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| 2004 Chateau l'Angelus 1er Grand Cru |
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£576.00 |
| Classe St.Emilion 75cl |
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| - real depth of rich, black fruits. Ripe and succulent. Needs long keeping |
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| 2004 Chateau Climens 1st Growth Barsac 75cl |
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£399.00 |
| - outstanding balance and finesse. Very classy. |
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| 2004 Chateau Cos d'Estournel 2nd Growth |
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£468.00 |
| St Estephe 75cl |
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| - a top St Estephe. Rich, creamy and elegant with silky tannins. |
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| 2004 Domaine De Chevalier BLANC Pessac |
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£345.00 |
| Leignan Grand Cru Classe 75cl |
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| - a great vintage for this wine. Concentrated, fresh, complex and long. |
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| 2004 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge Pessac |
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£198.00 |
| Leognan Grand Cru Classe 75cl |
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| - another top vintage for this fine wine. Shows strong terroir character with terrific finesse. |
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| 2004 Chateau l'Eglise Clinet, Pomerol |
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£480.00 |
| Denis Durantou 75cl |
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- this shows how good and ripe the Merlot and Cabernet Franc varieties were in 2004: plummy and fine wth creamy old vines character and depth.
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| 2004 Chateau Feytit-Clinet Pomerol 75cl |
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£231.00 |
| – this chateau continues it's successful run and shows great class and mouthfilling fruit. |
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| 2004 Chateau Haut Bages Liberal 5th |
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£156.00 |
| Growth Pauillac 75cl |
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– a great value. This is a beautifully made wine with great depth and elegance. Ripe cedary fruit and terrific balance.
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| 2004 Chateau Haut-Bailly Pessac-Leognan |
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£231.00 |
| Graves Grand Cru Classe 75cl |
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| – always a unique and flavourful wine. Silky, ripe and with complex earthy fruit. Great finesse and elegance and will keep very well. Superb. |
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| 2004 Chateau Haut Brion 1st Growth |
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£972.00 |
| Pessac-Leognan Graves 75cl |
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| – one of the best of the first growth's this vintage and a great Haut-Brion. Mineral, fine, complex with superb depth and ripe tannins. Concentrated. |
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| 2004 Le Bahans de Chateau Haut Brion, Pessac-Leognan |
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£225.00 |
| (Second wine of Chateau Haut-Brion) 75cl |
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| – shows the same character as it's Grand Vin (above) but just a tad more obviously tannic. Always one the best of the second wines. Great value. |
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| 2004 Chateau Pichon Lalande 2nd Growth |
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£429.00 |
| Pauillac 75cl |
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| – another great Pichon. Pure, cedary, black/red fruits and backward with concentrated yet ripe tannins. Great potential. |
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| 2004 Chateau Larcis-Ducasse Saint-Emilion |
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£180.00 |
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Grand Cru Classe 75cl
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| – the first time we have purchased this wine and it is excellent. Very fine, lacy, red fruits with great elegance and finesse. Simply lovely. |
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| 2004 Le Pin, Pomerol 75cl (very limited stock) |
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£3960.00 |
| – one of the great wines of the vintage: Merlot at it's most hedonistic. |
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| 2004 Le Petit Cheval Blanc [Second Wine of first growth Chateau Cheval Blanc] 75cl |
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£349.00 |
| – a lovely wine which shows the elegance and structure of the Grand Vin: full, fine and complex red berry fruits. Will keep. |
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| 2004 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion |
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£669.00 |
| Pessac-Leognan Graves Grand Cru Classe 75cl |
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| – more obviously tannic and backward than Haut-Brion but shows powerful, mineral, dense and ripe fruit. A keeper. |
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| 2004 Chateau Montrose 2nd Growth St. Estephe 75cl |
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£336.00 |
| – a favourite and quite sublime this vintage. Strong terroir yet great finesse. |
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| 2004 Chateau Pavie-Macquin St Emilion |
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£255.00 |
| Grand Cru Classe 75cl |
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| – this is exceptional in 2004. Fantastic depth, purity, complexity and length. Fresh and superbly balanced. Terrific. |
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| 2004 Chateau Leoville-Poyferre 2nd |
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£228.00 |
| Growth St Julien 75cl |
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| - a very fine and structured wine with excellent concentration of cedary fruit. Silky tannins and a wine that will cellar very well. |
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| 2004 Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste |
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£222.00 |
| 5th Growth Pauillac 75cl |
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| – the first vintage we have purchased this wine 'en-primeur'. Really elegant and fragrant with great depth and balance. Classic and very fine Pauillac. |
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| 2004 Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol 75cl |
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£450.00 |
| - in 2004 from only the oldest vines. Truly amazing and with perfect balance. Grand vin! |
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| 2004 Chateau Sociando-Mallet Cru |
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£219.00 |
| Bourgeois Haut-Medoc 75cl |
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| – this is cru classe in quality (as usual). Dense, ripe, yet with high-quality tannins and great structure and balance. Superb wine. Great value too. |
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