Our experts at the Bordeaux en primeur tastings

While our expert tasters focused on their specialist Bordeaux regions, they worked as a team throughout the en primeur tastings. Any wines on which their scores were markedly apart were retasted.

Our experts taste all en primeur wines non-blind. This allows them to take into account their experience of the wine’s heritage and likely development, and ensures a level playing field. Many of the top growths

do not submit their wines to generic tastings, meaning it is impossible to taste such wines blind. For tasting notes of all 608 wines tasted this year, and news on release prices, visit Decanter.com

Steven Spurrier Médoc (p43) Decanter’s consultant editor, and Chairman of the Decanter World Wine Awards and Decanter Asia Wine Awards

Jane Anson Pessac- Léognan & Graves (p53) A Decanter contributing editor, and Bordeaux correspondent

James Lawther MW Right Bank (p61) A Decanter contributing editor who is based in Bordeaux and writes regularly on its wines

Ian D’Agata Sauternes & Barsac (p74) A Decanter contributing editor, who also writes on Bordeaux for International Wine Cellar