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Btls
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Wine
Where
available, tasting scores and notes are by Robert Parker (RP) and taken
from his website www.erobertparker.com
or Stephen Tanzer (ST) from www.wineaccess.com
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VAT
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Tasting
Score/Notes
Best Drinking
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30
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75cl
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Les
C des Carmes Haut-Brion
Pessac-Leognan
This is the 2nd Wine
from
Chateau
Les
Carmes de Haut Brion.
Their TOP Cuvee 'Les Carmes de Haut Brion' gets 93+ points from RP/LPB and
sells for £108/bt - so this represents excellent value from a top chateau.
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2017
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£30.00
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Not reviewed yet, but a great drinking wine
for now till 2027-30
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8
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37.5cl
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Les
C des Carmes Haut-Brion
Pessac-Leognan
This is the 2nd Wine
from
Chateau
Les
Carmes de Haut Brion.
Their TOP Cuvee 'Les Carmes de Haut Brion' gets 93+ points from RP/LPB and
sells for £108/bt - so this represents excellent value from a top chateau.
Same as the above wine but
HALF-BOTTLES
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2017
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£16.00
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Not reviewed yet, but a great drinking wine
for now till 2027-30
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23
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75cl
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Domaine de Chevalier Rouge
Pessac-Leognan
Vinous.com/Neal Martin -
The 2017 Domaine de Chevalier was impressive from barrel. Bottled since June
2019, it has clearly retained that gorgeous nose with delineated scents of
blackberry, black olive, shucked oyster shells and orange rind. Wonderful
vigour here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, lithe and very
focused. It is not a powerful nor indeed a long-term Domaine de
Chevalier, ergo my lower score than 2016. Bottom line is that it is just
a delicious wine to consume. Still, it will offer 20 years of drinking
pleasure. Tasted twice with consistent notes
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2017
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£60.00
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NM93
2021-45
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12
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75cl
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LA
MISSION HAUT BRION
Pessac-Leognan
Vinous.com/Neal Martin
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The 2015 La Mission Haut-Brion is blessed with an
outstanding bouquet of brilliantly focused and delineated black fruit laced
with graphite and cedar - pure class. The medium-bodied, harmonious
palate delivers fine-grained tannin and impressive depth. There is a
slight savory element (just like the Haut-Brion) that infuses the middle,
and brown spices and sage linger on the finish. This is a profound La
Mission Haut-Brion that dares surpass Haut-Brion on this showing.
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2015
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£375.00
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NM98
2020-38
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14
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75cl
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LE
PETIT HAUT LAFITTE
Pessac-Leognan
2nd Wine of Chateau
Smith Haut Lafitte
The top wine currently sells for £84 a bottle! So this is real value.
RP/Lisa
Perrotti-Brown
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Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot
coming from the younger vines of Smith Haut Lafitte, the 2015 Le Petit Haut
Lafitte sports a medium garnet-purple colour and an alluring crushed red
currants, black cherries and spice box-laced nose with touches of cloves and
lavender. Medium to full-bodied with wonderful generosity and plenty of
spice, the open-for-business flavours are well-supported by plush tannins,
and it finishes with a peppery lift.
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2015
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£30.00
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RP90
2018-28
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12
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75cl
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SMITH
HAUT LAFITTE
Pessac-Leognan
Vinous.com/Neal Martin
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The 2016 Smith Haut Lafitte has a more discreet
bouquet than I expected, and it takes a couple of minutes to open in the
glass, revealing blackberry, briar, a touch of pressed iris and a wet
limestone aroma. There is less tobacco than I expected, and a stonier style.
The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, perhaps the finest
I’ve encountered in 20 years of visiting this estate. Very feminine and
beautifully structured, and the 60% new oak is seamlessly assimilated.
Extremely impressive and beguiling. This will be an irresistible Smith Haut
Lafitte that gives 30 to 40 years of drinking pleasure.
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2016
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£98.00
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NM97
2026-66
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