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Wine Futures : Key Points

Each year, Millesima offers a wide selection of "future" wines, sourced directly from the producing estates and delivered after bottling, usually 18 to 24 months after their release. Prices are set between April and July following the harvest, based on the ratings and scores provided by international wine professionals and critics.

Bordeaux 2024 Wine Futures: a highly anticipated vintage

The year 2024 will go down as one of the most significant in French climatic history. Paradoxically, it was one of the ten wettest years on record, and one of the top five warmest since records began in 1900.

These atypical conditions impacted wine production, leading to a significant drop in volumes. And yet, thanks to the know-how and resilience of our winegrowers, the 2024 vintage promises wines of the highest quality, distinguished by their freshness, balance and aromatic intensity.

2023 Wine Futures in Bordeaux: A Promising Vintage

Bordeaux, a resilient and harmonious vintage

The 2023 Bordeaux vintage was marked by contrasting weather conditions, with a rainy spring and a late summer. Thanks to the know-how and vigilance of the winegrowers, the vineyards were spared the effects of mildew. The sunny month of September and the cool nights ensured that the grapes ripened perfectly, producing wines of outstanding quality and balance.

Bordeaux wine lovers will be delighted to discover the 2023 Futures, offering a diversity of profiles reflecting the richness of Bordeaux's terroirs and grape varieties. The red wines, predominantly made from the Merlot grape variety, boast enchanting fruity aromas and silky tannins, while the dry white wines, made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, offer exquisite freshness and seductive citrus notes.

Bordeaux 2022 Wine Futures

A mild winter favored vegetative development, followed by frost in early spring, which had a patchy impact on the vineyards of Bordeaux. The relatively warm months of May and June were followed by a scorching summer. Faced with these extreme conditions, and despite the lack of water, the vines proved once again their resilience and ability to adapt and limit water stress. The low rainfall during the summer, along with the great temperature variations between hot days and cool nights in September, offered ideal conditions for ripening and keeping the grapes fresh.

The quality of these 2023 and 2022 Bordeaux wine futures is unexpected given the unstable weather conditions, and they will seduce wine lovers due to their finesse, concentration and structure, as well as their freshness sustained by a superb balance.

Why buy Wine Futures?

Buying wine futures allows you to buy a wine while it is still maturing, in other words before it is bottled and marketed. The Wine Future system, initially reserved for the wine trade and open to private customers since the 1980s, helps estates to finance their expenditure and the following year's production, and offers a unique opportunity to own exceptional wines at competitive prices, with a guarantee of authenticity and direct provenance, as well as providing access to rare and special formats.

Would you like to be informed when certain wines are released as Futures? Millésima provides a Wine Future ''Alert Me'' notifications to ensure that you are informed of the release of your favorite wines in real time.

Wine Futures Frequently Asked Questions

What are Wine Futures? When are wine futures delivered? How long are the wines available at the wine futures price? Millésima answers all your questions in our dedicated Frequently Asked Questions page.

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