The Durantou family released their vintage defying Château L'Eglise-Clinet 2024 at £177 per bottle, in bond. Jane Anson awarded the wine 97 points commenting “This is just exceptional within the vintage, such a deeply felt and deeply chiselled wine, and I can unhesitatingly recommend’.

Vieux Château Certan launched at the sharp price of £118 a bottle, in bond which is a 35% reduction in price versus the 2023 vintage with Neal Martin awarding an impressive 95-97 points.

Today, Pomerol big-hitter La Conseillante has released at £117.50 a bottle, in bond - this is a 20% reduction in price versus the 2023 vintage, despite a 70% reduction in yield. 

The ever-reliable Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is offered at £35.50 a bottle, in bond which is the lowest release price since the 2014 vintage.

Also released is Château Evangile at £95 a bottle, which is a full 36% reduction versus the previous year's release price. 

A busy morning of releases started with Château Pichon-Comtesse is released at £88.50 a bottle, in bond which is a 20% reduction versus the 2023 price. 

Château Canon was launched at £71 a bottle, in bond with yields down around 70% - this was one of the highest rated wines on the Right Bank by a number of critics. 

Also released is Château L'If, stablemate of Le Pin, which is offered at £395.50 a case - a brilliant example from this thrilling, boutique estate. Finally, Château Clinet is offered at £44 a bottle, the lowest priced vintage available in the market today. 

Two sharply priced Bordeaux releases this morning bring the campaign back into action. 

First Growth Château Margaux is released at £270 a bottle, in bond which makes this the cheapest vintage of this estate available on the market. Jane Anson awards 96 points calling it 'one of the wines of the vintage'.

Also released is Château Ducru-Beaucaillou at £88 a bottle, also the lowest priced vintage available in the market today. It bags 95 points from Anson who calls this 'gorgeously vivid' and 'understated, elegant and finessed'.

Both wines come highly recommended. 

After the bank holiday weekend, one of the top performers from Margaux was released - Château Brane-Cantenac 2024, offered at £35.50 a bottle

This comes into the market as the cheapest vintage available today, with a 19% discount versus the 2023 release price, and the lowest release price since 2014.

The week ended with the release of one of the most successful wines of the Margaux appellation this year, Château Palmer.

This is offered at £158 a bottle, in bond. This is launched at a 34% decrease in price versus the 2023 and is the lowest release price since 2014. One of the top wines of Margaux, offered at a serious reduction in price, this comes highly recommended.

Léoville Las Cases was released with a bold 31% price reduction versus the 2023 at £95.50 a bottle, making this the lowest release price since 2014.

One of the most exciting prices this year is for Château Pavie, that is offered at a 41% reduction versus 2023 at £136 a bottle, and well below all back vintages.

A flurry of releases began with the mighty Ausone which is offered at a 27% reduction versus the 2023 at £307 per bottle, in bond.

Quick on its heels was Château Figeac which is offered at the biggest reduction seen so far this campaign: 37% decrease from the 2022 vintage, this is available for £94 a bottle and scores a brilliant 96-98 points from Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW.

From St-Julien, Léoville-Poyferré is released at £47 a bottle, in bond which is the lowest vintage available on the market today.

The week continued with the release of First Growth, Haut-Brion at £240 a bottle, in bond (a 23% reduction versus last years price), as well as the release of La Mission Haut-Brion at £140 a bottle, in bond (offered at a 20% discount versus the previous vintage).

From the right bank, Troplong Mondot is offered at £72 a bottle - a wine where the strength of terroir really shines through.

We also have the release of Calon-Segur at £60 a bottle which comes into the market at 22% discount versus the previous year and the cheapest vintage currently offered on the market.

The week started with the release of the wines from the Durantou stable, namely Saintayme, Les Cruzelles, and Montlandrie - these wines always represent some of the best value of the right bank. The family will release the Grand Vin, Eglise Clinet at a later date.

Also available are two graceful Margaux wines including the wonderful Giscours at £213 per 6 and the newly invigorated Lascombes under the direction of Axel Heinz which is launched at £249 per 6, in bond.

The week ended with the release one of the rising stars of the right bank, Beau-Séjour Bécot released at £37.50 a bottle. This is a 13% reduction on the 2023 release price, and represents one of the best rated wines for the price.

Also released was Rauzan-Ségla at £47 a bottle - one of the top wines of Margaux this comes onto the market at a 20% reduction versus 2023 and the lowest release price since 2014.

This morning sees the release of the Mouton stable, and a particularly sharp and exciting price for the First Growth itself, coming into the market at £253.50 per bottle, which is over 10% than any other vintage available today, a true reason to buy en primeur.

At the same time Clerc Milon is also offered well below any other vintage available today, with a 14% discount versus 2023 and the lowest release price since 2015. While Armailhac is a 15% decrease with the lowest release price since 2014 - both look like sharp prices.

This afternoon is the release of Beychevelle which has a more modest 5% reduction in price versus the previous vintage but comes into the market as the cheapest available vintage.

This Monday saw the release of the Barton family wines, a firm favourite, these are always well-priced and beautifully classic. Langoa Barton is offered at £26 a bottle in bond, a 10% reduction versus 2023, while Leoville Barton is offered at £48 a bottle, in bond, a 14% reduction versus 2023.

This day saw the release of Château Marsau, one of the value picks of the campaign at just £99 per case of 6 bottles, in bond. The first vintage made in the estate's new winery, the beautiful clay terroir of this property really shines through this year.

Another busy day of releases!

The much anticipated release of Château Montrose came this morning with a sharp 30% reduction, for what William Kelley has one of the "wines of the vintage".

A St-Julien classic in the form of Château Talbot always launches today entering the market at just £32.35 a bottle, the lowest vintage of Talbot in the market today.

One of our favourite St-Emilion estates (who also make Our Collection Bordeaux) is Château La Gaffeliere which is released at £35.50 a bottle which is an exciting 20% reduction on the 2023 price.

And finally, this afternoon we see the release of Château Haut Bailly, led by the astute Veronique Sanders. This release represents the largest priced reduction of the campaign so far with a full 36% decrease versus the 2023 price.

There was a flurry of exciting releases after the bank holiday weekend.

Right bank royalty Cheval Blanc, which William Kelley calls "one of the stars of the vintage", is released at £275 a bottle, in bond – which is a 70% reduction in price versus the 2022 vintage and a 28% reduction versus the 2023 vintage.

A Pauillac favourite in Lynch Bages is released at the bargain price of £60 a bottle – the lowest price since the 2014 vintage and the cheapest in the market today. Owner Jean-Charles Cazes as made an important effort with price this year.

Also available is the Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc which is offered at the same price as the previous vintage.

The last day of April saw the release of Château Angelus, at just £179 a bottle - an important reset which places this release alongside the cheapest in the market with a 31% reduction versus the 2023 price and the cheapest release price since 2014.

A Sauternes favourite in Château Suduiraut is also released with a 8% discount versus the 2023 vintage despite the tiny yields of around 11hl/ha.

A real kickstart to the Bordeaux 2024 releases comes the launch of the Château Lafite-Rothschild at just £1,713 per case of 6 bottles. This is the lowest release price since the 2014 vintage, a 27% reduction on the 2023 and a 50% reduction versus the 2022 vintage. Sharply priced, this is the best priced vintage of Lafite in the market today.

Carruades de Lafite has also been launched at a very sharp price of £714 per case of 6 bottles, also the lowest in the market and a 23% reduction versus 2023. Finally, Duhart-Milon has been launched with the same decisive effort, with a 17% reduction versus the 2023 vintage.

These releases give a strong signal that this a campaign to watch closely with certain properties making an extra effort to show the value of buying en primeur.

Thursday saw the release of one of our favourite estates in St-Julien, Château Branaire-Ducru. While an estate that already offers great value, Francois-Xavier has reduced his price back by 18% on last year to make this the lowest release price in the past 10 years, and the best price in the market today. It comes highly recommended.

Two wines released from Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix: La Fleur-Pétrus and Bélair-Monange, both of which come highly recommended capturing the elegance and finesse of this vintage.

The campaign kicked off with the release of Batailley 2024. A firm favourite, and with a modest reduction in release price to the lowest of the past ten years, it comes recommended. To celebrate 100 years of Borie-Casteja family ownership, the estate have produced as special label as well as a celebratory Marie-Jeanne format.