Today sees one of the most anticipated wines of the vintage being released, the brilliant Super Second Growth, 98-99pt Château Cos d'Estournel. One of the most unique properties on the Left Bank with its fascinating architecture and history, it is a firm favorite among wine collectors all over the world and anyone who has had the pleasure to enjoy old vintages will know why. The suberb Cos d'Estournel Blanc is also one of our Over-Achievers in the vintage.
Also available from Pessac is a "mindblowing" 97-98pt Pape Clement Rouge and 96-97pt Blanc, plus the ever-popular Margaux, 96-97pt D'Issan.
Don't miss this opportunity to secure your stock at the opening prices.
Our 2023 Bordeaux Vintage Report is now available, and as always, our 2023 Futures Landing Page is updated with the new releases each day, and includes our Wines of the Vintage, Over-Achievers and Value Drinkers. We'll continue sending offers on the most compelling wines as they are released...stay tuned!
2023 Cos D’Estournel (Saint-Estephe)
98-99 JS / 97 JA / 96-98 VM / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 JD / 96 DE / 95-96 WA
Step into Cos d'Estournel, with its richness, depths and layers of cocoa bean, liquorice, espresso, chocolate, exceptional chewiness on the tannins, making things fairly serious at this early stage, with a promise of slow-revealed pleasure over the decades ahead. First time doing green harvest in the vineyards since 2008, causing some worries over the late heat waves on already ripening grapes, but they have retained balanced alchols here, and there is plenty of juice to lift things up on the finish. Harvest September 12 to 29 (last year finished September 22). 50% new oak for ageing, 53% 1st wine. In organic conversion (that began in 2021, but have had to extend after addition of a few more plots to the vineyard). - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
$157.98 ea. 750ml | Future | BUY NOW
37% Below 2022 at $251.89
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2023 Pape Clement (Pessac-Leognan)
97-98 JS / 95-97 VM / 95-97 JD / 93-95 WI
The 2023 Pape Clément is one of the most exciting wines I have tasted here in a long time, maybe ever. Intensely aromatic and layered, the 2023 is simply stunning. Dried flowers, mint, licorice, mocha, cedar and tobacco soar out of the glass. The purity of the flavors is simply mindblowing. Plum, pomegranate, blood orange and spice build in the glass, adding notable textural richness and resonance. This is the first vintage vinified with indigenous yeasts. Aging takes place in a combination of concrete tanks, ceramic eggs, Clayvers, 400-liter barrels and 225-liter barriques. For readers who want to taste the “new” Bordeaux, this is it. What a wine! Tasted four times. -- Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media
$82.69 ea. 750ml | Future | BUY NOW
6% Below 2022 at $87.59
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2023 D'Issan (Margaux)
96-97 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 93-95 VM / 92-94+ WI
Lovely fragrance, dried rose petals and raspberry fruit. Really scented and aromatic - quite inviting. Rich and juicy, a lovely weight with some chew to the expression. I like the charm on show - it’s got that fruit forwardness with licks of minty wet stone as well as fine tannins and mouthwatering acidity. Overall feels quite serious with more power on show than some, a tamed beast right now and you can feel the Petit Verdot in the blend. Round and forward, but still super finessed. This should evolve nicely. 50% grand vin production. 3.66pH. 2.5% Petit Verdot completes the blend. Ageing 50% new oak. - GH, Decanter
$55.98 ea. 750ml | Future | BUY NOW
22% Below 2022 at $72.49
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Additional 2023 Bordeaux En Primeur:
2023 Cos D'Estournel Blanc (Bordeaux)
GVWM Over-Achiever
97-98 JS / 95-97 JD / 93-95 WI / 95 DE / 95 JA / 92-94 VM
$157.98 ea. 750ml | Future | BUY NOW
7% Below 2022 at $168.99
2023 Pape Clement Blanc (Pessac-Leognan)
96-97 JS / 93-95 WI / 93-95 VM / 94 JA / 91-94 JD
$125.48 ea. 750ml | Future | BUY NOW
7% Below 2022 at $134.89
2% discount for orders placed with a wire or personal check.*
Please click here to send us your order via our contact page, or call 360.350.4896 and we will be glad to assist you. (*Minimum order of $1000 for domestic wire, or $5000 for international wire. No minimum for personal check.)
Interested in a wine not on our website, or in placing a non-committed pre-order for particular 2023 Bordeaux? Click here to send us your list and we will advise as soon as the wines are available.
BOTTLING CHARGES FOR OTHER FORMATS Please note: Most Chateaux will be able to bottle your orders in the below formats. Click here or call +360.350.4896 if you are interested in any of the following options and they are not listed on our website:
375 ML - 12 x 750ml price + $40.00 per case (min. order of 12 x 375ml)
1.5 L - 12 x 750ml price + $36 per case (min. order of 6 x 1.5L)
3.0 L - 4 x 750ml price + $70 each | 6.0 L - 8 x 750ml price + $110 each
9.0 L - 12 x 750ml price + $180 each | 12.0 L - 16 x 750ml price + $210 each
15.0 L - 24 x 750ml price + $275 each | 18.0 L - 20 x 750ml price + $325 each
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