{"id":7066,"date":"2013-04-25T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2013-04-25T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T12:08:37","slug":"2012-bordeaux-margaux-pavillon-rouge-canon-beausejour-becot-and-pavie-and-angelus-for-a-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/2012-bordeaux-margaux-pavillon-rouge-canon-beausejour-becot-and-pavie-and-angelus-for-a-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Bordeaux &#8211; Margaux, Pavillon Rouge, Canon, Beaus\u00e9jour B\u00e9cot &#8211; and Pavie and Ang\u00e9lus for a laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Another large number of releases this morning, some sensible and some&#8230; others. <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Margaux<\/strong> is released at\u00a0the same price as Mouton, a\u00a0price which makes it the cheapest Margaux in the market and it is a great wine. You can see a video of Paul Pontallier presenting this vintage to us here.<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqRrIcaJSrg\" height=\"262\" width=\"466\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Canon<\/strong> is way down in price on it&#8217;s last year&#8217;s release (over\u00a040%)\u00a0and this looks pretty good value, like it&#8217;s Chanel stablemate <strong>Rauzan S\u00e9gla<\/strong>. As always it did not taste particularly <em>showy<\/em>, but it has a great terroir and discreet charm which trains on well.<\/p>\n<p>The glossy blackcurrant fruit style of <strong>Beaus\u00e9jour B\u00e9cot<\/strong> deserves to find some support at this level too, I have not managed to untangle my own notes on this, but other seem to have liked it a lot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hubert-de-Bouard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7076\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7076\" alt=\"Hubert de Bouard gets it wrong on price\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hubert-de-Bouard.png\" width=\"495\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubert de Bouard gets it wrong on price<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we went to <strong>Ang\u00e9lus<\/strong>, (well actually to <strong>Bellevue<\/strong>, which is under the same ownership, as they are doing major constructions at Ang\u00e9lus), <strong>Hubert de Bouard<\/strong> told us &#8216;in 25 years I think this is the most difficult decision I&#8217;ve ever had to make about price&#8217;, and referred to the classification and the market. The classification refers to Ang\u00e9lus&#8217; elevation to the ultra-grand status of Saint Emilion Grand Cru Class\u00e9 (A) last year. This classification was partly decided by the price of recent vintages, so that it has skewed the market &#8211; which is idiotic in itself. The higher the price fetched by a wine, the more likely it was to be classified higher. Now M de Bouard has clearly allowed the cranial inflationary effect of this higher classification to overrule completely any consideration for the market, and has released a price 30% higher than for the 2011. M. Perse (<strong>Pavie<\/strong>) who was clearly in the same quandary, waiting for M. de Bouard to declare his hand and followed with the same price immediately after.<\/p>\n<p>Compare and contrast with the rather more pragmatic view taken by <a title=\"Valandraud release\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/2012-bordeaux-en-primeur-levangile-valandraud-carmes-haut-brion-sociando-mallet\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jean-Luc Thunevin<\/strong><\/a>, who put his <strong>Valandraud<\/strong> on the market as a drastically reduced price, <em>despite also being elevated in the classification<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth <strong>Fonbel<\/strong>, the most junior wine\u00a0of Vauthier\/Ausone stable, is offered at a price which makes it a buy for drinkers with cellars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another large number of releases this morning, some sensible and some&#8230; others. 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