Chateau Bernadotte 2010 Haut Medoc 52% Cab Sauvignon, 48% Merlot. "A blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon and 48% Merlot. The wine is deep and clearly a sleeper of the vintage, with loads of fruit, glycerin and extract. Its excellent purity and loads of...

Chateau Cantemerle 2010 'A quintessentially elegant style of Bordeaux, the opaque ruby/purple tinged 2010 Cantemerle possesses elegant floral notes intermixed with hints of blueberries, raspberries, sweet red cherries and currants. Medium-bodied with...

Chateau Chasse Spleen 2010  55% Cab Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. A perennial favourite - always good value. Spicy, plummy fruit on the nose and a generous texture with firm, but ripe, tannins. Rich and round on the palate and satisfyingly...

Château Cos D'Estournel St Estephe 2010 78% Cab Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cab Franc and 1% Petit Verdot.The palate is full-bodied with quite assertive dry tannins on the entry rendering this a slightly more masculine Cos that is quintessential...

Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, 2010  "Deep garnet in color, the 2010 D'Armailhac leaps from the glass with vivacious scents of baked raspberries, blueberry pie and kirsch plus hints of candied violets and pencil shavings...

Chateau d'Yquem 2010 87% Sémillon and 13% Sauvignon Blanc  Pale gold with slight greenness. Gorgeous, classic nose. Pear juice a go-go. Absolutely stunning freshness as well as all the botrytis. Classic. Real punchy perfect savoury Sauternes...

Chateau Duhart Milon 2010  One the finest Clerc Milons I have ever tasted, and showing better from bottle than from barrel, this blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and the rest a tiny bit of Carmenere and Petit Verdot...

Château Kirwan 2010 3eme Cru Classe Margaux 50% Cab Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 9% Cab Franc & 6% Petit Verdot. If you are looking for a masculine, powerful, concentrated, broodingly backward style of Margaux need look no further than the 2010...

Chateau Lafon Rochet 2010 Saint Estephe  67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot.  Spicy, fruity, medium-bodied wine from one of the best value crus classés. Rich and plummy on the nose and carefully extracted on the palate...

Chateau Langoa-Barton 2010  ROBERT PARKER 90-92 Softer than I expected given the highly extracted, exceptionally tannic wines routinely produced by proprietor Anthony Barton, the oaky, powerfully concentrated, dense 2010 Langoa Barton possesses...

Château Lascombes Margaux 2010 55% Merlot, 40% Cab Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot. Dominique Befve has opted for an almost identical blend to Château Palmer but the style is very different. With a cold pre fermentation maceration,...

ChâteauLes Ormes de Pez 2010  Owned by the Cazes family of Chateau Lynch Bages, this estate benefits from the same technical team. Vivid, fruity blackcurrant nose, long and juicy on the palate.

Château Lynch Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2010  76% Cab Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 4% Cab Franc & 2% Petit Verdot. "The 2010 blew me away on each occasion I tasted it during my two week sojourn in Bordeaux. Tannic and concentrated, this huge...

Château Meyney St Estephe 2010 ''This dense ruby/purple-hued 2010 exhibits lots of damp earth and black and red fruit notes along with moderate tannins. It appears to be the finest Meyney produced in many years (this estate made sensational wines...

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande 2010 Less opulent than the 2009 but with greater freshness and firmer, more tannic finish despite the higher proportion of merlot this year. Rich and unctuous with lovely, juicy texture, another great...

Domaine de Chevalier 2010 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot. Olivier Bernard continues to make fine, restrained wines of great purity and elegance. Plenty of depth here with tremendous bouquet of red and black fruits. Despite the...

Les Pagodes de Cos Saint Estephe 2010  62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot. This is sleek along the edges and dense in the middle, with ample crushed cherry, red currant and melted red liquorice notes. A bright floral edge chimes in on the long...