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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

Year

Price per
Bottle
including
VAT

Tasting
Score/Notes
Best Drinking

9

75cl

LA CHAPELLE de la MISSION
Pessac-Leognan

2nd Wine of Chateau
La Mission Haut-Brion
The top wine currently sells for £56 a bottle!

RP - The estate’s second wine, the 2001 La Chapelle de la Mission, reveals a plum/ruby colour as well as a rich nose of tobacco smoke, dried herbs, cherries, and black currants. Well-made, medium-bodied, and soft, it is more approachable than its bigger sibling.

2001

£58.00

RP88
Now-2015

84

75cl

DOMAINE de CHEVALIER
Pessac-Leognan

RP - One of the fabulous sleepers of the vintage and a wine for serious Bordeaux aficionados to consider buying, the 2008 is a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 9% Petit Verdot that achieved 13.5% natural alcohol. Surprisingly backward for a 2008, it is medium to full-bodied with moderate tannins, lots of purity and abundant charcoal, black currant and floral notes. The sweetness of the fruit, depth of flavour and textured, lush mouthfeel in this medium to full-bodied, age worthy 2008 are impressive. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring and drink it over the following two decades. I would not be surprised if it turns out to be as impressive as the 2010.

2008

£42.00

RP93
2014-34

20

75cl

DOMAINE de CHEVALIER
Pessac-Leognan

RP - Perhaps the finest wine made at this estate in many years (no doubt due to the influence of wine consulting guru Stephane Derenoncourt), the 2005 is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest primarily Merlot with tiny portions of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. A dark ruby/purple hue is followed by a classic Graves bouquet of charcoal, graphite, creosote, smoked herbs, sweet black cherries, and spice box. The wine is elegant on the attack, but fills out beautifully with a multilayered, rich mouth feel, silky tannins, and a plush, opulent finish. This brilliant claret may turn out to be even better than my score suggests.

2005

£49.00

RP92
2012-30

31

75cl

DOMAINE de CHEVALIER
Pessac-Leognan

RP - The classic southern Graves version of elegance, the 2004 Domaine de Chevalier exhibits aromas of lead pencil shavings, sweet cherry and strawberry fruit, cedar, spice, and subtle smoke. Medium-bodied with outstanding purity, richness, and texture, this soft, round beauty is ideal for drinking over the next 15+ years.

2004

£41.00

RP90
2007-22

79

75cl

CLEMENTIN de
PAPE CLEMENT
Pessac-Leognan

2nd Wine of Chateau
Pape Clement
The top wine currently sells for £72 a bottle! So this is real value.

RP - The second wine, the 2008 Clementine de Pape Clement, is one of the finest examples of this cuvee yet produced. A blend of equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon with just a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it is a soft, delicious effort offering subtle notes of smoke and barbecue spices intermixed with black currants, plums, and cherries. The tannins are almost non-existent in this plush wine that is meant to be drunk during its first decade of life.

2008

£24.00

RP89
2011-22