Two years ago, Le Figaro Vin tasted hundreds of wines from the 2021 vintage in Bordeaux en primeur. We have just tasted again 280 wines from this vintage, now in bottle and available for purchase. This sometimes complicated vintage was not easy for the second wines, but we have unearthed 15 refined, aromatic and above all delicious wines for you, from €29. Much more affordable than their big brothers, they constitute a gateway to the world of the biggest names in Bordeaux.
Château Duhart-Milon
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Le Blanc de Duhart-Milon
2021
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“A perfect balance between acidity and roundness”
Bordeaux White
Score: 93/100
Price: from €76
A golden, stony, inviting nose of cooked apple and apricot kernel announces a rich and round wine on the palate, creamy, bright, with delicious milky and smoky notes, which ends with a finish of crème brûlée, toasted , delectable. A perfect balance between acidity and roundness.
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Château Lafite Rothschild
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Carruades de Lafite
2021
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“A very good second wine: balanced, generous, lifted”
Pauillac
Score: 93/100
Price: from €290
A luxurious, richly embroidered, deep, complex nose of purple fruits, with shimmering notes of graphite and vegetal liveliness. On the palate, the wine reveals a silky fluidity, dynamic and energetic, with juicy intensity, concentrated fruits, a spicy note, and a sappy side on the finish. A very good second wine: balanced, generous, lifted.
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Château Latour
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Les Forts
2021
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an energy that gradually rises to reach its peak in a salivating finish”
Pauillac
Score: 93/100
Price: on request
A floral, fragile, constantly evolving nose, which offers a multitude of different layers of aromas: sweet blackcurrant, flowering fruit trees, strawberry leaves, tree sap. The wine is very harmonious on the palate, supple, soothing, with perfectly integrated fruit, good acidity, and an energy which gradually rises to reach its peak in a salivating, fluid and saline finish.
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Château Margaux
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Pavillon Blanc
2021
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“A very vibrant wine, with dazzling acidity, faithful to the spirit of this Bordeaux vintage”
Bordeaux White
Score: 93/100
Price: from €386
On the nose, bright golden aromas of papaya and mango skin, with some delicately milky notes. The palate presents perfect continuity, with its gently tropical notes, but this time it is the passion fruit that dominates: you can almost smell the juicy flesh and the slippery seeds escaping from their prison. Notes of citrus and bergamot are added. A very vibrant wine, with dazzling acidity, faithful to the spirit of this Bordeaux vintage.
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Château Margaux
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Pavillon Rouge
2021
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“A wine that is perfectly in tune with the times”
Margaux
Score: 93/100
Price: from €232
An immediate, juicy, generous nose of blackberry, blackberry-raspberry, strawberry and red fruit tart, with some sweet spices and a captivating sapidity, for a deep and enveloping whole in which you want to get lost. Balanced and settled on the palate, with a delicious lightness and a satin texture, the wine delicately touches the tongue. Succulent, tasty, it has a hint of salinity on the finish. A wine that is perfectly in tune with the times.
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Château Mouton Rothschild
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Le Petit Mouton
2021
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“like a peacock opening its feathers, full of exuberance and sure of its beauty”
Pauillac
Score: 93/100
Price: from €238
A deep, intoxicating nose, which offers a whole range of aromas: from black fruits to smoky graphite, including black licorice and iris. The wine expands on the palate, like a peacock opening its feathers, full of exuberance and sure of its beauty. A sapid, salty, elegant palate, with a tasty juiciness that persists throughout the tasting, and a touch of dark chocolate on the finish.
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Angélus
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Carillon d’Angélus
2021
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“a wine that unfolds like a walk on a winding path”
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Score: 92/100
Price: from €113
80% Merlot for this 2021, which brings a succulence of red fruits to the nose, which releases tempting notes of raspberry and wild strawberry, enhanced by sweet spices and a floral touch of violets. Creamy and caressing on the palate, it has superb tension and lacy precision. A beautiful framework of minerality continues throughout the tasting, for a wine that unfolds like a walk on a winding path.
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Château Calon Ségur
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Le Marquis de Calon Ségur
2021
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“Like a silk sheet, soft and smooth”
Saint-Estèphe
Score: 92/100
Price: from €37
Rich and pure on the nose, with majestic notes of red fruits, with some sappy, floral aromas. Wonderfully harmonious on the palate, with an incredible texture that sits delicately on the tongue, before flowing down both sides, like a silk sheet, soft and smooth. A marvel that ends with a very sophisticated finale.
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Château Cos d'Estournel
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Pagodes de Cos
2021
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“A delight, even for lovers of Chardonnay”
Bordeaux White
Score: 92/100
Price: from €37
A luxurious, pure and intoxicating nose, with Burgundian aromas. Creamy and caressing on the palate, with a nice balance, it is not at all varietal. A delight, even for Chardonnay lovers.
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Château Haut-Brion
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Le Clarence
2021
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“Small red fruits, sweet and sour, juicy, which burst in the mouth as if you were biting into them”
Pessac-Léognan
Score: 92/100
Price: on request
A beautiful transparency to the dress. The nose reveals aromas of raspberry and raspberry leaf, with notes of fresh tobacco and stones. The palate, for its part, is succulent, with small red fruits, sweet and sour, juicy, which burst in the mouth as if you were biting them.
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Château Léoville Las Cases
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Le Petit Lion
2021
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“A precise, charming, pretty wine”
Saint-Julien
Score: 92/100
Price: from €60
A luminous, delicious nose, as if a little lion cub were launching, with its soft paws, a succession of different aromas towards the nostrils, which range from the savoriness of flower petals to small gariguette strawberries and redcurrants. Then he calms down, becoming zen, fresh and pure. On the palate, we find red fruits, fresh and pure, and a lively acidity, for a precise, charming, pretty wine.
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Château Pavie
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Arômes de Pavie
2021
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“Takes you into its captivating world”
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Score: 92/100
Price: from €88
An exhilarating, very pure bouquet that draws you into its captivating world. Aromas of crunchy blue fruits mingle with an energizing vegetal and notes of terracotta. On the palate, the flavors are ripe and enveloping, with a scintillating acidity that energizes the taste buds and a digestible, sapid, saline and tempting finish. A wine made to last.
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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
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Réserve de la Comtesse
2021
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“Like a walk in a summer garden”
Pauillac
Score: 92/100
Price: from €48
Captivating on the nose, floral, like a walk in a summer garden, with aromas of strawberries, ripe and rich, in the background. Just as captivating on the palate, with fruit that gradually gains power to then fill the mouth, and magnificent floral notes. A second wine that has found its place.
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Château Smith Haut Lafitte
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Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge
2021
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“Pure, supple, caressing on the palate, it’s a real delight”
Pessac-Léognan
Score: 92/100
Price: from €29
Composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine presents a limpid and refined nose of purple fruits and spring flowers (hyacinth, peony), which promises us a beautiful juiciness. Pure, supple, caressing on the palate, it is a real delight, with perfectly ripe fruits, which are both crunchy and creamy, and a tempting finish, with a bitterness full of nobility which accentuates gradually. gradually. A complex wine.
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Château Smith Haut Lafitte
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Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
2021
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“Superb minerality and a saline finish”
Pessac-Léognan
Score: 92/100
Price: from €43
A beautiful tension and a lot of finesse on the nose, which is dominated by green fruits (green papaya), for a more complex bouquet than that of Hauts de Smith Blanc. On the palate, a beautiful richness which fills the palate, satisfying, with superb minerality and a saline finish.
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