{"id":19296,"date":"2015-05-07T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19296"},"modified":"2015-05-07T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:37:39","slug":"2014-bordeaux-issan-climens-lagrange-gruaud-larose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/2014-bordeaux-issan-climens-lagrange-gruaud-larose\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Bordeaux &#8211; Issan, Climens, Lagrange, Gruaud, Poujeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out today is\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Ch\u00e2teau d'Issan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-D-ISSAN-3eme-Cru-Classe-Margaux-21750-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Issan<\/a> at \u00a3295\/12<\/strong>. <em>&#8216;Really very impressive even if not a very long-term wine&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0says Jancis Robinson of the 2014. The 2012 was re-rated by Robert Parker from 87\/100 to 95\/100 last week, so one can have confidence in the <em>\u00e9levage<\/em> here.<\/p>\n<p>Also out is &#8211;<strong> <a title=\"Chateau Climens 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-CLIMENS-1er-Cru-Classe-Barsac-21715-00.html?category=125\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau Climens<\/a>\u00a0at \u00a3435\/12<\/strong>, sadly we did not get over to see B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Lurton this year to taste, but Neal Martin is clear on the quality when he says that she <em>&#8216;..has a winning Climens on her hands, one that will in the top two or three sweet wines of the vintage&#8230;&#8217; <\/em>L&amp;S gives the option to have this bottled in halves, and indeed to buy just 12 halves or six bottles <em>with no extra cost<\/em> at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>We should be excited that\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Ch\u00e2teau Lagrange 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-LAGRANGE-3eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-21868-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau Lagrange<\/a><\/strong> has come out at the appealing price of <strong>\u00a3240\/12<\/strong>. However, despite the appearance of doing all the right things &#8211; we just could not find a sample that excited us during primeur week. It seems the same was true for Neal Martin. Such a shame, at this price if the wine does turn out as well as some critics found it it\u00a0looks like a runner.<\/p>\n<p>Rather lost in the deluge of releases yesterday &#8211; <strong><a title=\"2014 CH\u00c2TEAU GRUAUD LAROSE 2\u00e8me Cru Class\u00e9 Saint Julien\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-GRUAUD-LAROSE-2eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-21722-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Gruaud Larose<\/a><\/strong> came out and is yours for a rather ambitious <strong>\u00a3390\/12<\/strong>. \u00a0At his price it seems classic case of missing the point of primeurs. Buyers could consider the comparable\u00a02012 at more than \u00a350 less. However, their second wine, the <strong><a title=\"2014 SARGET DE GRUAUD LAROSE Saint Julien\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-SARGET-DE-GRUAUD-LAROSE-du-Chateau-Gruaud-Larose-Saint-Julien-21798-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Sarget de Gruaud Larose<\/a><\/strong>, does not seem mad and is a\u00a0good opportunity to have a smart slice of St Julien in the cellar at \u00a3140\/12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Chateau Poujeux 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-POUJEAUX-Cru-Bourgeois-Exceptionnel-Moulis-en-Medoc-21845-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau Poujeaux<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0also quietly slipped out and deserves a mention at \u00a3170\/12. Described by James Suckling as <em>&#8216;Full-bodied yet refined and gorgeous.&#8217;<\/em> This is another enjoyable\u00a0&#8216;supper-party&#8217; claret drinking in 6-12 years time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Bordeaux &#8211; Issan 2014 \u00a3295, Climens 2014 \u00a3425, Lagrange 2014 \u00a3240, Gruaud Larose 2014 \u00a3390, Poujeaux 2014 \u00a3170<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[837,693,695,696,692,694,698,697],"class_list":["post-19296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-bordeaux","tag-2014-bordeaux","tag-climens","tag-fiefs-de-lagrange","tag-gruaud-larose","tag-issan","tag-lagrange","tag-poujeaux","tag-sarget-de-gruaud"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2014 Bordeaux - Issan, Climens, Lagrange, Gruaud, Poujeaux<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Issan 2014 \u00a3295, Climens 2014 \u00a3425, Lagrange 2014 \u00a3240, Gruaud Larose 2014 \u00a3390, Poujeaux 2014 \u00a3170\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/2014-bordeaux-issan-climens-lagrange-gruaud-larose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2014 Bordeaux - Issan, Climens, Lagrange, Gruaud, Poujeaux\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Issan 2014 \u00a3295, Climens 2014 \u00a3425, Lagrange 2014 \u00a3240, Gruaud Larose 2014 \u00a3390, Poujeaux 2014 \u00a3170\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/2014-bordeaux-issan-climens-lagrange-gruaud-larose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lea &amp; 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