Bordeaux 2008 Grands Crus Classés: Final Call for Value

May 3rd 2011, by Gavin Quinney (blog.bauduc.com)

Having posted my scores of 2008 Bordeaux Grands Crus Classés from the bottle, I’ve taken a look at the prices on the UK market (via Liv-ex andwine-searcher) to see what values there are before Parker releases any moment now. Spend a few moments checking the current price of the 2008 v the 2009 (2010 won’t be cheaper) and you could nab some top wines from great estates at reasonable prices. V? = Value? y = yes, p = possibly.

Chateau	Appellation	RP 2009 score EP	Current 2009 £	RP 2008 score EP	Current 2008 £	GQ score bottle	V?
Lafite Rothschild	Pauillac	98-100	£14,000	98-100	£13,500	97
Mouton Rothschild	Pauillac	96-98	£7,500	94-96	£8,000	97
Pontet-Canet	Pauillac	97-100	£1,200	96-98	£850	97	p
Ducru Beaucaillou	St-Julien	96-98	£1,850	96-98	£1,150	96
Latour	Pauillac	98-100	£12,000	96-98	£8,200	96
Leoville Las Cases	St-Julien	96-100	£2,350	95-97	£1,450	96	p
Haut Brion	Pessac-Leognan	98-100	£7,500	95-97	£5,000	95
Leoville Poyferre	St-Julien	97-100	£1,100	92-94	£610	95	y
Margaux	Margaux	98-100	£8,950	95-97	£5,500	95
Montrose	St-Estephe	96-100	£1,500	95-97	£850	95	p
Palmer	Margaux	94-96	£2,400	95-97	£1,450	95
Pavie-Macquin	St-Emilion	94-96	£725	93-95	£450	95	y
Pavie	St-Emilion	96-100	£2,100	96-98	£1,250	95
Cos d’Estournel	St-Estephe	98-100	£2,300	94-96	£1,100	95
Pichon-Longueville Baron	Pauillac	93-95	£1,050	92-94	£650	94	y
Duhart Milon	Pauillac	94-96	£1,250	93-95	£1,200	93
Angelus	St-Emilion	96-100	£2,300	92-94	£1,300	93
Forts de Latour, Les	Pauillac	93-95	£2,100	91-93	£2,000	93
Lagune, La	Haut-Médoc	94-96	£410	92-94	£295	93	y
Leoville Barton	St-Julien	93-95	£750	92-94	£480	93	p
Lynch Bages	Pauillac	94-96	£1,200	91-93	£900	93
Malescot St-Exupery	Margaux	95-97	£650	91-93	£350	93	y
Mission Haut-Brion, La	Pessac-Leognan	98-100	£6,000	94-96	£2,400	93
Pichon Lalande	Pauillac	96-98	£1,350	94-96	£900	93
Saint Pierre	St-Julien	94-98	£535	92-94	£280	93	y
Beau-Séjour Bécot	St-Emilion	93-95	£520	91-93	£380	92
Beychevelle	St-Julien	92-94	£650	88-90	£750	92
Branaire-Ducru	St-Julien	92-95	£495	91-93	£335	92	y
Clos Fourtet	St-Emilion	95-98	£640	92-94	£350	92	y
Figeac	St-Emilion	not tasted	£1,500	not tasted	£550	92
Grand-Puy-Lacoste	Pauillac	91-93	£520	89-91	£300	92	y
Troplong Mondot	St-Emilion	94-97	£950	95-97	£700	92
Beauséjour Duffau	St-Emilion	96-98	£900	87-89	£360	91	y
Cantenac Brown	Margaux	94-96	£400	90-92	£340	91
Clarence de Haut-Brion	Pessac-Leognan	90-93	£1,000	89-91	£460	91
Clerc Milon	Pauillac	90-92	£430	89-91	£420	91
Clos du Marquis	St-Julien	91-93	£375	90-93	£295	91	p
Croix de Beaucaillou	St-Julien	88-90	£300	89-91	£185	91	y
Dauzac	Margaux	88-90	£270	88-91	NA	91
Ferriere	Margaux	not tasted	£240	not tasted	£295	91
Gaffelière, la	St-Emilion	94-96	£695	91-93	£330	91
Lagrange	St-Julien	90-93	£375	90-92	£265	91	y
Lascombes	Margaux	94-96	£650	91-94	£460	91
Pavillon Rouge	Margaux	91-93	£1,500	NT	£1,600	91
Tour Carnet, La	Haut-Médoc	91-93	£230	90-93	£250	91	p
Trottevielle	St-Emilion	91-93	NT	90-93	£375	91
Alter Ego de Palmer	Margaux	89-92	£370	89-90	£340	90
Armailhac	Pauillac	90-93	£345	88-90	£300	90
Belgrave	Haut-Médoc	88-90	£200	88-90	£180?	90
Canon	St-Emilion	93-95	£1,000	90-93	£425	90
Carruades de Lafite	Pauillac	92-94	£3,500	91-93	£3,800	90
Chapelle de la Mission, La	Pessac-Leognan	91-94	£560	87-88	£500	90
Dame de Malescot, La	Margaux	not tasted				90
Giscours	Margaux	91-93	£415	88-90	£285	90	y
Gruaud Larose	St-Julien	92-94	£460	89-91	£350	90
Haut Bages Liberal	Pauillac	not tasted	£260		£220	90	y
Hauts de Pontet Canet	Pauillac	not tasted	NA			90
Langoa Barton	St-Julien	90-92	£450	88-90	£250	90	y
Marquis de Terme	Margaux	89-91	£240	85-87	£215	90	p
Moulin Riche	St-Julien	not tasted	not tasted		£160	90
Pibran	Pauillac	not tasted	£230	NA	£195	90	y
Pouget	Margaux	not tasted	£290			90
Rauzan-Ségla	Margaux	92-95	£695	91-93	£425	90
Reserve de la Comtesse	Pauillac	not tasted	not tasted	not tasted	£240	90	y
Talbot	St-Julien	92-94	£370	89-91	£260	90	p
Batailley	Pauillac	90-92	£300	90-92	£300	89
Boyd Cantenac	Margaux	not tasted	not tasted		£320	89
Brane-Cantenac	Margaux	93-95	£450	90-93	£260	89
Cantemerle	Haut-Médoc	92-94	£220	89-91	£225	89
Cos Labory	St-Estephe	87-88	£255	84-86	£191	89
Dame de Montrose, La	St-Estephe	91-93	£314	89-90	£180	89	y
Gloria	St-Julien	not tasted	£260		£200	89	p
Grand Puy Ducasse	Pauillac	90-93	£260	88-90	£200	89
Haut Batailley	Pauillac	88-90	£270	88-90	£210	89
Issan, d’	Margaux	93-95	£425	91-93	£290	89
Kirwan	Margaux	90-92	£385	88-90	£325	89
Petit Lion	St-Julien	87-89	not tasted	NA	NA	89
Potensac	Medoc	89-91	£160	90-92	£150	89	p
Tourelles de Longueville	Pauillac	not tasted	not tasted	not tasted	NA	89
Boscq, Le	St-Estephe	not tasted		not tasted	£160	88
Echo de Lynch Bages	Pauillac	not tasted		not tasted	£300	88
Fiefs de Lagrange	St-Julien	not tasted	£155	not tasted	£150	88	p
Labegorce Zede	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	£154	88
Lafon-Rochet	St-Estephe	91-93	£310	87-89	£210	88
Lalande Borie	St-Julien	88-90	£165	88-90	£144	88
Lilian Ladouys	St-Estephe	not tasted		not tasted	£170	88
Amiral de Beychevelle	St-Julien	not tasted		not tasted	£225	87
Baron de Brane	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	£130	87
Brio de Cantenac Brown	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	NA	87
Charmes de Kirwan	Haut-Médoc	not tasted		not tasted	NA	87
Chasse-Spleen	Moulis	90-92	£180	not tasted	£180	87
Desmirail	Margaux	85-87	£211	not tasted	£230	87
Durfort-Vivens	Margaux	87-89	£285	not tasted	£270	87
Gironville	Haut-Médoc	89-91	£90	87-88	£130	87
Gurgue, la	Margaux	not tasted	£145	not tasted	£115	87
Lacoste Borie	Pauillac	not tasted		not tasted	£144	87	p
Lynch Moussas	Pauillac	88-90	£210	88-89	£150	87
Marquis d’Alesme Becker	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	NA	87
Meyney	St-Estephe	not tasted	£190	not tasted	£186	87
Moulin de la Lagune	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	NA	87
Pavillon de Poyferre	St-Julien	not tasted		not tasted	£250	87
Pedesclaux	Pauillac	not tasted		not tasted	£195	87
Prieure Lichine	Margaux	91-93	£311	not tasted	£225	87
Rauzan Gassies	Margaux	89-91	£210	88-90	£200	87
Segla	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	NA	87
Camensac	Haut-Médoc	not tasted	£150	79-81	£155	86
Chevalier de Lascombes	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	£170	86
Domeyne	St-Estephe	not tasted		not tasted	NA	86
Labegorce	Margaux	85-87	£165	82-84	£150	86
Sirene de Giscours	Margaux	not tasted		not tasted	£139	86
Tertre, du	Margaux	90-92	£260	83-85	£185	86
Chapelle de Potensac	Haut-Médoc	not tasted		not tasted	NA	85
Connetable de Talbot	St-Julien	not tasted	£150	not tasted	£125	84	p
Croizet Bages	Pauillac	87-89	£200	84-87	£180	84