The annual Bordeaux tasting held by Theis Wine in Copenhagen was this year held at Moltkes Palae. As usual the event was superbly organized. There were many more wines than you can taste in the two and a half hours available, so we focused on the classified Medoc wines and had to skip most of the wines from outside Bordeaux.
The 2023 Vintage resulted, for many producers, in larger quantities compared to the previous vintages, which contributes to overall reduced prices. But what about the quality? Well, this tasting showed that, the producers who successfully handled the changing weather conditions also delivered magnificent wines, but not all producers came up to the same high standards. Among the Chateaux’s we liked the most were Ch Cos d’Estournel, Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Ch Pichon Baron au Baron de Pichon-Longueville, and Ch Lafitte Rothschild but we also very much liked Lynch Bages and Cos Labory. Cos Labory was recently bought by neighboring Cos d’Estournel and the quality of this wine has already improved.
If you plan to buy some 2023 for the cellar, which can be a good idea given the prices, we recommend to either taste the wine yourself or check tasting notes from a source you trust.
Finally, we have to mention that we as usual ended the tasting with Niepoort’s superb Vintage Ports, this time the latest released Vintage 2022.
