12 x Château Barde-Haut Grand Cru 2000

Wonderful concentration of ripe cassis fruit overlying an opulent and rounded, intense Merlot chocolatey style. Rich and supple on the pallate this wine will repay cellaring for several more years. Drink 2009 to 2018.

12 x Château La Fleur Petrus 2000

Rating: 4/5 - As reviewed by Decanter. Reserved and well within itself but a certain opulence on the palate with a hint of confit fruit, coffee bean and oak and firmness on the finish. Ready 2010-2012.

12 x Château Latour 2000

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 98 points

12 x Château Lynch Bages 5eme Cru Classe 2000

12 x Château Chambert Marbuzet 2000

12 x Château Sociando Mallet 2002

12 x Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2000

This deep, full bodied, luscious wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. It has loads of fruit, savoury tannins and low acidity. Optimum drinking 2010-2020. Robert Parker gave this 93 points.

12 x Château Bernadotte 2005

Decanter - Steven Spurrier - April 2006
16,5 points. Very deep colour, extracted, plummy, bursting with fruit, smoky and rich, very well made. Drink 2008-16.

Wine Advocate - Robert Parker - April 2006
85/87. Space limitations did not allow complete tasting notes for this Cru Bourgeois, but 2005 is the finest vintage for these wines since 1982. The range of scores for these wines should give readers an idea of just how consistent this vintage is at this level. Given the style of the vintage, most of these wines should be accessible young yet evolve for a decade or more because of their concentration and tannic structure. Drink 2016 and after.

12 x Château Pavie 2001

Robert Parker rates this wine at 96 points and writes: "One of the candidates for wine of the vintage ... again, the 2001 Pavie, from a magnificent south-facing vineyard planted primarily on limestone soil, is a blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. After a six week maceration, it spent nearly 24 months in new oak prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Some Bordeaux brokers think it might be even better than the 2000 Pavie, but I do not agree. The inky/ruby/purple-colored 2001 exhibits a tight but promising nose of crushed stones, a liqueur of blackberries, cherries, and black currants, and subtle smoke and licorice in the background. Powerful, with impressive elegance, fine harmony among its elements, a multi-layered texture, it has a finish that lasts for 50+ seconds. There is considerable tannin, but it is well-integrated. Give it 3-4 years, and drink it over the next two decades. A profound effort for the vintage, it is an example of a perfectionist proprietor pushing the envelope of quality."

12 x Château Fourcas Hosten 2003

Foucas Hosten is one of the finest producers in Listrac, one of the 6 village appellations of the Haut Médoc. Since 1971, it has been owned by by Schröder & Schÿler, who also owns Château Kirwan. The property consists of a château in the centre of the village of Listrac and two separate vineyard plots.

The wine is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The grapes are vinified traditionally and the wine is matured in oak barriques (25% new) for 12 months. Fourcas-Hosten produce classic, austere, dry and remarkably ageworthy wines that appeal particularly to claret traditionalists. The wine always offers terrific value for money.