White Bordeaux sees gains in the 2024 campaign
White Bordeaux from the 2024 vintage gained visibility and saw a decided boost in qualitive scores compared to last year, a new report by Wine Lister has said. The post White Bordeaux sees gains in the 2024 campaign appeared first on The Drinks Business.
White Bordeaux from the 2024 vintage gained visibility and saw a decided boost in qualitive scores compared to last year, a new report by Wine Lister has said.
According to the fine wine business consultancy, it was white wines that dominated the quality improvements in this year’s campaign, based on a comparative critics scores from five different critics (Antonio Galloni and Neal Martin for Vinous.com, Bettane+Desseauve, JancisRobinson.com, and Ella Lister for Le Figaro). This was amid only 20 wines recording an
increase in critics’ scores in 2024.
White wines - both sweet and dry - saw a 1.30 rise, which helped offset the drop in quality score between 2022 and 2023 (-0.82).
The three wines that had seen the biggest increase in critic scores in this vintage, compared to last year were all whites – with La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc leading the way with an average increase score of +2.6 points, followed by Haut-Brion Blanc and Pavillon Blanc. La Mission Haut-Brion blanc, Haut-Brion blanc, and Domaine de Chevalier blanc gained 87, 66, and 47 places respectively, while Domaine de Chevalier Blanc and Guiraud rounded off the list – boosting the number of wines in the top 20 score rising wines to five.
Meanwhile, seven white wines - Haut Brion Blanc, Guiraud, Suduiraut, Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc, Domaine de Chevalier Blanc and Coutet - made it into the top 40 based on critics scores, up from only two last year (Suduiraut and Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc).
There was also something of a swell in brand visibility among the whites, both dry and sweet, with eight white wines in the top 20 places in search rank progression, the report noted, with eight white wines appearing in the top 20 spots, compared to just one last year (d’Yquem).
According to the fine wine business consultancy, it was white wines that dominated the quality improvements in this year’s campaign, based on a comparative critics scores from five different critics (Antonio Galloni and Neal Martin for Vinous.com, Bettane+Desseauve, JancisRobinson.com, and Ella Lister for Le Figaro). This was amid only 20 wines recording an
increase in critics’ scores in 2024.
White wines - both sweet and dry - saw a 1.30 rise, which helped offset the drop in quality score between 2022 and 2023 (-0.82).
The three wines that had seen the biggest increase in critic scores in this vintage, compared to last year were all whites – with La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc leading the way with an average increase score of +2.6 points, followed by Haut-Brion Blanc and Pavillon Blanc. La Mission Haut-Brion blanc, Haut-Brion blanc, and Domaine de Chevalier blanc gained 87, 66, and 47 places respectively, while Domaine de Chevalier Blanc and Guiraud rounded off the list – boosting the number of wines in the top 20 score rising wines to five.
Meanwhile, seven white wines - Haut Brion Blanc, Guiraud, Suduiraut, Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc, Domaine de Chevalier Blanc and Coutet - made it into the top 40 based on critics scores, up from only two last year (Suduiraut and Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc).
There was also something of a swell in brand visibility among the whites, both dry and sweet, with eight white wines in the top 20 places in search rank progression, the report noted, with eight white wines appearing in the top 20 spots, compared to just one last year (d’Yquem).
