Château Cos Destournel 2nd Growth St Estephe 2000  On the palate, plenty of sweet intensity and liquorice. Very well structured with big, firm tannins supporting vivid opulent fruit. A lovely dense wine, typical of a great Cos reminiscent of...

Château Gruaud Larose 2nd Growth St Julien 2000  One of the greatest wines of the vintage, layer after layer of pure fruit, with a long, long finish. 

Château Lynch Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2001  "Quite dark crimson. Very rich and seductive on the nose. Some evolution and lots of burnt mineral aromas. Lifted and fresh on the finish. But not angular and awkward. Actually rather racy and...

Château Mouton Rothschild 1eme Cru Classe Pauillac 2001  2001 Mouton is already showing secondary notes. Smoke, truffle, cassis, burnt leaves and blackberries make up the perfume. The hint of greenness in the finish is not helped by the...

Château Palmer 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux, 2000  Merlot 47% Cabernet Sauvignon 53%  "Deep in colour, there remains a slight broodiness on the nose, although it loses its inhibitions and develops potent blackberry, strawberry and mint...

Les Carruades De Lafite 2001  Lafite's second wine has improved in quality enormously in recent years and is always a good buy. A strict selection this year means that 43% of the crop at Lafite was used in the Carruades. The very ripe Merlot gives a...