{"id":7143,"date":"2013-04-30T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2013-04-30T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:30:37","slug":"2012-bordeaux-jean-philippe-janoueix-maltus-single-vineyards-pape-clement-lafon-rochet-potensac-and-fugue-de-nenin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/2012-bordeaux-jean-philippe-janoueix-maltus-single-vineyards-pape-clement-lafon-rochet-potensac-and-fugue-de-nenin\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Bordeaux &#8211; Jean-Philippe Janoueix, Maltus single vineyards, Pape Cl\u00e9ment, Lafon-Rochet, Potensac and Fugue de N\u00e9nin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The realisation that tomorrow is a holiday in France seems to have prompted a raft of releases this morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU LAFON ROCHET 4\u00e8me Cru Class\u00e9 Saint Est\u00e8phe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-LAFON-ROCHET-4eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Estephe-Chateau-Lafon-Rochet-18551-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Lafon Rochet<\/a> (\u00a3245) <\/strong>offers value and consistently good tasting notes from the major critics. It is down around 12% on the 2011 price, but Lafon Rochet has never been about silly pricing so this represents solid value and comes recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Much the same can be said for the two minor wines from the Delon\/L\u00e9oville las Cases stable, The second wine of their Pomerol N\u00e9nin, <a title=\"2012 FUGUE DE N\u00c9NIN du Ch\u00e2teau N\u00e9nin Pomerol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-FUGUE-DE-NENIN-du-Chateau-Nenin-Pomerol-18625-00.html?category=124\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fugue de N\u00e9nin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(\u00a3160), and the really oustanding northern M\u00e9doc, <a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU POTENSAC Cru Bourgeois M\u00e9doc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-POTENSAC-Cru-Bourgeois-Medoc-18665-00.html?category=116\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Potensac<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(\u00a3145).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean-Philippe Janoueix<\/strong> seems to have been on top form for the 2012 vintage, and all of his wines showed well. The prices are similar to 2011, but again J-P has never been unreasonable and these offer real value. His Pomerol <a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU LA CROIX SAINT GEORGES Pomerol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-LA-CROIX-SAINT-GEORGES-Pomerol-18673-00.html?category=124\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>La Croix Saint Georges<\/strong><\/a> (\u00a3315)\u00a0is a top-flight effort at a price that remains within the drinker&#8217;s grasp, while the Saint Emilion <a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU LA CONFESSION Grand Cru Saint Emilion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-LA-CONFESSION-Grand-Cru-Saint-Emilion-18630-00.html?category=123\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>La Confession<\/strong><\/a> is a bargain at \u00a3215.<\/p>\n<p>One of the surprises to me this year was that I really liked Bernard Magrez&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU PAPE CLEMENT Cru Class\u00e9 Pessac-L\u00e9ognan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-PAPE-CLEMENT-Cru-Classe-Pessac-Leognan-18602-00.html?category=122\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pape Clement Rouge<\/strong><\/a>, which I normally find far to extracted and gluey. This is hardly a bargain at \u00a3555, but then again Robert Parker liked it lots too, giving it 92-95 points. My enthusiasm did not extend to the white, which Robert Parker rated as being of stratospheric quality (95-98) which is also available at \u00a31050 per case.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we have all the single vineyard wines from <strong>Jonathan Maltus<\/strong>, the Englishman who was the subject of <a title=\"How an English expat joined the 100 point wine club\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/wine\/10003899\/How-an-English-expat-joined-the-100-point-wine-club.html\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Moore&#8217;s article in the Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0of three weeks\u00a0ago, and fresh from his 2010 Le Dome being awarded 100\/100 by Parker we should not have expected him to drop his price over that of the 2011 &#8211; and he has not disappointed. My favourites here are his <a title=\"2012 LES AST\u00c9RIES Saint Emilion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-LES-ASTERIES-Saint-Emilion-18650-00.html?category=123\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Les Asteries<\/strong><\/a> and <a title=\"2012 CH\u00c2TEAU LE D\u00d4ME Saint Emilion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2012-CHATEAU-LE-DOME-Saint-Emilion-18676-00.html?category=123\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Le D\u00f4me<\/strong><\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p>There are three further wines from yesterday on the list below, none of which seemed to have a sufficiently compelling reason to buy that I needed to disturb you with a mail earlier. <strong>Troplong Mondot<\/strong> is the big one with the really big Parker score (94-96), but there equally good mature vintages around at this price level, while <strong>Petit Village<\/strong> and <strong>Giscours<\/strong> can surely be bought later at these prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The realisation that tomorrow is a holiday in France seems to have prompted a raft of releases this morning. 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