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Average Scores of all Estates within a Region

The above chart represents the average of the scores gathered by all the Bordeaux wineries by wine growing region (AOC in French). For more details on a specific chateau, please use our search engine at the right hand's side of each page. This tool is extremely useful to pick the best wines at Bordeaux Futures offerings and wine auctions.  

88 to >90 = excellent
86 to 88 = very good
84 to 86 = good
< 84 = generally pleasant but lacks character, complexity or depth

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1998 is widely recognized as an excellent vintage especially for the Merlot varietal. Depending or the wine growing region, the Cabernet varietal had more problems to mature properly. 

Consequently, Pomerol and St-Emilion, which have a higher proportion of Merlot, have done outstandingly well. 

On the Gironde's left bank, the St-Julien and Medoc have produced quite impressive wines too. 

The Sauternes-Barsac sweet wines are fine and elegant but clearly behind the outstanding 1998 vintage.

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This year we have statistically estimated the effect of the critics' scores on the price - or "Score Effect". This measure is particularly strong in 1998 with an average +12% price increase for each additional scoring point. In comparison, the Score Effect was +10% in 1997.