by Wine Owners
Posted on 2012-03-04
Around 9am on Friday 2nd March 2012 my inbox lit up with wave after wave of 2009 Bordeaux offers from wine merchants. (Congratulations to Flint Wines for refreshingly focusing on an up-and-coming Burgundian grower.) In the weeks leading up to last Friday, merchants had taken the opportunity to inform private customers that RP's new scores were imminent, and that now was a good time to pick over market prices, many of which had fallen from their release price and 2011 highs.
I'd already done all my 2009 'business' during 2010/11 so stood by and watched. Parker duly came out with his new 2009 scores and a glowing recommendation - like 1982 (on which he made his reputation) but better thanks to advances in wine making, a return to traditional vineyard husbandry, and greater de-classification of parcels into second and third wines (in fairness common arguments trotted out regularly by the regisseurs and chateau owners in Bordeaux). What surprised everyone was how many high points he awarded his favourite wines - 18 wines getting 100 points; in comparison to just 6 wines in each of the two great vintages of 2000 and 1982.
Here are the final 100 pointers thanks to Ditton Wine Traders
| wine |
bottle |
barrel |
| Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse |
100 |
96-98 |
| Bellevue Mondot |
100 |
95-100 |
| Clinet |
100 |
97-100 |
| Clos Fourtet |
100 |
95-98 |
| Cos d'Estournel |
100 |
98-100 |
| Ducru Beaucaillou |
100 |
96-98 |
| L'Evangile |
100 |
96-100 |
| Haut Brion |
100 |
96-100 |
| La Mission Haut Brion |
100 |
98-100 |
| La Mondotte |
100 |
95-98 |
| Latour |
100 |
98-100 |
| Le Pin |
100 |
95-98 |
| Leoville Poyferre |
100 |
97-100 |
| Montrose |
100 |
96-100 |
| Pavie |
100 |
96-100 |
| Petrus |
100 |
96-100 |
| Pontet Canet |
100 |
97-100 |
| Smith Haut Lafitte |
100 |
96-98 |
And Friday's price increases vs the previous day's prices ranked from high to low
| Wine |
prior |
after |
% change |
| Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse |
£1,000 |
£2,400 |
140% |
| Clos Fourtet |
£750 |
£1,800 |
140% |
| Smith Haut Lafitte |
£680 |
£1,600 |
135% |
| Clinet |
£1,500 |
£2,200 |
47% |
| Le Pin |
£18,000 |
£25,000 |
39% |
| Montrose |
£1,900 |
£2,550 |
34% |
| Leoville Poyferre |
£1,350 |
£1,800 |
33% |
| Pontet Canet |
£1,350 |
£1,800 |
33% |
| L'Evangile |
£2,300 |
£2,750 |
20% |
| La Mondotte |
£2,550 |
£3,000 |
18% |
| Petrus |
£25,000 |
£29,000 |
16% |
| Cos d'Estournel |
£2,800 |
£3,200 |
14% |
| Pavie |
£2,200 |
£2,500 |
14% |
| Ducru Beaucaillou |
£2,000 |
£2,200 |
10% |
| Haut Brion |
£7,400 |
£8,000 |
8% |
| Bellevue Mondotte |
£2,550 |
£2,750 |
8% |
| La Mission Haut Brion |
£5,600 |
£6,000 |
7% |
| Latour |
£11,700 |
£11,800 |
1% |
