Our founder and CEO, Ella Lister, will shortly be publishing her Bordeaux 2024 en primeur scores on Le Figaro Vin (see here). Here we share an avant-première of her top scores. All appellations are represented on this leaderboard, while Saint-Émilion occupies the majority of top spots once again (eight out of 33).
Of the 574 wines tasted by Ella and her colleague, Béatrice Delamotte, there were no potential 100-point scores. The highest score was awarded to Montrose – 96-99, on par with her score for its 2023 vintage – which Ella describes as having an “awe-inspiring” palate like “light pouring into a cathedral”. Lafite Rothschild, Petrus, and Pontet-Canet earn Ella’s second highest scores of 96-98. Ella praises Petrus’s “unending finish”, calling it the “longest of 2024 by far.”
Haut-Brion Blanc is the only dry white to feature on the leaderboard this year, having been awarded a score of 95-97, while Suduiraut makes a reappearance as the only sweet wine on the list with a score of 94-97. Ella describes Suduiraut 2024 as a “hypnotic” wine with a freshness that walks “on a taut tightrope above a sea of sweetness.”
Cheval Blanc and L’Église-Clinet score 95-98 and eleven wines are awarded 95-97 points, including First Growths, Haut-Brion Blanc, Latour, Margaux, and Mouton Rothschild. The Left Bank is also represented by Ducru Beaucaillou, Durfort-Vivens, Haut-Bailly, Léoville Las Cases, Pichon Baron, and the “sumptuous” Rauzan-Ségla. The other entries from the Right Bank include Angélus, Ausone, Figeac, La Conseillante, Lafleur, Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pavie, Pavie Macquin, Tertre Roteboeuf, and Vieux Château Certan.
Making new appearances in the list of Ella’s top-scoring wines (recap last year’s blog here) are L’Église-Clinet (95-98), Cos d’Estournel (94-97), L’Évangile (94-96), and Lynch-Bages (94-96).
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