Pauillac

A dryly elegant wine which really delighted us with the way it proclaims its origin: intensity of dry fruit flavour, classy oak and élevage, but it is a great terroir speaking through the dry str...(read more)

This must be the most harmonious and complete Grand Puy Lacoste shown at this stage (it can sometimes have a slightly herbal or medicinal greenness at the primeur tastings). None of that here - p...(read more)

A high proportion of Cabernet is immediately evident. Rich with lots of volume. Sweet blackberry and bramble, vigourous and weighty. Really good. Proper wine. Tannins present but not over-extract...(read more)

Very classical Lynch with masses of black fruit, fresh and pure. It has not got the movement of a top vintage but the Lynch Bages generosity is here even if distinctiveness is limited. Supple and...(read more)

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot - exactly the same blend as the previous three vintages. Deep but not excessively dark colour, round, 'toffeed', gentle. The...(read more)

86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc. No Petit Verdot at all this year. Maybe it was the morning I went to Mouton, but others seem to have tasted this better than me. The nose hi...(read more)

71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29 % Merlot. 'Tender tannins' says Francois-Xavier, and it is true. Lots of volume and very jolly and likeable, perhaps lacking that last bit of drive. Velvety and long.