How would you rank the five first growths

WINE TALK
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For me, I would go:

Haut Brion
Lafite
Latour
Margaux
Mouton

Interested in thoughts of others

2

Same

3

The same but, La Mission over all of them.

4

Haut Brion
Margaux
Lafite
Latour
Mouton

5

Are you saying this for the era before Haut Brion bought la Mission, the era since or both?

6

Same on first three. Mouton over Margaux. Mouton can make some explosively crazy delicious wines like in 86 and 82, but on average, below the top three.

7

Based on what I’ve had (and not a huge sample size, especially on Lafite)

Latour
Margaux
Haut Brion
Lafite
Mouton

8

Currently or historically?

I have had a lot of Lafite and Margaux from the eras when both were substandard.

9

Haut Brion
Latour
Lafite
Margaux
Mouton

10

1: Haut Brion
The others are generally tied, although any of them can be the best of the five in a given year.

Caveat, the last first I bought and drank was 2003 Mouton and it was just a touch above meh.

11
  1. Lafite
  2. Haut Briton
  3. Latour
  4. Margaux
  5. Mouton

With the caveat that my most limited experience with the 5 is HB.

12

Mouton still a 2eme in my mind

13

And Mission Haut Brion is a first growth in my mind. But, I am going by official classification.

14

Ranked based on what? Just personal preference for the way they taste? Probably

HB
Lafite
Margaux
Latour
Mouton

You could probably more or less swap the middle three in any order on any given day.

15

Margaux
Lafite
Latour
Haut Brion
Mouton

  • Lafite & Latour virtually equal; and Mouton a distant 5th.
16

HB
Lafite
Margaux
Latour
Many others (I know you said official FGs)
Mouton

I just think mouton is overdue a downgrade.

17

Lafite-Rothschild
Latour
Haut-Brion
Margaux
Mouton-Rothschild

18

Latour
Lafite
Haut Brion
Margaux
Mouton

19

Latour
Haut-Brion
Lafite
Margaux
Mouton

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