich alle fehler beinhaltet. nicht trinkbar.

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below lower shoulder, grünliche farbe - wie madeira - was kein gutes zeichen ist.

muffig, dumpf, feuchter kellerboden, realiv wenig flüchtige, mit luft wird die nase besser & klarer. am gaumen mittlere süsse, sehr deutliche säure, gute balance, mokka, nugat, sherry & madeira touch, pistazien, mittlere säurebetonter abgang, ist höchstinteressant aus guter flasche - müsste sehr gut sein.

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