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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

The 2000 vintage in the Bordeaux area is characterised by the exceptionnal quality of a relatively limited number of wineries (approx. 40 wine estates). But surprisingly a majority of winemakers don't get very high ratings. This explains why the global score for the 2000 vintage is for instance lower than for the 1998 vintage.

2000 can be described as the vintage with the widest spread of average ratings between the top ranked chateaux and the followers.
A careful selection is essential to avoid further disappointments !

For further details read our study on the 2000 vintage

This year we have statistically estimated the effect of the critics' scores on the price - or "Score Effect". This measure is particularly strong in 2000 with an average +15% price increase for each additional scoring point. In comparison, the Score Effect was +9% in 1999, +12% in 1998 and finally +10% in 1997.