Château Branaire Ducru Saint Julien 2009 'Only time will tell whether the 2009, another great effort from Branaire, will eclipse the 2005 and 2003.An inky blue purple colour is followed by raspberry, boysenberry, crushed rock, graphite,...

Château Broustet 2009  65% Semillon 25% Sauvignon and 10% Muscadelle  A new wine for us, a lighter style but impressively rich and long on the finish. A great success probably the finest Broustet ever. Great value!

Château Cantemerle Haut Médoc 2009  49% Cab Sauv, 38% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, 6% Cab Franc. Spicy, plummy nose with hints of cedar wood. Rich and fleshy on the palate with masses of fresh fruit and very ripe tannins. Medium to...

Château Climens 2009 Barsac 'The aromatics display pure honey, minerals, occasionally a faint scent of spearmint and white peach, most with spellbinding precision. On the palate, Berenice Lurton has some stupendous lots at her disposal, with ample...

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 Cos Labory 2009 'Very pretty aromas of sliced plums and blueberries, with hints of mineral, follow through to a medium body, with fine tannins and a fruity finish with hints of vanilla bean and coffee.'- James Suckling.

Château Coutet Barsac 2009  75% Semillon, 23% Sauvignon, 2% Muscadelle  Supremely elegant Barsac with fine balance of sugar and acidity. Really fine and fresh with fantastic, honeyed fruit and long, clean finish.

Chateau D Armailhac 2009 This may be the finest d'Armailhac I have ever tasted. Made in a textured, full-bodied, sumptuous style, it is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and the balance primarily Cabernet Franc with a tiny dosage of Petit...

Château De Francs - "Les Cerisiers" 2009, Côtes de Bordeaux, France A deep purple colour. Fragrant, soft, supple and attractive ripe fruit, well balanced. Please note the elevated alcohol level on this wine.  Owned by...

Château de Pez 2009  A St Estephe with life and zest and a delicious fresh fruitiness, lovely stone fruit character, juicy and supple. 'Tobacco box nose and cedar wood, good colour with rich fruit flavours and pure, subtle fruit.'- William...

Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2eme Cru Classe, St Julien, 2003  "A hot, dry summer resulted in a tiny production of under 10,000 cases of 2003 Ducru Beaucaillou from yields of 35 hectoliters per hectare. This beauty boasts a deep...

Chateau Duhart Milon 4eme Cru Classe 2003 Produced by the same team that make Chateau Lafite. General agreement that this is the finest Duhart ever tasted, deep crimson, meaty, full substantial nose, really deep, velvety and exciting.

Château Figeac 2009 'Really fabulous on the nose, with sweet milk chocolate, flowers, currant and plum. Full-bodied, with incredible length. The tannins are so silky, but they are warm and cuddly. You just want to hug it. Powerful but so...

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 Haut Beausejour 2009, Saint Estephe, Medoc, Bordeaux, France   Grape varieties, 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon.  Stable-mate of Chateau de Pez. Blackberry and spices on the nose, full-bodied with lovely density of fruit...

Château Lagrange St Julien 2009  'Dark crimson. Purple rim. Very sweet indeed on the nose - unusually so for St-Julien. Glamorous and luscious with a hint of ink and freshness. Lots to enjoy! The tannins are very well handled and it's pure...

Château Lalande Borie 2009  50% Cab Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc  'The finest wine I have ever tasted from Lalande Borie, the 2009 displays lots of purity along with a boatload of blackcurrant, raspberry, and black cherry...

Château Malartic Lagraviere 2009  55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 8% Cab Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. 'Progress has been ongoing at this vineyard, but proprietor Alexandre Bonnie has hit the proverbial home runs in 2009 with both his red...

Château Malartic Lagraviere Blanc 2009  Bright pale yellow, fine complexity and fresh dry herbs on the nose, fine flesh and fruit on the palate, an arrestingly vibrant wine with a very good future.

Chateau Montrose 2eme Cru Classe St Estephe 2001  Sweet notes of earth, compost, and thick, juicy black currant as well as cherry characteristics jump from the glass of this dense purple-colored 2001. Medium-bodied and rich, with moderately high...

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 Mouton Rothschild 1eme Cru Classé Pauillac 2003  Herve Berland feels that this is an exceptional Mouton, comparable with 1982. Prune like richness and concentration married with exotic spiciness. Brooding and powerful...

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...

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2000  "Sitting next to my former colleague, Pierre Antoine Rovani, at one of the tastings, he commented that he didn’t like the striking green note in the...

Chateau Pontet Canet 2000 Situated almost opposite to Mouton Rothschild, the potential has always been there. Only recently, under the ownership of Guy Tesseron, has it begun to be realised. Dense colour, solid and chunky on the palate, with a long...

Château Quinault L'Enclos 2009  70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon  'Now owned by the proprietors of Cheval Blanc, the 2009 Quinault l'Enclos exhibits an opaque purple colour, notes of liquorice, incense,...

Château Rieussec 2009 85% Semillon, 11% Sauvignon and 4% Muscadelle. One of the richest wines of the vintage at 13.75% alcohol. Picked over 10 days at the end of September and the beginning of October, this is an intense, concentrated wine of...

Château Saint Pierre St Julien 2003 79% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc. "beefy, masculine, vigorous, full-bodied wine, the 2003 Saint-Pierre is just beginning to hit full maturity. A lovely bouquet of cedarwood, forest...

Chateau Saint Pierre 2009 The all-time greatest wine I have ever tasted from Saint-Pierre, this estate, the smallest of the grand cru classes of St.-Julien, has an opaque purple color and a spectacular nose of subtle charcoal, creme de cassis,...

Clos de Marquis 2009 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit Verdot. 25% new oak ageing. Quite mineral on the nose together with dark fruits, then extract and structure forces its way through. Super harmony and with a...

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...

Pavillon Rouge 2001 The second wine of Chateau Margaux. 51% of the Chateau's crop went into this wine. Lovely, supple and refined, the texture is creamy with milk chocolate and red berries.