{"id":18979,"date":"2012-05-29T05:53:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearwaterphilippines.com\/wordpress\/?p=18979"},"modified":"2012-05-29T05:53:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:53:17","slug":"bordeaux-2011-margaux-palmer-and-lynch-bages-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clearwaterphilippines.com\/resort\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-margaux-palmer-and-lynch-bages-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux 2011: Margaux, Palmer and Lynch Bages release"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bordeaux campaign has stuttered to life again with price releases from Chateau Margaux, Chateau Palmer, Chateau Lynch Bages and some two dozen smaller properties.
\nThe most important release yesterday was Chateau Margaux, at \u20ac360 ex-negociant, down 40%, followed by 3rd growth Chateau Palmer, at \u20ac160, down 25.6%.
\nPalmer, though critically acclaimed \u2013 Steven Spurrier for Decanter called the 2011 \u2018first growth quality\u2019 – has dismayed merchants by its price.
\nFarr Vintners\u2019 Stephen Browett repeated his assertion that \u2018there are plenty of ready-to-drink vintages of Palmer that consumers can buy cheaper than this. Although its one of the better wines of the vintage there is no demand for it at that price.\u2019
\nPalmer is with most UK merchants at \u00a31750 a case. The 2001, to which Browett had referred as ‘ready-to-drink’, is \u00a31200.
\nOther merchants were similarly gloomy. One, Will Gardener, who runs the fine wine department at Midlands merchant Nickolls and Perks, said, \u2018there is no point in offering [Palmer].\u2019
\nWhile the blue chip wines \u2013 Lafite, Margaux, Pontet Canet \u2013 are selling well, even for wines with very fine pedigrees \u2013 Palmer, Lynch Bages (\u20ac69, down from \u20ac100 last year, on the market for \u00a3750) – interest is sporadic at best.
\nLynch is \u2018in the doldrums\u2019, Mark Bedini, managing director of Fine & Rare said \u2013 oddly enough, because it \u2018seems reasonably priced and normally sells really well. Not this time.\u2019
\nAnother merchant suggested they would have expected Lynch to be cheaper than Pontet Canet, for example, which is on the market for \u00a3720 a case, and is considered \u2018a superstar\u2019.
\nFor some, the situation is exactly as they expected. Gardener said, \u2018We\u2019re doing our best, but we\u2019re sending out an offer every couple of days rather several times a day.\u2019
\nHe stressed that the wines that were selling were the well-priced \u2018good drinking wines, like Batailley in Pauillac at \u00a3250 a case and Labegorce (Margaux) at \u00a3175. \u2018You have to take the investment side out of it.\u2019
\nIn Bordeaux, negociants are putting a brave face on the situation. \u2018We\u2019ve been spoiled by the last two great vintages,\u2019 Laurent Ehrmann at negociants Barri\u00e8res Fr\u00e8res told Decanter.com. \u2018There is frustration because we\u2019re not selling thousands of cases in a few hours. We need to look to the long term.\u2019
\nAn unexpected consequence this year, for one merchant at least, is the lack of traditional buyers for a vintage that has been toted as \u2018a classic drinking vintage\u2019.
\nBedini said, \u2018We’re finding that our traditional buyers are staying out on the whole, which means new entrants are doing most of the buying. They are more focused on the first growths than other wines.\u2019
\nEven in a previously rock-solid market \u2013 the French supermarkets \u2013 ennui seems to have set in.
\nLudovic Paternotte, wine buyer for Groupe Casino, which owns a clutch of major retailers including Casino, G\u00e9ant and Monoprix and buys 200m bottles a year, said Bordeaux made up 50% of his purchasing until a few years ago, but he now finds better value in Languedoc and Rhone.
\n‘Even for the French supermarkets, the price drops have largely not been enough. The Bordelais seem to forget that France remains their largest market.’<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.decanter.com\/bordeaux-2011\/en-primeur-coverage\/529971\/bordeaux-2011-margaux-palmer-and-lynch-bages-release<\/p>\n

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