The claret vintage series: part six 1994

Overall vintage rating **

As in 1991/92/93 it was a difficult year as heavy rain in September spoilt what was shaping up to be a great vintage. However, unlike 1991/92, and to a lesser extent 1993, 1994 was not a write off and some good wines were made. The merlot was less affected than the cabernet sauvignon, so those producers that upped the merlot content and employed strict selection fared better.

However, an abiding characteristic of the vintage is a high tannin-to-fruit quotient; another is a pervasive hollowness around the mid-palate. The lean and green Cos D’Estournel typifies these traits. In many cases the fruit is already fading as the wines approach 20 years of age, and there is nothing left to fill the void. Some chateau, on the other hand, like Ducru-Beaucaillou on the left bank, and Angelus, on the right bank, just tried too hard to make good wine and it shows. Their wines taste artificially manipulated and unbalanced.

However, it is not all gloom and doom. I bought a case of Chateau Latour 1994, and broached it aged ten or 12, and the first two bottles were really hard work. I let six go because someone offered me a silly price for them. Then I tried one at a dinner around Christmas 2011 (courtesy Nigel Platts-Martin) and it was a revelation. The ugly duckling had turned into a swan. It is not full-bodied or opulent, but a classically proportioned Latour.

A couple of weeks earlier at the same venue (28-50) I hosted a 1994 horizontal, which revealed a mixed bag of wines. I have already mentioned Cos, Ducru and Angelus, which did not really hit the spot. Also missing the mark was Leoville-Barton, which had a sour aftertaste, and L’Eglise Clinet, which was disappointingly disjointed, especially given that Pomerol is regarded as one of the more successful appellations in 1994.

However, there were some conspicuous successes. Perhaps the most noteworthy was Gazin, with its interesting tobacco, mineral notes and endearing rusticity. It really is delicious and a pleasure to drink. Swinging back into Pauillac, Pontet Canet just about lived up to its reputation as a serial overachiever in this vintage, but the cracks are starting to show now as the fruit begins to fade. It was outclassed on the night by Grand-Puy-Lacoste, which like Latour is another classic expression of Pauillac. The 1994 GPL was the precursor to spectacular wines produced at this estate in the following two vintages, so it is probably one to look out for.

Mouton is one of the best wines produced in 1994...and the most widely misunderstood. The Prince of Darkness remains backward and brooding. More than any other wine in this vintage it is a vin de garde, and unlike Latour still needs a few more years to come round. In this regard it is similar to the 1988 Mouton, which has only just woken from a prolonged slumber. Leoville-Lascases is a wine cut from similar cloth but easier to understand and appreciate. It is also one of the top wines in 1994. Likewise Montrose, which is more Latour-like and streets ahead of Cos D’Esournel.

The wine of the vintage, however, was tasted blind and brought along by Neal Martin. It is Chateau Margaux, which is a wonderful effort in a difficult year, and reminds me very much of the sublime 1979. It is simply a cut above everything else in this vintage that I have tried...but there are quite a few wines I haven’t tried especially on the right bank , so my knowledge of this vintage is less complete than others (see list below).

In Pessac-Leognan, the star is Pape Clement, which is a beautifully nuanced, and somewhat understated and elegant, medium-bodied wine, which betrays none of the difficulties encountered by other producers. Its more illustrious neighbours, Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut Brion made good wines, but they are much more laboured and suffer from a certain hollowness around the mid-palate. The 1994 Haut-Brion and La Mission, while great fun to drink, are light years behind the wines they made in other more renowned vintages. Still they both scrape into the top ten but I very much doubt this would be the case if I had tried all the other wines in the second list below.  

Top ten clarets in 1994

10. La Mission Haut-Brion

9. Haut-Brion

8. Gazin

7. Grand Puy Lacoste

6. Leoville-Lascases

5. Mouton

4. Montrose

3.  Pape Clement

2.  Latour

1.  Chateau Margaux

Notable wines I have not tried

Calon Segur, Lafite, Lynch Bages, Pichon Lalande, Gruaud-Larose, Palmer, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Figeac, La Conseillante, L’Evangile, Lafleur, Petrus, Le Pin, Trotanoy, Vieux Chateau Certan

Note on the claret vintage series

- With the recent claret vintage series I am collecting up my thoughts on several vintages, based on my own experiences and my own impressions.

- In these write-ups I am not including my thoughts on the sweet wines of Sauternes & Barsac, nor the dry white wines, which are concentrated in the Graves/Pessac region.

- In no way are my notes complete, and neither are they designed to compete with those of professional wine writers.

- Where there are significant gaps in my knowledge, for example on the 1970s vintages, I draw on what I consider to be reliable sources.

- I have been lucky enough to drink and accumulate fine Bordeaux from many vintages, and this series attempts to amalgamate these notes, as much for my own benefit as anyone else's.

- The focus here is on the most renowned classed growths in Bordeaux, rather than the lesser known appellations where hidden gems may lie; I make no apology for this.

- I have a lot of experience drinking many wines in the vintages of the 1980s, and I have some experience of drinking wines in the 1970s and 1990s vintages, which I will share.

- Beyond 1996 my expertise becomes more limited, merely because I have yet to try many of these wines even if I may own them. So I may just jot down early thoughts on these, lumped together.

- Related to this point, I have quite strong and conservative views on drinking windows. Even though wine is fashioned to be more accessible these days, a lot of Bordeaux is drunk too young in my opinion.

- For example many of the classed growths in the 1995 and 1996 vintages are not fully ready to drink yet. However, I do own copious quantities of these two vintages, and I will write separate pieces on each.

- Likewise my experience of 1970s Bordeaux is quite patchy, not least because it was a difficult decade and I have not been actively seeking out these wines.

- I will write a separate piece on the fascinating 1978 vintage, but I will lump together 1975/76 and 1970/71, even though these consecutive vintages are quite different in character.

- I will not write about the difficult and generally unsuccessful vintages of 1972, '73, '74, '77, '80, '84, '87, '91, '92 or '93.

- My overall vintage assessment is as follows: * poor; ** average; *** good; **** excellent; ***** outstanding.

- I make no claims for accuracy, fairness or consistency, and readily concede that my assessments are as subjective as they are objective.

- Thoughts and comments most welcome.

CFdB

The claret vintage series: part five 1979

Overall vintage rating **

About 20 years ago I managed to snag a good looking bottle of Lafleur 1979 for a decent price from the wine shop at Le Pont De La Tour restaurant by Tower Bridge. This critically acclaimed Pomerol was regarded as the undisputed wine of the vintage. When I eventually got round to opening it about five years ago I was dismayed to discover that this particular bottle was ordinary. There was nothing obviously wrong with it, but it was just dreary and tired. The acid and tannins had outlived the fruit, which had all but faded. My first reaction was to think that I must have been unlucky and that bottle was probably atypical. But judging by the seven notes on cellar tracker more tasters have had a similar experience to me, than have been wowed by it. Lafleur 1979 is probably past it.

Is the downwards spiral of Lafleur more typical of the vintage more generally? Probably it is for many wines. Put it this way: no ‘79 will benefit from further bottle age. However, there are several wines which are still drinking well, and not just the ones listed in my top ten below. So if you have a birthday in that year there are some worth seeking out, particularly as the 1979 vintage was quickly forgotten, coming as it did on the cusp of a global recession, and after merchants were already well-stocked with several of what were considered reasonable vintages at the time (1978, 1976 and 1975).

When I was living in Connecticut (2007-11) I remember scooping up several bottles of 1979 claret for around $100 each or less. These wines included Palmer, La Tour Haut-Brion and Trotanoy. Of those three only Trotanoy was over the hill. The other two were sublime examples of mature claret. At the time of the harvest 1979 was a promising year, but many of the wines never really delivered. Many lacked charm and didn’t develop very well. A good example is Chateau Latour, which is on a slow boat to China. It lacks any charm or generosity. Like the dismally dull 1958 Latour it will last for many more years but provide little pleasure.

Better examples of the vintage which are still going strong would include Montrose (similar to Latour but much more interesting, especially for masochists, because it is so wonderfully austere and curmudgeonly), Cos D’Estournel, Leoville-Lascases, Gruaud-Larose, Ducru Beaucaillou and La Lagune. However, there was only really one outstanding wine in the three main northerly Medoc appellations in 1979, and that was Pichon-Lalande, a marvelous effort, which stands head and shoulders above anything else produced in Pauillac/St-Julien/St-Estephe. On the right bank reasonable, albeit somewhat introverted wines would include the two top wines in St-Emilion: Cheval Blanc and Ausone, which contrast with the wonderfully quirky, bordering on latrinal, Pavie; but otherwise it is fairly lean pickings on the right bank.

By far the best appellations in 1979 were Margaux and Graves, now more accurately, Pessac-Leognan. For my money Chateau Margaux is the wine of the vintage. It is an ethereal and sublime example of Chateau Margaux, which contrasts quite starkly with more powerful efforts like the 1983 and 1986. The silky 1979 Margaux is a step up from the more rustic 1978, itself an overdue return to form for the estate, and probably the best Margaux in 20 years, though fans of the 1961 might have something to say about that.

My runner up would be Palmer, which was slower to evolve than Margaux, but probably a nose short of the enthralling 1978. It is a beautiful expression of Palmer though, which has been well worth the wait. Again, like Chateau Margaux, a triumph of elegance and finesse over raw power. Another star from the Margaux commune is Giscours, which really punched above its weight in the 1970s. Chateau Haut-Brion is magnificent in 1979, and very true to the appellation, with lashings of gravel, minerals, earth and tobacco in an accessible medium-bodied format. As already mentioned La Tour Haut-Brion was a revelation in 1979, and in my book gets the nod ahead of a very good La Mission Haut-Brion.

Top ten clarets in 1979

10. Leoville-Lascases

9. Cos D’Estournel

8. Ausone

7. La Mission Haut-Brion

6. Giscours

5. La Tour Haut-Brion

4. Pichon Lalande

3. Haut-Brion

2. Palmer

1. Chateau Margaux

Notable wines not tried

Calon Segur, Lafite, Mouton, Petrus, Certan De May

Disappointments

Lafleur, Latour

The claret vintage series: part four 1982

Overall vintage rating *****

The most celebrated modern day vintage, 1982 lives up to its heralded reputation judging by two thirtieth year anniversary horizontal tastings I helped to organise in London and New York last year. At the top level the wines are strong on both banks and most are in a very good place. One notable exception is Lafite which is at least a decade away from its drinking window. Pristine examples of Leoville-Lascases are also remarkably backward. 

Further down the hierarchy there are many 1982s that are drinking well now, ranging from rustic to delicious, but none of them are particularly profound or complex.  These include wines like Leoville-Barton, Talbot, (a surprisingly ordinary) Palmer, Prieure-Lichine, Batailley, Sociando-Mallet on the left bank and Certan De May, L' Evangile, Canon and Figeac on the right bank. None of these wines are nearly compelling enough to challenge for top billing but they are, nevertheless, most enjoyable. 

Wines which are a step up from these would include a surprisingly backward Grand Puy Lacoste, Les Forts De Latour, equally delicious wines from Lynch Bages and Pichon Baron, fine efforts from Giscours and Branaire-Ducru, a scrumptious La Lagune and on the right bank a beguiling Magdelaine. Wines which came very close to making the top ten cut but didn't quite make it include the really splendid St-Juliens made at Ducru-Beaucaillou and Gruaud-Larose.

Another unlucky not to make the top ten in this trophy vintage is Ausone, which I have drank out of half bottles in recent years. In many ways it is my sentimental favourite 1982 because it is an utterly captivating wine, and a perfect albeit understated expression of proper old-style St-Emilion. On its own it is beautiful, but in horizontals it is easily overlooked.

Wines I have not tried include La Mission Haut Brion and Lafleur. I did try Petrus in 2000, and it was young and a bit awkward, and notably out classed by the 1978; but judgement reserved because I suspect it will turn out to be worthy of the name once it is resolved.  

Until recently the star of this vintage was not a first growth. It was a second growth: the remarkable and dazzling Pichon Lalande. It consistently stole the show at 1982 horizontal tastings, leaving its more illustrious brethren trailing in its wake. This estate enjoyed a purple patch between 1978 and 1989, consistently making wines that ranked in the top handful in the vintage, but in 1982 the wine is utterly extraordinary.

Unlike many other big names the precocious 1982 Pichon Lalande has been drinking beautifully from a very young age, even as early as 1990 when I was first mesmerised by it. However, like the breakaway cyclist at the Tour de France, it has now been caught up by the peleton, where most of the first growths have been biding their time. At our April 2012 horizontal of 1982s, Pichon Lalande was among the also rans, and for the first time it appeared to have lost some of its grip and vitality. It may have just been that particular bottle, but my gut tells me this may now be more representative than idiosyncratic.

Of the other 'super seconds' Cos D'Estournel and Leoville Lascases can also be enthralling. In 2012, tasted side by side the latter clearly had the measure of Gruaud-Larose. Meanwhile, La Conseillante on the right bank is consistently magical. Mouton-Rothschild is one if the most celebrated, but also controversial 1982s, which divides opinions like no other. The bottle we had in April 2012 was fabulously enjoyable and flamboyant, but was not the star of the show because the calibre of the opposition was so high.

Top dogs in recent 1982 encounters have been Cheval Blanc, Haut-Brion, Margaux and Latour. Cheval Blanc and Haut-Brion are drinking perfectly now, while Margaux and Latour have the scope to improve even further. However, one wine now really stands out as the jewel in the 1982 crown. And that wine is Chateau Latour. For me the issue was put beyond any doubt when we tasted it along side the none-too-shabby 1983 and 1985 Latours in May this year. Among the 1982s Chateau Latour now proudly wears the maillot jaune. It ranks among not only greatest ever clarets, but among the most celebrated and legendary modern day wines. Entering its fourth decade it is now astonishing, and will remain so over the next few decades.

Top runners up

20. Les Forts De Latour
19. Picho Baron
18. Lynch Bages
17. Branaire Ducru
16. Giscours

15. La Lagune

14. Magdelaine

13. Gruaud-Larose

12. Ducru Beaucaillou

11. Ausone

My top ten wines in 1982

10. La Conseillante

9. Cos D'Estournel

8. Leoville-Lascases

7. Lafite

6. Mouton Rothschild

5. Pichon Lalande

4. Chateau Margaux

3. Haut-Brion

2. Cheval Blanc

1. Latour

Notable 1982s not tried

Calon Segur, La Tour Haut-Brion, Lafleur, Le Pin, Trotanoy, Vieux Chateau Certan

Vintage disappointments

Palmer, Petrus?

The claret vintage series: part three 1989

Overall vintage rating: *****

The 1989 vintage is arguably the most accomplished and complete vintage in the latter part of the 20th century. The 1982s are more celebrated, the 1990s are more opulent, the 1985s may appeal more to British claret aficionados, but for all round appeal 1989 edges out the rest in my opinion. Undoubtedly the 1989s cannot match the power and exuberance of the great vintages of the 21st century, like 2005, 2009 and  2010 but they are more accessible and often cheaper. Most of them are drinking very well. Chateau Petrus may be an exception, judging by the backward 1990, but I have not had the tremendously good fortune to try it. 

By the overwhelming consensus of expert opinion Haut-Brion is the wine of the vintage; or if not then its stablemate La Mission Haut-Brion. However at a horizontal tasting of the vintage in 2009 in  New York with a group of Bordeaux experts, neither were the  winner. They were outpointed and outclassed by Chateau Lafite. At another dinner  in  London in 2011 the 1989 La Mission was taken to the cleaners by Chateau Margaux 1986.

Chateau Lafite 1989 is the most quintessentially complete and perfect glass of claret you could wish for, with its hallmark being perfect balance and equilibrium in every sense. It is just entering a long plateau of maturity. The Haut-Brion has gravitas and pedigree and is still on the ascendency. It will  continue to improve and has a bit more class than its somewhat more exuberant stablemate. 

The 1989 vintage is strong on both banks, and two astonishingly good right bankers are Angelus and La Fleur De Gay, which are brilliant, exuberant and delicious wines. The latter is a slightly toned down version of the former, which is a full throttle hedonistic wine.

Still on the right bank,  Cheval Blanc is very under-rated and delicious if not as flashy as Angelus, while La Conseillante has always been one of the superstars of the vintage, which is initially understated but caresses and seduces you as it weaves its magic. L'Evangile, from next door, has been a much more backward wine and has only just come round. But it has been well worth the wait. Le Gay is a thrilling 1989 Pomerol in an old fashioned, brawny and rustic style.  Vieux Chateau Certan is a much classier wine and has been slow to evolve. Le Tertre-Roteboeuf in Saint-Emilion is flashy, almost to the point of being over the top and at worst a bit kitsch.

Another very under-rated and misunderstood wine is Mouton-Rothschild. Rather than being hollow, it is light on its feet, racy and elegant, and has evolved into a stunning and beautiful wine. Chateau Palmer is deservedly acclaimed and is streets ahead of an under-achieving Chateau Margaux in 1989. The final slot in my top ten goes to Cos D'Estournel, a wine which was curmudgeonly for a long time, but which finally blossomed into something really dazzling, which has made it worth the wait. I prefer it to the highly acclaimed Montrose, a notable absentee from my list. It is a good wine no question, but not good as its cracked up to be and some way behind the 1990 based on my experience. It also suffers in comparison to other wines of similar standing, like for example Ducru 1982. Likewise Calon Segur was below par in 1989.

Further up the Medoc, Sociando Mallet was brilliant in 1989, probably my favourite Sociando of all time based on a vertical tasting in NYC in 2006. Other good wines that did not make my top ten include the two Pichons, both outstanding and the cult that is Lynch Bages 1989. I have had mixed experience with Lynch Bages. Some bottles have been brilliant, mostly drunk at a young age, others have merely very good and others mediocre. Rather unfairly it was matched up against Haut-Brion and La Mission in our NYC horizontal, and it was slaughtered. In St-Julien, it is a bit of mixed bag but the star is Beychevelle. Wines like Leoville Lacsases, Leoville Barton and Gruaud Larose are quite tough and lack charm, in my opinion, while Ducru Beaucaillou was blighted by cork taint in this vintage. 

Ten runners up

20. Bahans Haut-Brion
19. Pape Clement
18. Vieux Chateau Certan
17. Lynch-Bages
16. Pichon Lalande
15. Sociando-Mallet
14. Beychevelle
13. Le Gay
12. Pichon Baron
11. L'Evangile

My top ten clarets of the 1989 vintage:

10. Cos D'Estournel

9. La Mission Haut-Brion

8. Palmer

7. La Conseillante

6. Cheval Blanc

5. La Fleur De Gay

4. Mouton Rothschild

3. Angelus

2. Haut-Brion

1. Lafite

Notable wines not tried

Clinet, Lafleur, Petrus, Le Pin, Trotanoy

Disappointments

Chateau Margaux

The claret vintage series: part two: 1986

Overall vintage rating **** 1/2 

The 1986 vintage has been hailed as a left bank vintage, and produced many long-lived wines, some of which remain tough, tannic and unresolved. It is regarded as a Cabernet vintage, but not all the wines in the top flight are left hookers. There are some conspicuous over-achievers on the right bank, notably the simply spectacular Chateau Figeac and Chateau Cheval Blanc. While many of the wines have taken an age to come round, and some are still tough, all in all 1986 is an outstanding vintage with no obvious weaknesses. 

However one wine in 1986 reigns supreme . It stands head and shoulders above everything else in this vintage. It is of course...no it is not Mouton Rothschild...it is Chateau Margaux. It is a wine of breath-taking precision and power and should last for 100 years. It eclipses the 1983 and 1982 Margaux and along with the 1996 and 2010 is the greatest modern expression of this legendary wine.The Mouton will be a great wine too but I prefer the Lafite, despite the last bottle being duff.

Outside the top five there are many worthy contenders. Prominent among them are Ducru Beaucaillou, Cos D'Estournel and Gruaud Larose.  The final two spots would be taken by Leoville-Lascases, which could also be a 100 year wine, and the more elegant and ethereal Rausan Segla, possibly the best wine this estate ever produced. Honourable mentions would go to Talbot, one unlucky not to be in the top ten, the uncharacteristically burly Pichon Lalande, the sometimes magnificent Chateau Palmer, a superb St-Pierre, Beychevelle, Leoville-Barton, Montrose, Sociando Mallet, Lynch-Bages, Haut Brion and Pape Clement. 

Any disappointments in this vintage? None that I have come across. Many commentators point the finger at Latour for underachieving when the other Medoc first growths excelled. Maybe true, but the fact is that Latour 1986 is a delicious wine. Rather than being foursquare and a vin de garde like the others it is soft and cuddly and eminently quaffable. I don't think quaffing Latour 86, while waiting for your Margaux and Mouton to mature is really such an unpleasant ordeal.  Petrus was gawky and awkward when tried in 2000, but by 2008 it had settled down and seemed to be developing into a seriously good wine.  

Ten runners up

20. Latour
19. Lynch-Bages
18. Beychevelle
17. Haut-Brion
16. Sociando-Mallet
15. St-Pierre
14. Petrus
13. Palmer
12. Pichon Lalande
11. Talbot

Top ten clarets of the 1986 vintage

10. Rausan Segla

9. Leoville-Lascases

8. Gruaud-Larose

7. Cos D'Estournel

6. Ducru Beaucaillou

5. Cheval Blanc

4. Figeac

3. Mouton-Rothschild

2. Lafite

1. Margaux

The claret vintage series: part one 1988

Overall vintage rating ***

In many ways a classic vintage for aficionados, with no superstars outside of Sauternes and Barsac, by far the most successful appellation in this vintage. But we are focusing on claret, i.e., red Bordeaux, here.  The vintage of 1988 was more successful on the left bank, but even here the results were mixed. Only average wines were made in St-Estephe and Margaux, but some very good ones in Pauillac and St-Julien. On the right bank the results were patchy, but there were a few strong efforts apparently, notable among them Lafleur and Certan De May in Pomerol, wines I have not tried.

In this series I will list what I consider to be the top ten wines of the vintage, but these are only wines I have tried. In my opinion the wine of the vintage is Mouton Rothschild, a wine, which is only just starting to blossom after a slow start. It is a close call though, between the two Rothschilds. Lafite is a wine that is evolving even more glacially, and will always be in the running. It is a quintessentially classic style of Lafite, without an ounce of fat. Like Mouton it is true to the house style.

Likewise Latour, which has been drinking well for a few years and the Pichons, which have been drinking for two decades. Haut-Brion is a classic example evolving at about the same rate as Mouton.Among the other success stories Gruaud-Larose, Leoville Barton and Lynch Bages are very classic clarets, which are drinking beautifully. In fact, the 1988 is my favourite ever Lynch. Apart from the two Pomerols mentioned above, any wines unlucky not to be included in the list? Probably Leoville-Lascases, Talbot and Pape Clement, but probably few others really. Angelus is the only right bank representative on the list.

There are several disappointing wines, which will never give much pleasure. Chateau Margaux for example is as hard as nails. The 1998 Margaux is much more accessible; indeed even the 2008 Margaux is friendlier than the 1988. Down in that neck of the woods La Lagune borders on being anorexic. As already mentioned there are few wines to write home about on the right bank. But there are enough good wines in the benchmark appellations of Pauillac and St-Julien, and superstars in Sauternes/Barsac, to make this overall a good vintage. 

Top ten clarets of the 1988 vintage

10. Angelus, St-Emilion
9. Leoville-Barton, St-Julien
8. Lynch-Bages, Pauillac
7. Gruaud-Larose, St-Julien
6. Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan
5. Pichon-Baron, Pauillac
4. Pichon-Lalande, Pauillac
3. Latour, Pauillac
2. Lafite, Pauillac
1. Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac

Top wines in Q2 2013

It was a cracking quarter for drinking fine wines culminating in my birthday celebrations in late May. Here is my top 50

50. Chateau Margaux 1947
49. Anne Gros Bourgogne Haut Cotes De Nuits 2010
48. Chateau Talbot 1981
47. Marc Colin Saint Aubin Les Murgurs Aux Dents Du Chien 2011
46. Chateau Margaux 2006
45. Pierre Yves Colin Morey Chassagne Montrachet Ancegnieres 2010
43. Noel Verset Cornas 1999
42. Philippe Colin Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chaumees 2009
41. Lafarge Volnay Clos De Chenes 1998
40. Tabernum (Cuilleron, Villard & Gaillard) 2010
39. Feyles Barbaresco Riserva 1989
38. Drouhin-Laroze Chambertin Clos De Beze 2008
37. Louis Latour Romanee Saint Vivant Les Quatre Journaux 2002
36. Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru 2007
35. Michel Colin Deleger Chassagne Montrachet En Remilly 2011
34. Drouhin-Laroze Bonnes Mares 2009
33. Drouhin-Laroze Chapelle Chambertin 2009
32. Ultriea La Claudina 2010
31. Chateau Talbot 1986

30. Lefevre Chablis Le Clos 2002

29. Pavillon Blanc Du Chateau Margaux 2003

28. Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru La Forest 2006

27. Chateau Margaux 2008

26. Torbreck Run Rig 2001

25. Vincent Bouzereau Meursault Narvaux 2010

24. Dauvissat Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses 2009

23. Keller Trockenbeerauslese 2008

22. Mount Mary Quintet 1999

21. Louis Latour Criots-Batard Montrachet 2000

20. Noel Verset Cornas 1990

19. Philipponnat Clos De Goisses 2002

18. Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru La Boudroitte 1992

17.Daniel Rion Vosne Romanee Les Beaux Monts 2007

16. La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Bousse d'Or 1996

15. Guigal Cote Rotie 1976

15.Chateau Latour 1997

14. Jamet Cote-Rotie 1997

13. Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet 2008

12. Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots 2004

11. Chateau Latour 1983

10. Chateau Latour 1985

9. Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1983

8. Chateau Margaux 2001

7. Chateau Margaux 2009

6. Chateau Margaux 1996

5. Ramonet Montrachet 1988

4. Chateau Latour 1982

3. Chateau Margaux 2010

2. Chateau D’Yquem 2001

1. Domaine De La Romanee Conti, Romanee Conti 1980