After falling into the WB rabbit hole over the last year and having since bought mostly 19/20s and subbing some 22/23s I feel I should be backfilling some more mature vintages … so I am looking for recommendations on chateaux / vintages considered good QPR.
Style wise I lean more traditional than modern, price range should be in the 30-100 range, <30 is welcome, >100 is considered but not looking for 1st growths pricing.
Not looking for vintages/chateaux maturing in 20+ years being >60 and all
Thx Max, and yes, I had followed that thread closely already, will re-read tho. That said I was hoping for some additional recs in the slightly higher range >50<100 which wasn‘t a topic in that thread actually.
Probably hoping to learn about good vintages / prices on i.e. Brane-Cantenac or Branaire-Ducru or thereabouts. There is a lot of wisdom spread over WB but its tough to find the threads.
I.e. I have been digging out some great recs on for me trophy wines like 2004/2011 VCC or 2014 LMHB from the likes of @William_Kelley and @Robert.A.Jr and was hoping for similar on those QPR gems versus the more value oriented ones like Lanessan / Sociando.
Lots of 2016 still in the market at very sweet pricing. I’m still backfilling into this vintage.
D’Issan
Duhart Milon
D’Armailhac
Langoa Barton
Clos du Marquis
Ferriere
Haut Bages Liberal
Lagrange
Cantemerle
Clos du Clocher (kinda modern tho)
Moulin St Georges
Jean Faure
Just to name a few. I have bought all some in large quantities.
I think Lanessan and Sociando are in that 50-100 range for back vintages like 2000 and 2005 at least in the US. I know Brane is in the 125-175 range for those vintages.
Somebody would probably advise looking for 2014s from those producers, I just dont have any experience with them.
Of those already mentioned, my top 3 choices would be Langoa Barton, D’Issan and Branaire Ducru. They are consistently well-made and have broad drinking windows.
@Robert.A.Jr has some very good recommendations on 2016’s. A few others that we have enjoyed are Tronquoy Lalande, Gloria and Lafon Rochet. Enjoy the hunt!
Robert, Ed, any recs on older vintages? The Langoa / Branaire / Sociando / Issan / Tronquoys are the ones I bought in the 19/20 vintages (Tronquoy in 16 too) - are there more specific recs on older vintages to look out for? Just ordered some 14 Sociando the other day.