- Château La Conseillante 2023 has been released for £1,788 per 12×75.
- William Kelley awarded the wine a potentially perfect 98-100 points, calling it ‘one of the great wines of the vintage’.
- Buyers looking for value might want to consider the 2018 and 2020 vintages.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château La Conseillante 2023 has been released at €150 per bottle ex-négociant, down 32.4% on the 2022 release (€222 per bottle).
It is being offered by the international trade for £1,788 per 12×75, a decrease of 32.6% on the 2022’s opening price (£2,652 per 12×75).
Today’s release is offered at fair value. Buyers looking for other options in back vintages may want to consider the 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2020. See more pricing analysis below.
Critical response
According to Jane Anson the 2023 Conseillante is ‘easily among the most successful wines of Pomerol in the vintage’. She awarded a score of 97 points.
Neal Martin (Vinous), awarding a barrel score of 96-98 points, described the wine as ‘very harmonious and poised, with a sophisticated, mineral-driven finish’.
Antonio Galloni (Vinous) gave the wine a score range of 95-97 points. He adds that ‘more than anything else, the 2023 impresses with its balance and total class’.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) described ‘playful scents of Morello cherries, wild blueberries, and juicy plums leading to fragrant suggestions of violets, dark chocolate, rosebud tea, and star anise’, awarding 97-99 points.
‘One of the great wines of the vintage, and one that can rival its 2022 counterpart’, said William Kelley (The Wine Advocate), awarding the wine his top score – a potentially perfect 98-100 points.
Pricing analysis
According to the Liv-ex Fair Value methodology, Market Prices of Château La Conseillante are 74.3% correlated with scores from Neal Martin, Liv-ex members’ most influential critic of Bordeaux En Primeur wines.
As shown in the chart below, today’s release falls below the Fair Value regression line. Buyers looking for value opportunities have options in back vintages.
The 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2020 vintages all fall below the trend line and represent Fair Value.
Of these options, buyers may find the highly-rated 2018 and 2020 vintages most compelling. Available at Market Prices of £1,693 and £1,700 respectively, both come in at a discount to today’s release. Fans of Antonio Galloni may opt for the 2018, which received 98 points from the critic, his joint-highest score of the decade.
Use our ready-made list to easily spot opportunities in back-vintages of Château La Conseillante and other Right-Bank wines.
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Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 620+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 20,000 wines.
