The best Bordeaux en primeur

Matthew Jukes gives his verdict on the 2015 vintage of Bordeaux wines and reveals his favorite bottles.

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It's been a year of extremes in the wine trade

I have just finished writing my 2015 Bordeaux En Primeur Report. This year I tasted well over 300 wines and typed 26,000 words into my iPad. On my return, I realised just how varied the wine trade's thoughts were on this vintage. We all agree that 2015 is a fascinating year with some sensational wines. The strange thing is that every person I quizzed had a different favourite. This is remarkable because normally one would hear of the same three or four producers ad infinitum.

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1. Chteau Haut-Brion (1er Cru, Pessac-Lognan) 20*1. Chteau Beychevelle (4me Cru, Saint-Julien) 18
2. Chteau Margaux (1er Cru, Margaux) 19.52. Clos Cantenac (Grand Cru, Saint-Emilion) 18
3. Chteau Loville-Las Cases (2me Cru, Saint-Julien) 19.53. Chteau Belgrave (5me Cru, Haut-Mdoc) 17.5
4. Vieux Chteau Certan (Pomerol) 19.54. Chteau Angludet (Margaux) 17.5
5. Ptrus (Pomerol) 19.55. Chteau La Vieille Cure (Fronsac) 17.5
6. Chteau La Conseillante (Pomerol) 196. Fugue de Nnin (second wine of Nnin, Pomerol) 17.5
7. Le Dme (Grand Cru, Saint-Emilion) 197. Chteau La Serre (Grand Cru Class, Saint-Emilion) 17
8. Chteau Trotanoy (Pomerol) 198. Chteau Teyssier (Grand Cru, Saint-Emilion) 17
9. Tertre Roteboeuf (Grand Cru, Saint-Emilion) 199. Chteau Ormes de Pez (Saint-Estphe) 17
10. Chteau Grand-Puy-Lacoste (5me Cru, Pauillac) 1910. Rserve de Comtesse de Lalande (second wine of Pichon Lalande, Pauillac) 17
* My score out of 20Row 10 - Cell 1
Matthew Jukes

Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.  

Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.

He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.

Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’.  He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner. 

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy.  His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.