Second wine
742. Château Troplong-Mondot, Mondot Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, 2010
Bought at the estate, after a fantastic lunch at their restaurant, then a tour of the estate. Not cheap, but a very enjoyable bottle …
690. Château Lascombes, Chevalier de Lascombes Margaux, 2004
Picked up at the Château when Katy and I visited, the day after the Marathon du Médoc. This was one of the tasting wines, …
497. Château Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac, 1979
So, continuing the Katy / Whippet ’79 theme, this was served with roast lamb. 1979 wasn’t a great year for Bordeaux, so this was …
463. Tenuta San Guido, Guidalberto IGT Toscana, 2004
Tasted in class for our Central Italy lectures, and was clearly ‘outstanding’, so I took the rest of the bottle home. Great flavour concentration, …
154. Château Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac, 1975
Very pleasant way of celebrating my 29th birthday – completing the set of Latour 1975s! Found this on eBay, and a pretty good piece …
121. Château Lafite-Rothschild, Carruades de Lafite Pauillac, 1998
2nd wine of Château Lafite. Another courtesy of J&B. Stood up OK to venison stew for Christmas 2003. Deep red-purple colour, but even to …
74. Châteaux Langoa & Leoville Barton, La Reserve de Leoville Barton St Julien, 1998
…the second wine of Leoville Barton, which – though relatively young as a ’98 – was a reasonably elegant compromise between the Latour and …