Château Tronquoy-Lalande 95–96 Deep crimson. Intense fragrant black cherry, strawberry, violet aromas with dark chocolate, roasted chestnut notes. Beautifully concentrated, glossy wine with lovely pure black fruits, fine plentiful graphite almost cashmere tannins and savoury chalky notes. Finishes firm, bittersweet and minerally. Masterful tannin management. 48% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, 12% petit verdot. 13.3% alc Château Lafon-Rochet 94–95 Medium-deep crimson. Inky blackberry graphite aromas with herb garden, hint star anise notes. Ample bodied wine with glossy blackcurrant, blackberry fruits, plentiful velvety tannins, lovely mid-palate richness and underlying savoury oak notes. Finishes firm with minerally flavours at the finish. Very successful wine. 69% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot, 4% cabernet franc, 1% petit verdot. 15 months in around 50% new French oak. 12.9% alc Château Phélan Ségur 94–95 Deep crimson. Fresh fragrant blackcurrant dried rose sage aromas with vanilla notes. Well concentrated and smooth with blackcurrant vanilla flavours, lovely cedary textures, mid-palate richness and fresh long acidity. Supple and refined wine. 75% cabernet sauvignon, 21% merlot, 4% petit verdot. 18 months in 55% new French oak. 13.5% alc G d’Estournel (de Château Cos d’Estournel) 94–95 Deep crimson. Intense dark plum, blackcurrant, dark chocolate aromas with herb garden notes. Very well concentrated and chocolaty textured with ample dark plum chinotto fruits, chocolaty/ velvety tannins, spicy complexity and lovely bittersweet notes. Firm and tight. 80% merlot, 19% cabernet sauvignon, 1% cabernet franc. Amazing wine at 12.18% alc La Dame de Montrose (de Château Montrose) 93–94 Medium-deep crimson. Fragrant black cherry, blackcurrant dried rose aromas with some pastille notes. Generous supple and sweet fruited, with pure black berry/ blackcurrant pastille fruits and fine grainy hint cedary textures. Very good mid-palate richness and definition. Finishes gritty firm and minerally. 38% cabernet sauvignon, 53% merlot, 3% cabernet franc, 6% petit verdot. Le Marquis de Calon Ségur (de Château Calon-Ségur) 92–93 Medium-deep crimson. Pure dark plum, blackberry fruits with herb notes. Inky deep wine with red and blackberry fruits, chocolaty/ chalky firm textures and chinotto/ cola notes. Finishes grippy firm with attractive mineral length. Sturdy and fresh with saturated fruit. 58% merlot, 42% cabernet sauvignon. 17 months in 30% new French oak barriques.
Château Lilian Ladouys 92–93 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh raspberry blackberry mulberry fruits with savoury notes. Exuberant style with rich red and dark berry fruits, grainy cedar tannins and underlying vanilla/ chinotto flavours. Finishes chewy and long. 53% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, 6% petit verdot, 1% cabernet franc. 30% new French oak. 12.93% alc Château Cos Labory 91–92 Deep crimson. Lifted elderberry dark cherry, cassis fruits with inky notes. Plentiful elderberry, dark cherry, cassis flavours, fine firm muscular tannins, attractive mid-palate viscosity. Finishes iron/ gritty firm with malty notes. 33% merlot, 60% cabernet sauvignon, 7% petit verdot. 14 months in 50% new French oak. 12.9% alc Château de Pez 91–92 Medium-deep crimson. Redcurrant, mulberry, cedar aromas with vanilla toasty toffee notes. Well focussed redcurrant, mulberry cedar flavours, attractive mid-palate density and fine sinewy/muscular tannins. Firm finish with minerally/ inky plume. 62% cabernet sauvignon, 36% merlot, 2% cabernet franc. 12 months in 30% new French oak. 13% alc Château Capbern 90–91 Medium crimson. Raspberry, redcurrant, plum fruits with savoury notes. Ripe pure redcurrant pastille, red liquorice flavours, fine graphite/ sinewy tannins and savoury oak notes. Finishes chewy and long. Some sappy leafy notes, but very good pure fruit characters, elegance and freshness. 18 months in 40% new French oak barriques. 12.8% alc La Devise de Lilian (de Château Lilian Ladouys) 89–90 Medium-deep crimson. Pure plum raspberry aromas and flavours with plentiful fine chalky tannins and some camomile notes. A very attractive buoyant style and Medium-bodied wine that finishes firm. 100% merlot. Seasoned oak. 13.11% alc
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