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1975 Château Cos d’Estournel was quite an experience; still very solid, with big chunky dark fruit on the palate; firm full tannins, softening and harmonising with age, but still very prominent; the nose was a strange mix of age with youth: full fruit, muddled with earthy maturity, and a distinct note of volatility creeping in - not enough to be a problem, but certainly enough to give a lift and a twist of age. Classic solid old Bordeaux. View high resolution

1975 Château Cos d’Estournel was quite an experience; still very solid, with big chunky dark fruit on the palate; firm full tannins, softening and harmonising with age, but still very prominent; the nose was a strange mix of age with youth: full fruit, muddled with earthy maturity, and a distinct note of volatility creeping in - not enough to be a problem, but certainly enough to give a lift and a twist of age. Classic solid old Bordeaux.



Château Fonbadet 1966: a true gem; unexpected but beautiful; an old bottle from a little-known Pauillac estate turned out to be absolutely delicious; yummy harmonious fully mature and yet totally together. View high resolution

Château Fonbadet 1966: a true gem; unexpected but beautiful; an old bottle from a little-known Pauillac estate turned out to be absolutely delicious; yummy harmonious fully mature and yet totally together.

1988 Château Lafleur; a somewhat controversial wine; lovely supple fruit, still very youthful, but lots of it, and lots of oak too; it all comes together in a very delicious way, but it is not exactly classic Bordeaux. View high resolution

1988 Château Lafleur; a somewhat controversial wine; lovely supple fruit, still very youthful, but lots of it, and lots of oak too; it all comes together in a very delicious way, but it is not exactly classic Bordeaux.

The classics are are the classics for good reason; ‘79 Château Margaux, for example. So dense and fresh, so elegant yet so concentrated; classic cedary nose, perfumed fragrant beautiful complex; a true beauty. View high resolution

The classics are are the classics for good reason; ‘79 Château Margaux, for example. So dense and fresh, so elegant yet so concentrated; classic cedary nose, perfumed fragrant beautiful complex; a true beauty.

dramatic clouds still rolling across the sky, the remnants of last night’s storm, in the Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux. These clay rich slopes at Château Reynon are ideal for merlot. View high resolution

dramatic clouds still rolling across the sky, the remnants of last night’s storm, in the Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux. These clay rich slopes at Château Reynon are ideal for merlot.