2010 Bordeaux En Primeur Offer
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Another en primeur campaign is upon us and it's a
goodie. From what I've tasted in the last few months
- both in London and Bordeaux - it is clear that it's
one of the goodies: a vintage to rank
alongside the best in history.
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And there is a certain amount of sheepishness
emanating from France at present; the sort of aura of
discomfort one might notice in, say, a presenter on
the Antiques Roadshow who, having just declared on
camera that a particular George I swizzle stick is
quite the finest he has ever seen, suddenly realises
that the next three people in the queue are also
bearing George I swizzle sticks of equal or greater
significance. The reason for these ovine sentiments
is, of course, that 2010's immediate predecessor was
dubbed one of the greatest of all time. Should 2010
be declared greater than the greatest, then?
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The truth of the matter is that in many instances,
when tasting the young wines last year, one found
oneself wondering how it would be possible for wines
at this stage of their development to make more of an
impression. To have those musings so swiftly answered
is uncanny.
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As I understand it, the greatest vintages of Bordeaux
are frequently those in which the vineyards have been
subjected to draught during the growing season. Both
2009 and 2010 comply with this pattern. However,
whilst 2009 was hot and dry, 2010 - at least during
August and September - was cool and dry and it is
this difference that has separated the vintages
stylistically.
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2010 has produced much fresher wines. They are at
least as high in tannin and alcohol as those produced
in the 2009 vintage (itself breaking records in these
departments), yet whilst one finds almost Reubenesque
fruit among the tannin and alcohol of the 2009 wines,
the fruit of the 2010 clarets is chiselled, facetted,
tightly controlled and aristocratic.
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I must now say that I have never encountered such
concentrated, structured, fresh, pure and elegant
wines in Bordeaux. Some are massive, borderline
behemoths. The best are simply beautiful, despite the
weight of their statistics. At the top levels they
will probably outlast every single person alive in
the world today. At every level they will give the
utmost pleasure when mature.
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St Estèphe
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| Vintage |
Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price In Bond |
| 2010 |
Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes:
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2020-2035 |
6x75cl |
£771.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Les Ormes de Pez, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes:
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2011-2011 |
12x75cl |
£246.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Meyney, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 55% Cab Sauv, 30% Merlot, 15% Petit Verdot. Huge depth of colour and a very narrow band at the rim. Very rich nose and a very black one. Hint of something medicinal - mint perhaps - and lots of spice: ginger. Floral notes, as well as something animal and earthy. Entry of the palate is very cool, very supple, of black cherry and plum. Then proper St Estèphe minerals kick in. Tannin is nice and nutty and fine and tacky. Length and grip are good. There's real spice to the finish, which is gravelly and loaded. Fabulous Meyney.
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£231.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Calon-Ségur, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon. An opaque black purple colour. Really very floral nose to Calon this vintage. I got pot pourri and violet aromas from it. Then there's the wealth of cassis Cabernet, as well as a hint of the oak. This is cool and offers cassis flavours in the mouth. Minerals and tannins wind right through this, the latter very rich, tacky, upright and integrated. Then comes this lovely, full, serious, structured finish. Add that to the purity of cassis fruit wrapped up in very fresh clothes, append a really beautiful aftertaste and voilà, one is left with an extremely lovely Calon.
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2018-2035 |
6x75cl |
£348.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Capbern Gasqueton, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This weighs in at 14%abv. Utterly opaque in the glass. Up the nose it gives a wonderful purity and richness of black cherry, blackcurrant and spice, fresh and ripe. Palate-wise, we are talking about slightly floral, pure blackcurrant fruit. This is nice and cool and straight, then along come furry tannins cached within the fruit. Long and a touch mineral, this. Fresh wine, with the merest hint of warmth at the back.
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2014-2023 |
12x75cl |
£144.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Cos d'Estournel, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A big nose and a smoky one. Blackcurrant pastilles, flecked by aromas of nut and beef extract. The cool entry quickly gains big, quite dry tannins. There's a hit of cocoa here (the woods presumably) and very high grip. An extracted and highly structured wine and a very, very long one. I didn't find this much fun, but many others did, who didn't like the '09 much: a wine that I really enjoyed. Cannot imagine that this'll be anything other than superb, but I think I'd spend my money on Ducru this vintage…or Montrose or Calon out of the St Estèphes.
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£1,092.00 |
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| 2010 |
Dame de Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: An opaque black purple. There's a perfumed thing going on here that I found intriguing. Some currant leaf. Otherwise rather closed. Supple and cool on entry. Goes in medium weight then spreads out across the palate. Tacky-fine, high tannins. Very long and it offers fresh grip. Lively. Excellent intent and intensity. Black cherry and plum. Very juicy ending to a tannin-laced finish.
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2017-2025 |
12x75cl |
£354.00 |
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| 2011 |
Pagodes de Cos, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. 65% Cab Sauv; 33% Merlot; 2% Petit Verdot The fruit here is really dark, damson-crunchy and there's that slight hint of prune again, plus a wisp of gingery spice to the blackcurrants. Again, this is very cool, but it is rather more serious than the Goulée (as one would expect). Blackcurrant straightness, nicely pure. Tannins are really quite classically proportioned here: cedary. Fresh drive to the very long finish. Pure. Just medium weight, but a complete wine. Mineral lunch claret.
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£330.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Tronquoy-Lalande, St Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Bottled midnight, this sits grumpily in the glass, pressing the sides. Nose is a touch shy, but I found aromas of smoke and tobacco to the meaty, rooty fruit. A cool and really straight wine; mineral, with lovely swelling grip. Long and pure, the tannins are fully cached within the fruit. Fresh and long and impressive.
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Pauillac
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Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price In Bond |
| 2010 |
Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A lovely smoky cordial here of rich blackcurrant fruit. There are beautiful floral aspects to the nose. And then the palate offers a touch of iodine. This is very, very backward, yet rich and super-straight. Vedry cool. Very long and a touch mineral. This needs ages!
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£585.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Pichon-Baron, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose is a cocktail of tangy damson and crucnhy black cherry fruit, with some biscuit wood. This is very cool across the tongue, with a profile that swells in the mouth. Again, fruit is tangy damson. Tannin is integrated, tacky and very fine. Thi is masculine wine, meaty and spicy. High grip. Wow. Lock up the livestock!
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£771.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose here is a touch dumb at this stage. However, taking a sip one finds lovely, creamy black- and redcurrant fruit on entry. Then the straight launch of minerals and fine, compact tannin. Elegant and beautiful and subtly grippy. Very blackcurrant. Very lovely. Nutty finish.
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£780.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 64% Cab Sauv, 30% Merlot, 4% Cab Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Lovely vivid colour. The aromas are both floral and spicy. , with lovely purity of smoky Cabernet fruit. Really concentrated and cool palate of pure blackcurrant fruit. Acidity is juicy and, along with the nutty tannins, is well integrated with the fruit. Very long, really juicy wine. A beaut!
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2019-2040 |
6x75cl |
£585.00 |
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| 2010 |
Réserve de la Comtesse, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
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2016-2024 |
12x75cl |
£360.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 60% Cab Sauv and 40% Merlot. Extraordiunary depth of colour. The nose is all smoky blueberries, with touches of crystallised fruit, violet. A creamy nose,a touch spicy. Concentrated, pure and cool palate. Pure, rich, blackcurrant fruit backed by rich, nutty, chunky-fine tannins. Very straight, with flavours of smoke along its length. A touch marked by the wood at the moment, but there's more than enough fruit concentration to absorb this. Fresh and really pretty serious.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£333.00 |
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| 2010 |
Carruades de Lafite, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and very black fruit nose of cherry. Hints of smoke and sweet spice. Palate is a compact one, wearing rich and very fine nutty tannins. Very straight this, with nutty grip and cached, very juicy acidity. Very long and dry wine, with excellent intensity at the back.
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Clerc Milon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 50% Cab Sauv, 36% Merlot, 11% Cab Franc, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Carmenère. Really crunchy nose giving aromas of sour cherries and damson skins. Very black nose that takes in liquorice. Then come floral notes. A smooth and cool entry. This is a tangy, piquant wine of high grip. Blueberry and blackcurrant fruit is wholly integrated with the grippy, fine tannins. Lively stuff. I like this a great deal, but, as usual, the style stands out like a sore thumb.
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2016-2028 |
12x75cl |
£570.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 60% Cab Sauv, 23% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Really pretty nose this offers. I located floral aspects to the black and berryish aromas. There's a medicinal touch of mint. The palate starts off creamy-rich, but becomes really quite woody later on. Delightful purity here, the fruit buttressed by nutty, velvet tannin. Lovely length and follow-through.
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2016-2027 |
12x75cl |
£393.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose here is broader than that of the Carruades; altogether more relaxed. Floral touches and the fruit of ripe black plum. Both concentrated and cool, this, once it has gone into the mouth. Rich tannin is really very fine. There's juicy grip to this fresh wine. Lively and reallu rather serious. Hint of apple pip about the phenolics. Persistent grip and the tannin is a touch spicy. Very, very long and lovely Duhart.
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2016-2025 |
6x75cl |
£510.00 |
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| 2010 |
Echo de Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: "A blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc, the Deuxieme Vin of Lynch Bages has blackberry, wild hedgerow and a touch of tobacco on the nose. Good definition. The palate is medium-bodied with a ripe, succulent entry, powdery tannins with a fine blackberry, raspberry and cassis-tinged finish. Moderate length. Fine." Neal Martin on erobertparker.com
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2016-2023 |
12x75cl |
£300.00 |
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| 2010 |
Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 72.5% Cab Sauv, 25.5% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. 14.3%abv. Crisp and spicy blackcurrant and damson fruit. Again, I find something of the pot pourri, along with liquorice and a hint of the wood. A cool and creamy and concentrated entry of pure blackcurrant and nut fruit. Then there's a vibrant thrust for the ending. Peppery grip at the end. Really mineral, serious and intense, but with that lovely blackcurrant fruit. Super-cool. Very, very long. Focussed and impressive.
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: One very floral and fresh nose. There are blackcurrant aromas and hints of smoke. Rich and fresh and juicy. Really serious minerals across the tongue, plus a lovely sense of tension. A nutty wine with very fine, nutty, paste-like tannins. Beautifully pure blackcurrant and black cherry fruit. There's a straight thrust to the long and juicy finish. Very adult grain to the tannin. GPL fires!
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£678.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Haut-Bages-Libéral, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Beautiful nose here: lovely, pure, slightly floral blackcurrant fruit. Very cool palate, very fresh and crisp. Long and grippy and covered in grippy-rich tannins. Intense wine at the back. Super HBL.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£330.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Haut-Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 78% Cab Sauv and 22% Merlot. Really floral and beautifully pure red cherry and blueberry nose. Palate is cool and structured from the off. Lovely rich, paste-like tannin. Very long and mineral wine. Straight and pure and very pretty; fresh and nutty. Cannot remember an H-B so good!
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£330.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Lafite-Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Black purple right to the edge of the glass. There's a delightful hint of violot to the mineral-infused blackcurrant aromas. Great "florality" to the aromas. A lovely nose! Very fine, rich and velvet tannins, along with cool, easy grip. Those fresh blackcurrants are entirely alluring. Very, very persistent and deeply mineral Lafite. Gorgeous stuff.
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2021-2040 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Latour, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: This is opaque black right to the rim and it offers a crisp nose of pure, black, slightly perfumed fruit that also has floral aspects. The flowery scent arches over aromas of crushed minerals and fabulously pure blackcurrant fruit. Very cool; very straight. The expansive, with great grip to it. Super-sculpted tannin wraps that gorgeous fruit. Not exactly a powerful wine, but it is very, very long and very beautiful. High, fine grip. A touch peppery. Very fine wine.
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2024-2040 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 94% Cab Sauv and 6% Merlot. Nose offers the taster hints of beef extract to the smoky, plum fruit. Very black aromas. There are tangy notes, the whole thing a touch floral and minty. Super-cool in the mouth; compact and becoming almost painfully intense. This is not a blockbuster, but it is very persistent and loaded with grip. Great tang here. Lovely definition at the back. Fresh and juicy wine. Once again, Mouton is up there with the greatest wines of Bordeaux.
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0-0 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Petit Mouton, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 68% Cab Sauv, 24% Merlot and 8% Cab Franc. An opaque black-purple colour. I cannot remember ever seeing a Petit Mouton with such a depth of colour. Aromas of flowers, both fresh and dried, are joined by a hint of pepper. The fruit is much blacker than usual. The palate is cool and pretty, of pure blackcurrant fruit. And the fine, nutty tannins are wholly integrated. Mineral and very fresh grip. Very long and quite forward within the context of the vintage. The fruit is beautifully fresh.
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2015-2025 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Plummy, red and black fruit nose. Dark, crisp fruits and some warm gingery spice. Creamy, busy wine of very fresh tannins. Ripe, integrated tannin. Laid back and elegant wine. very fresh at the nutty ending.
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2017-2030 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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St Julien
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Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price In Bond |
| 2010 |
Château Léoville-Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really smoky nose, with pure and fresh blackcurrant fruit, less overt than the Langoa, but showing delightful purity. Black cherry, with rich grip from nuttily fine tannins. A long termer. Very juicy. Superb.
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£418.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Léoville-Lascases, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: There are distinct floral bits going on here. And there's that usual quite aristo purity of cordial-like blackcurrant fruit. A note like smoked walnuts. Very concentrated, rich and really pure. This is all about blackcurrantiness. A fresh wine. And those very rich, very fine tannins are completely covered. Very, very long. Acidity is medium and also subsumed by the fruit. Beautiful, classical and very, very mineral. Super-long. Very juicy. Ahhh.
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£1,125.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Léoville-Poyferré, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Lovely colour, as well as lovely creamy richness of very smoky, very black damson and peppercorn fruit. There's great intent here on the palate, plus rich, powerful tannic drive. Lovely black cherry fruit. Incisive and straight. Serious stuff.
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£510.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very floral nose of Parma violets and tangy plum skins and dry spice. Entry is a touch creamy, supple, then very cool. Real nut flavour to Talbot this year. Mineral wine and a very long one. The finish is really loaded. There's an almost citrus freshness here. Big finale. As usual, the style stands out, but this is great Talbot, without doubt.
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£477.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Lalande-Borie, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 50% Cab Sauv, 40% Merlot and 10% Cab Franc. Pronounced bell pepper aromas of Cab Franc meet graphite and blackcurrant scents. In the mouth, this is straightaway sweet, supple and plush. There a degree of Cab Franc spice and tacky, fine, fresh tannins. This is long and juicy; vibrant and lovely. Very nice grip. A pleasure dome!
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2014-2021 |
12x75cl |
£177.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Gloria, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really spicy the nose here, of fruits both red and black. Lots oif juice here, all framed by floral aromas and flavours. There's a crack of freshness like the splitting of a plum's skin. Really long. Exceptional Gloria.
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£333.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Beychevelle, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich nose and quite a broad one. Indeed, there is a hint of prune about the black cherry and richly spicy aromas. The palate gives one fabulous, rich and very fine tannins, plus pure black cherry fruit. Rich and mineral grip. This is long and very fresh and lovely; concentrated and crisp. One of my top tips for St J.
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£696.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Branaire-Ducru, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Delightful nose offering a nuance of roses to the black cherry and plum fruit. Very cool palate and very straight. Tannins are nutty and very fine. Even the grip is straight! Blackcurrant and very mineral. Incisive and pure and crying out for a dark, cool place in which to slumber away the years!
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0-0 |
6x75cl |
£276.00 |
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| 2010 |
Clos du Marquis, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Richly concentrated and nutty aromas of spiced blackcurrant fruit. Quite a dry nose. Cool, concentrated and supple entry. Then the super-fine, rich tannins appear silkily. Very straight; very mineral. Fabulous Marquis. Very long and elegant and structured.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£423.00 |
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| 2010 |
La Croix de Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: This is 85% Cab Sauv and 15% Merlot Very rich, black and quite broad and spicy nose. There are hints of mint and smoke to the aromas. Plush and cool and offering sweet black fruit on entry. Then comes the tannin, which is very fine, tacky and integrated; silky too. This is grippy and subtle, showing off ripe, black plum fruit. Super long stuff and a great Croix.
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2018-2028 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: This is 90% Cab Sauv and 10% Merlot. Opaque black purple in the glass. Rich nose has a toasted gingerbread concentration and very ripe black plum fruit with hints of smoke. A cool entry becomes, after about one second, highly structured. Nutty and beautifully composed and very, very finely balanced, this. Control and intent in a perfect package. Great length and grip and intensity. Fabulously cool and classic. One great Ducru, without any doubt in my mind.
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2020-2040 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Gruaud-Larose, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really pretty floral aromas including roses, plus ripe, creamy black cherry fruit and spicy plums. An almost cake-like concentration to Gruaud this year. Very cool and creamy entry, becoming more crisp. Tannin is super-fine, almost invisible. Very long and lovely, with nuttily tannic, fine grip at the back. Super-long. Lovely defined finish. It's on my list!
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2018-2035 |
6x75cl |
£270.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Lagrange, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: This is in such an elemental state. Yes in the coolness of its expression one finds real classiness. This is structured and lively, with great drive and length. This is sophisticated St Julien that requires quite some keeping.
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0-0 |
6x75cl |
£234.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Langoa-Barton, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Smoke and pot pourri and the pure blackcurrant fruit. The palate is a cool cylinder of fine and pure fruit: blackcurrants, allied to fresh, nutty-fine tannin. There's a great, structured, mouthcoating push to a very long finish. Mineral, and very lovely.
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2018-2035 |
6x75cl |
£261.00 |
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| 2010 |
Le Petit Lion, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Deep and black and spicy and a touch animal. This is cool and complete; mineral, with lively grip. Very fresh wine. And from half way through there's an almost citrus thrust. Very long, nutty and cool. And I like it a lot.
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château St Pierre, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Notes: There a lovely floral black cherry richness to the nose. The fruit is very fresh indeed. Palate is rich and nutty, the nutty-fine tannins are blocky and gain in intensity. Very fresh fruit of blackcurrant and cherry. This is really backward; powerfully structured and busy-finished. Will need aeons!
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£612.00 |
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Margaux
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Wine |
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| 2010 |
Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very cool wine, complete and crisp. The fruit is exceptionally pure, the whole thing structured and backward with high grip. Needs plenty of time, but will reward the patient!
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2020-2035 |
6x75cl |
£318.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Cantenac-Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Floral and ripe nose of fruits both red and black, esp. currants. There's high structure right through this highly juicy wine. Nutty, compact tannins. Very, very long and really intense at the back. A keeper! Fabulous CB.
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2020-2035 |
12x75cl |
£435.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château du Tertre, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A floral, summer berry sort of a nose. Black cherry and blackcurrant fruit flavours. Rich-but-compact, with nutty-full tannins. Very long and controlled. I like this, but then I often do like Tertre.
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2017-2028 |
12x75cl |
£285.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Giscours, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and aristo nose of black cherry and blackcurrant. Smells sophisticated. The palate offers very fine, clay-like tannins. Very straight, this; very elegant control. Black cherry again. Much easier-going than many. Very long, with easy grip. Integrated and fabulous
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2017-2032 |
6x75cl |
£267.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Kirwan, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Nose is rich and a touch creamy, of ripe blackcurrant with damson notes. Very straight in the mouth. Very cool, of very pure blackcurrant fruit. Nutty with grip and very mineral. Very long. Pretty chewy, but also creamy fruit purity. Very good Kirwan.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£477.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Malescot-St-Exupéry, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and very black and smoky nose of damson fruit. There are also aromas of dark flowers and chocolate spice. Toasted gingerbread. Backward, with very nutty, angular-but-ripe tannins. Ripe blackcurrants. Mineral. This will be superb, but oof! It's pretty hard work at the moment. Smoky ending.
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2019-2030 |
6x75cl |
£189.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: As good as is the Rauzan-Gassies, Rauzan-Ségla is absolutely spectacular, perhaps the best I have ever tasted. The nose is a deep pot pourri of complex fruit: crystallised plums, red and black amongst others. The palate is really concentrated and after the first second in the mouth, highly structured. Fabulous rich, nutty tannins. Great intent and verve and lovely, lovely dark fruit. Very mineral and very rich and making a huge statement. Fabulous. Bravo!
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0-0 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 51% Cab Sauv and 49% Merlot. 14.4%abv. Opaque, this presses the sides of the glass. Touch medicinal on the nose and really quite evidently oaky. Plum-fresh and nutty. There's a scent of the soil about this. Palate is cool and a touch creamy, then full of grip, with fine upright, medium tannins. Super-juicy wine. Very long and there's no heat anywhere in this. Really mineral and defined. Big, busy finish. Best AE I have tasted, I think.
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2015-2026 |
6x75cl |
£252.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 40% Cab Sauv, 54% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot. 14.5%abv. Dense, black and spicy nose. Pepper, black plum and bramble. Coolly creamy entry. Lovely density of blackcurrant and plum fruit. A plush start, the full of rich, very fine mouthcoating tannin. Hint of tobacco to this. A big structured wine and a very long one. Busy, with lovely grip and lift at the end. Serious stuff.
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£885.00 |
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| 2011 |
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 66% Cab Sauv, 30% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot. 14%abv. Quite a broad and rich nose of spiced plum and blackcurrant. And cool entry and a creamy one, then tacky with nutty tannin. There's some laid-back grip here, that takes one through to a mineral ending. This is a touch warm at the back. Finishes pepperily. Nice purity and nicely long. And really expressing that minerality.
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12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: 90% Cab Sauv, 7% Merlot, 1.5% Petit Verdot and 1.5% Cab Franc. Very deeply coloured wine. Lovely rich and pure and fresh nose of beautifully clean and slightly floral Cabernet fruit. Hint of the wood at the moment. A supple, cool and medium weight entry. This is very controlled and it slowly gains in volume. Knit, the velvet, rich tannins are welded to the fruit. An elegant wine and one with juicy crunch at its ending. Pure, juicy blackcurrant and damson fruit. Subtle grip. Just fabulous Margaux.
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£0.00 |
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Château de Fieuzal Rouge, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really floral aromas here...and then that rich, pure blackcurrant fruit. Oak pretty evident at this stage. Both straight and long in the mouth; a wine of purpose and intent. Fruit is both red and black and nicely ripe, of currrant and plum. Very long wine. Superb...but WAIT!!
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£300.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Carbonnieux Rouge, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very nutty/smoky nose of ripe, black cherry and plum fruit. There's nice tension here, with rich and tacky tannins and really lively grip. Really long wine, very cool and focussed.
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£240.00 |
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| 2010 |
Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Inky-dense and dark in the glass. Nose is rich and smells richly of spiced gingerbread atop fruit of dense black cherry and blueberry. This offers a fabulous cylinder of upright, nutty, grippy tannin and minerals, plus that fabulous fruit. This is long and busy and rich in structure. Almost lemon grip at the end. Wait! Then enjoy enormously, I expect.
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£282.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really very floral notes to the nose here. I found some chocolate wood, as well as beautifully ripe plum fruit. The palate is richly fruited, of smoky damsons and plums. Big tannins in evidence are integrated; some are related to the wood. This is rich and highly structured and really very serious indeed.
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£522.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 23% Merlot, 57% Cab Sauv and 20% Cab Franc. This is more floral yet than the La Mission; a high toned nose of red apple and black cherry. Very, very backward wine. There are extremely serious, tacky, upright tannins from the off. Pretty austere in its youth. Yet this is very long. The shape is exceptional. Dig a hole; throw away the key; whatever you have to do, don't anticipate drinking this anytime soon!
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2025-2045 |
6x75cl |
£3,900.00 |
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| 2010 |
La Chapelle de la Mission, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 27% Merlot, 47% CaB Sauv and 26% Cab Franc. Really aromatic wine, this. Ripe and fresh and pure black cherries, along with a wirp of smoke and dark spice. A rich and really quite thick palate loaded with nutty, covered, grippy tannin. Mineral wine, a touch warm. Structured and grippy, nutty and very long. Nice easy, juicy grip.
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2017-2027 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 37% Merlot, 62% Cab Sauv and 1% Cab Franc. There are floral notes to this, as well as fresh fruit of black cherry and blackcurrant. Palate is rich and dense and really cool, of red and black cherry fruit. Really poised and complete stuff. Loaded with fine, integrated tannin. Very persistent and unshowy. Very elegant.
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2022-2040 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Malartic-Lagravière, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Definable aroma of violet here, as well as that lovely creamy red and black fruit. There's a spice akin to dried ginger. Finely and richly tannic wine in a nutty - almost apple pippy - way. This is mineral and tacky and long and peppery/spicy. Long term Malartic.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£381.00 |
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| 2011 |
Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and creamy and really smoky nose of ripe damson fruit and dark chocolate wood. A wealth of dark, dry spice. This is super-cool SHL and backward with it. A nutty wine and a juicy one, ripe and spicy. Very long, with incisive bite. Extraordinary finish. Fine wine.
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£0.00 |
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Médoc and Satellites
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Château Potensac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 42% Merlot, 37% Cab Sauv, 21% Cab Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Lovely depth of colour. Floral aromas meet the scents of dark chocolate. Black plum fruit hemmed by spices both sweet and dried. This is very fresh and very straight, showing a wealth of nutty tannins. Mineral, long and backward wine, highly impressive.
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£183.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Sociando Mallet, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A floral, fresh and very mineral nose, laden with scents of black cherry and sloe skins meets the taster. It has a certain smokiness. The palate offers quite a creamy start, then quickly becomes a compact cylinder: a tubular shape of fine, nutty tannin containing crisp, black cherry fruit. Very fresh, yet the acidity is wrapped within the fruit. Fabulous and long wine; earthily mineral.
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£267.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Beaumont, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and nutty wine. A complete and structured one, too. This is serious stuff: big and mineral and really impressive.
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2016-2022 |
12x75cl |
£99.00 |
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Château Cantemerle, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Beautiful wine offering fruit both red and black. This is currant-y, with nutty-rich tannin and great length. Zippy grip. A serious and intense wine like never before!
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2016-2030 |
12x75cl |
£246.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château La Lagune, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: This is a really rich and credible wine full of grip and intent. Long and powerful wine and highly mineral at that. Very long and serious Lagune. Impressive.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£462.00 |
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Château La Tour Carnet, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Rich and smoky aromas of ginger and ripe plums and a hint of rose petals. The palate is creamy-supple on entry, then filled with minerals. Pure fruit and determined grip. This is really very good indeed. The style of the vintage seems to suit perfectly the style of the wine.
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£261.00 |
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Château La Tour de By, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A floral nose and one full of pure red and black fruit aromas. This is rich and structured and altogether more serious than usual. Big nutty tannins here. Very long and highly impressive.
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£108.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château La Tour de By, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
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6x150cl |
£114.00 |
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Dry Whites
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Château Carbonnieux Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. Lovely citrus nose of lemon and tangerine, not that pronounced, but nicely dense and ripe and smoky. Crisp and a touch backward, this. The minerals come across as sandy. There's excellent follow-through and grip to this. Juicy, lime-like acidity. Very long, with a fabulous finish. Superb!
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£237.00 |
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| 2010 |
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A subtle nose of mixed citrus fruits, especially lemon, with hints of lime leaves. There's the merest wisp of Choiysa leaves and smoked minerals. The palate is dense and loaded with fine-grained minerals. It swells in the mouth. Really solid at the back end. Herbal, white fruit and tangerine ending. This is spicy and very lovely.
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2015-2023 |
12x75cl |
£732.00 |
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Château de Fieuzal Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Lovely nose to this: crystallised citrus fruits; lemon and lime dusted with powdered mienrals and green strawberry and smoky, meaty aromas. This is concentrated and fresh right through. There's a touch of creaminess from the wood, but this is counterpointed very nicely by the clear voice of the minerals. Orangy, with peppery soil at the finish. Really excellent de F white. Lime-laced ending. Structured and lively.
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2014-2025 |
6x75cl |
£189.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Malartic-Lagravière Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose is all about elderflower pastilles, apples and slightly saline minerals. On the palate those pastilles become lime and are backed by meaty, fine minerals. Very long wine and very juicy. Grippy and really intense at the back. Apple. Fab finish.
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2013-2019 |
6x75cl |
£240.00 |
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Château Pape-Clément Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose is redolent of oranges in cream. This is a highly mineral wine loaded with concentrated pear fruit. Full of grip, with excellent lift and spicy intent to the finish. Aniseed and earth. Fabulous.
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2014-2018 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Notes: 13.8%abv. Quite a pungent and herbal nose with hints of lemon and tangerine, orange flowers, roast chicken skin and fennel/angelica notes. Orange zest and a smell of those Thai leaves that used to be called kaffir lime leaves and probably shouldn't. A ripe and rich and concentrated wine and a very mineral one to boot. Minerals come across as pretty dustily textured. Acidity is medium plus and lemon and lime and utterly cached by the fruit concentration, even at the very ending. Long and lemon-fresh, with a really herbal undertow. Lovely stuff.
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2012-2020 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: There's a distinct aroma of lovage here i.e. something curried. Celery and touches of toast, along with a delightful lemon purity. Elderflower and pine needles. I like this a lot. The curry theme returns on a palate which is richly concentrated and straight; long and controlled. Minerals are fine and dusty and mouth-coating. Peppery length. This really makes a statement. Big and serious wine.
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2015-2025 |
6x75cl |
£390.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Bouscaut Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very smoky and toasty nose, of white currant fruit nuanced with aromas of daffodils and minerals. Fine, ashen minerals laced a palate that has an extra dimension of zip and grip. This is long and peppery and the second half of the palate is very mineral indeed. Impressive.
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2013-2019 |
12x75cl |
£240.00 |
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Château d'Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Lovely bright canary colour to Yquem this vintage. And the fruit on the nose is lovely as well, of ripe yellow fruits. This is nutty with botrytis and full of the aromas of dried flowers: camomile and lime. Butterscotch and egg custard. This is both airy and very rich, with very sweet flavours of lemon meringue. A mineral wine, with spicy grip. Long and highly structured, with a brûlé, spicy finish.
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2020-2040 |
6x75cl |
£2,310.00 |
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Château de Rayne-Vigneau, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
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2020-2035 |
12x75cl |
£333.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Suduiraut, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
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2021-2040 |
6x75cl |
£280.50 |
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| 2010 |
Château Climens, Barsac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Tasting the new vintage at Climens is a matter of sampling 8-10 different casks and trying to extrapolate from that the quality of the end wine: a tricky task, as you might imagine. However, what is clear is that Climens has produced something really special in '10. The cuvees ranged from ethereal, floral and lacy, to rich, fully sweet and loaded with botrytis. Climens aficionados need take no sort of a break this vintage!
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2018-2035 |
6x75cl |
£432.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Coutet, Barsac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really aromatic Coutet, showing scents of oats and camomile and nuts and lemons and lime leaves. Gingery and clean nose, almost aseptic. Very spicy and showing its oak. The palate is straight and structured, very long and with a beautiful aftertaste. Excellent Coutet.
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2020-2040 |
12x75cl |
£522.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château de Malle, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
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6x75cl |
£120.00 |
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Château de Myrat, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very spicy, peppery nose. Sweet and floral aromas of sugared almonds and lovely clean botrytis, plus toast. Rich and structured wine. Toasty and with very nice grip. Long, this finishes wonderfully clean and dry. Peary. Juicy, peary finish. Lovely.
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Doisy-Daëne, Barsac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really very pungent wine; very rich nose. Botrytis, white blossom and rich pear juice aromas. Sweet marshmallow and acacia honey. Dense palate, a fleeting flavours of roses interrupted by juicy grip. A lovely, lively finish here. Oranges and lemons. Hurrah!
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£318.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château de Fargues, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Nuttily redolent of rich botrytis and a cordial of yellow fruits. Lime custard and vanilla aromas. This is very, very sweet, but with a nutty, mineral core of structure. Long, controlled and nutty. Very sweet. And there's real spice here. Super-Sauternes.
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Guiraud, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A pungent and leafy nose showing a good breadth of clean botrytis. Crystalled lemons and hints of dried camomile. A dense and very sweet Sauternes. I found lime flowers along its long, juicy and highly concentrated length.
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2018-2035 |
6x75cl |
£201.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Lamothe-Guignard, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Gooseberries and rhubarb and smoke and spice, along with rich, pear fruit. This has a dry mineral core and is long and spicy, with really good grip and intent. Very long, with a juicy finish. Excellent L-G.
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2018-2035 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Loaded with botrytis, this. The nose comes roaring from the glass, all nuts and spice. The palate is very rich and bristles with minerality and spice. This drives subtly forward in highly structured form. Very spicy. Fine grip here.
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2016-2035 |
12x75cl |
£360.00 |
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Château Doisy Verdrines, Barsac, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A gingery density of nutty fruit. This is really smoky and complex. In the mouth, this is rich, thick, densely fruited, the fruit very sweet, of lime leaves, tangerine and ginger. Long and very spicy. Ivy leaf. Very, very mineral, with a fabulous finish. Most impressive.
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2019-2035 |
12x75cl |
£252.00 |
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Château Saintayme, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 100% Merlot. Lovely summery black fruits and dried flowers. Hints of violet and black plum. Very cool and rich palate, showing pure black plum fruit. A piquant wine, wonderfully long. The fruit comes across as very fresh. Mineral and with such well managed tannins. A real crowd pleaser.
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2015-2022 |
12x75cl |
£111.00 |
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Clos de l'Oratoire, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Plum-black spicy aromas show a hint of the apple pip about them. Then the palate is nutty and structured loaded with very fine tannin. The tannin butresses lush, fat fruit of blackberry and plum. This'll always be about sheer pleasure.
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2016-2027 |
12x75cl |
£342.00 |
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Château Bellevue, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Lovely pure nose of very black bramble and plum fruit. A ripe, very pure and beautiful nose. Concentrated, dense and pippy in the mouth. Very cool plum fruit. Long and full and juicy. Very lovely Bellevue. Tasted twice.
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2018-2033 |
6x75cl |
£261.00 |
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Château Berliquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£279.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 75% Merlot and 25% Cab Franc. The nose is beautifully fresh and spicy, redolent of red and (more so) black plums. There are floral notes of orange blossom. The palate is rich, yet fresh right through. Plpush concentrated fruit fills the mouth. This is loaded with spice and that cool, rich fruit, and the tannins are very, very fine indeed. Very long wine, showing lovely cashmere grip. Very straight and fresh and juicy. Fabulous Canon.
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2018-2030 |
6x75cl |
£528.00 |
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Château Cheval-Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Dried purple flowers and nutty wood, plus lovely dry aromas of spice, blueberry, with a hint of menthol. A dry wine and a cool one, gaining in grippy intensity. Knit, rich tannins contribute to a richly structured palate. A fresh wine and highly mineral. Lovely nut-flavoured grip. Subtle, elegant and ravishing.
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2022-2040 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Clos Fourtet, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A rich and nutty nose of ripe black fruits, mainly cherry. Real summer compote with a touch of dark chocolate. A creamy entry quickly becomes cool and straight and controlled, of dark plums. Peppery spice and lovely grip along the fresh length…and it is very, very long. Lovely intensity at the end
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2017-2035 |
6x75cl |
£423.00 |
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Château de Fonbel, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very deeply coloured. Very smoky nose and spiced damson, dark fruit. There are rich and nutty tannins right through this and just about integrated. Very cool wine. Apple and black plum. Long and with a touch of pepper at the end.
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2016-2022 |
12x75cl |
£165.00 |
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Château Figeac, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: A floral, black cordial of a nose, showing black cherry and blueberry purity. Really fresh from the off. Very cool fruit in a great, straight profile. Subtly elegant. Rich, very tacky fine tannins. Very long wine and one with a great follow-through to its lovely consistent length. A fabulously mineral finish, too. It's all here!
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Laforge, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 92% Merlot and 8% Cab Franc. Rich, full and pure red and black fruit, along with aromas of almond, ginger and dry spice. Blueberry and red fruits. Loaded with very nutty tannins. Finishes compact and wonderfully rich.
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2016-2022 |
12x75cl |
£240.00 |
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Château Larcis-Ducasse, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Really very smoky nose of deep bramble fruit. The palate is very straight and quite compact at the moment. Pepper and furry tannins. Consistent profile. Tangy and fresh wine. Long and a touch creamy. There's fabulous, juicy grip at the end of this.
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2017-2028 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château La Tour du Pin, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 85% Merlot and 15% Cab Franc. Lovely rich and toasty/nutty nose of fresh black cherries. Full and structured and very pure wine; very mineral. Fresh and knit and delicious.
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2016-2026 |
12x75cl |
£300.00 |
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Le Dôme, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 80% Cab Franc and 20% Merlot. Soil here is more sandy, with a little clay, over iron pan rock. Very aristo nose of spice and velvet-pure red and black fruit. There's a hint of graphite and lovely spice. Very cool, straight and structured wine, rich with tannin right through. The nutty tannins bundle forward with great intent. Tacky and grippy. Elegant and direct and mineral. Amazingly long.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Moulin-St-Georges, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Very deep, bright purple. The nose is very rich and smoky, with very tangy plum skin fruit aromas. Hints of chocolate and damson. Very backward wine with very nutty, tacky tannins. Very long and busy. A straight, juicy and tangy wine, with smoky length. Loaded with rich tannin. Serious stuff. Very controlled and purposeful.
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2018-2030 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Pavie-Macquin, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Lovely, rich and broad, ripe and spicy nose that includes aromas of mint and bramble. Cool and lively palate, really fresh. This is richly and tackily tannic. All about grip and vigour and fresh fruit. Lovely wine. Very long, mineral finish and there's pepper at the end. Brilliant!
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6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Petit Cheval, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 75% Merlot and 25% Cab Franc. Really floral aromas of blueberry, minerals, nut and plum. A controlled nose and not at all sweet. Lovely supple, cool entry. This is showing full, rich, nutty, grippy, spicy tannins. Highly mineral wine and a very, very long one. Dry and full of vigour. There's excellent dimension here. Fabulous PC.
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2017-2030 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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Château Teyssier, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 70% Merlot and 30% Cab Franc. Really aromatic wine; aromas of pot pourri and dry spice. Lovely, cool, medium weight palate full of spice. Delightful, rich, fine-grained tannins and the medium acidity are really well cached by the fruit. Long and lovely, with a nuttily tannic finish. This should be excellent value.
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2015-2020 |
12x75cl |
£126.00 |
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Château Nenin, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 82% Merlot and 18% Cab Franc. Really floral nose here, along with aromas of fresh plums. The palate is nutty-rich, with really upright nutty tannins. Tangy, becoming peppery/spicy. Lovely grip to Nenin this year. Fine Pomerol.
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2015-2025 |
12x75cl |
£480.00 |
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Château Gazin, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Those dried purple flowers team up with scents of new leather and black cherry, plus the spice. A big and rich palate of nutty, serious tannins. Long and juicy and quite burly at the moment. But this is set for a very long, exciting future.
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2020-2035 |
6x75cl |
£288.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: The nose is a rich, smoky cordial of black cherry fruit and floral aromas. Plums and dark chocolate. This is very cool, very mineral and offers flavours of nut and chocolate, as well as the cherry and plum-dark fruit. A long wine and one with progressive grip. Richly nutty. A biggun! Will be very good indeed.
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2019-2030 |
6x75cl |
£498.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Floral, pot pourri aromas, really fresh. Red and black cherry and liquorice. Tobacco notes. Very cool, backward and compact. There's real pepperiness to the tannins. And those tannins are quite nutty-dry at the moment. But this has a great future ahead.
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2019-2035 |
6x75cl |
£891.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 88.8% Merlot and 11.2% Cab Franc, cropped at 31 hectolitres per hectare (usually 39). Very great depth of colour here. Deep and very black fresh cherry and spice fruit. Crisp plums, really intense. A meaty-nutty note. This is one lovely, cool, fabulous wine. Black cherry with lovely, ripe, integrated, nutty tannins and fine minerality. Delicious, fresh, rich and cool. Very, very long. Mineral and with a lovely apple blossom finish. Ravishing!
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2017-2035 |
12x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château L'Eglise-Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 90% Merlot and 10% Cab Franc. Real Cab Franc aromas here in the spice and pencil shavings. Cool and floral nose, of black cherry. Very fresh fruit, a touch meaty. In the mouth, there's very rich and concentrated cool fruit and the structure from the off. Very upright, nuty and fine-grained tannins lace the palate. High persistent grip. Very long and there's a spicy, pepperiness to the ending. Mouthcoating, super-long, intense and pure. Just fabulous.
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2020-2035 |
6x75cl |
£0.00 |
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| 2011 |
Vieux-Château-Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. 14.5%abv. Liquorice, lovely, fresh bramble and black cherry fruit, plus that celestial spice. A very cool, compact and classy palate, an envelope of currant and plum fruit, the fine consistent and spicy tannins add to the rise in grip throughout. Very straight wine. Excellent concentration. Fabulous VCC.
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£0.00 |
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Château d'Aiguilhe, Cotes de Castillon, Bordeaux, France
Notes: Touch of tar and ink to the black and red plum fruit. Peppery notes. This starts with a rich, solid entry and one finds fine tannins wound right through it. Controlled and energetic wine. Very straight and very, very long. Amazing Aiguilhe this vintage. Tasted three times.
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2016-2025 |
12x75cl |
£186.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château La Chénade, Lalande-de-Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Something rather animal here, Dark spices and cocoa powder. Black cherry and plum fruit. A very cool entry leads onto a landscape of rich, nutty tannins. This is a log wine and one with increasing grip. Juicy stuff. The finish is swathed in well integrated tannin. Something a touch sauvage to the fruit on the finish.
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2013-2022 |
12x75cl |
£111.00 |
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| 2010 |
Château Montlandrie, Cotes de Castillon, Bordeaux, France
Notes: N.B. This is 70% Merlot and 30% Cab Franc. Really floral aromas of roses and pure black cherry fruit. Lots of spice sprinkled on the top. Rich and richly impressive Côtes de Castillon
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2015-2024 |
12x75cl |
£177.00 |
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