Georges Roumier 1990
Nose open and forward with a charred kirsch character blackcherry and liqueur, pleasant long and soft.
Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey 2001
Nose open ripe round and complex, very tropical mango and pineapple seasoned with some botrytis spice, palate very balanced, rich ripe sweet with great balanced silky and long, amazing harmony.
Forts de Latour (magnum) 1970
Round ripe, open earthy and full meaty complex, cedar wood, damp earth aromas, touch of volatile acidity, soft palate and tannins, firm acidity – elegant, fruit confit and dried, at its peak not to age for much longer.
Forts de Latour 2000
Earthy mineral aromas, little softening and development, touches of leather, dark fruits and damp earth, bloody meat, cedar and tobacco, fine long well balanced palate.
Emmanuel Rouget 1993
Nose still tight bramble like with black cherry aromas, fine full and very elegant, palate great thread a ripe blackcherry acidity, still young, long in length.
Chateau Mouton-Rothschild (Imperiale) 1990
Dark purple with red rim, nose full smokey and rich, fruitcake vanilla oak fresh blackcurrants, vanilla cream still youthful, firm and very fresh acidity, quite closed.
Chateau Leoville Barton 1985
Dark colour little rim variation, slightly green pepper pyrozene nose, deep complex and chocolatey, rich fruitcake palate with softened tannins and a fresh acidity, very harmonious.
Plus Fleur de Bouard 2002
Deep purple black bowl, nose intense very modern style, black shoe leather and chocolate, cedar and cassis, perfumed elegant oak, creamy and vanilla, big palate powerful compact ripe fruit of blackcurrants and blackberrys, dried fig, full silky long and well balanced.
Emmanuel Rouget 1988
Brick red rim against a garnet bowl, nose open soft and aromatic, forest fruit aromas – strawberry, raspberry damsons and redcurrant, some earthy undergrowth sous bois aromas, mushroom and leather. Delicate palate, balanced earthy and long.
Bertani 1967
Wonderful shine and lustre, deep garnet bowl fading to a mahognay rim, high viscosity, nose raw and sauvage very ripe hedgerow and mulberry fruit, little volatile and candied fruits, chocolate and wet earth, tomato leaves and a hint of ketchup (vinegary VA), very complex darl chocolate liqueur and wet tobacco.
