Bordeaux 2014 revisited 10 years on

Fragrant and deeply herbal, a mixture of fresh and savoury. Clean and clear, immediately quite zingy with acidity to the fore and while this doesn't...

Juicy and lively, couldn't be more different from Petrus, this is alive and fresh, lifted and really quite aerial and delicate in style. Lifted, aromatically...

Fragrant and expressive on the nose, beguiling and totally inviting. Smooth, supple, energetic, lively and with understated power. This is great, full of life and...

Minty and savoury beefy notes, almost animal with plums, blueberries, crayon and pencil lead. Shiny and sleek, juicy and clean. This is lightly presented, lovely...

Bloody, iron tang, floral, touches of orange and graphite and iris – so Lafleur. Crystalline and so pure, smooth and supple, this has excellent energy...

Floral rose and raspberry scents on the nose. Supple and agile, this is bright and tangy, with the focus on the acidity and the purity...

Quite vivid aromatics on the nose, deep and heady, blue fruit, peppercorns, liquorice and cocoa powder. Fruity and really quite dense in terms of chewiness...

Strongly scented nose with the faintest hint of tertiary aromas, a soft coffee, vanilla, herbal aspect. Supple and juicy, really quite grippy and intense, not...

Intensely fragrant and aromatic, perfumed with dark chocolate, coffee, blackcurrant, graphite and liquorice with slight leather aspects. Round and nicely filling, not weighty at all,...

Intensely fragrant nose, really quite perfumed and floral and expressive. Supple and alive, though quite highly charged too – fruit is ripe but the tannins...

Savoury dried herbs and lifted red fruits on the nose. Tense and tangy, this has real bite to it on the palate, I like the...

Blueberries, green peppercorns, tobacco, liquorice and purple flowers – a lovely nose. Grippy, tense, tangy and precise, you can feel the St-Julien terroir and the...

Strongly scented with dried herbs and dark fruits. Streamlined and linear, this is quite straight at this point, a nice initial fruity, juicy burst with...

Strongly scented on the nose. Smooth and supple, this has bite and tang and grip, a juicy almost sweet centre with lovely aspects of creaminess...

Baked cherries, fresh plums and some sweet cedar notes. Supple and nicely agile on the palate. Great juicy middle and sense of life, it constricts...

Softly fragrant, a gentle meaty tertiary note to the nose, lots of floral aromatics and some beefy gravy notes. Lovely brightness, acidity is on show...

Heady fragrance nose, smells ripe and potent. Thick almost on the palate, this definitely has some sweet fruit aspects, mixed with herbal touches and minerality...

Intensely aromatic nose, floral and lifted but deep and dark too. Ripe and fully flavoured, if not weighty and plush. This has concentration and a...

Truffles and dark chocolate with dark fruits on the nose. Round and nicely filling, bright and buzzy, not tangy as the fruit and acidity isn't...

Really dark fruit, blackcurrants, cherries, plums and total cabernet markers, mint, tobacco, dried herbs. Supple and alive, this has an excellent bounce to the expression...

Dried flowers, pot pourri and dried cranberries on the nose. Juicy and fresh, this has bite and grip, a feeling of soft density in the...

Highly charged and fully aromatic on the nose. Bright and fresh, a lovely hit of acidity which gives the blueberries and black cherries lift with...

Full and forward, this has body and bones, nice high acidity but balanced with cool blue fruits and well integrated tannins that have a soft...

Salty, meaty elements on the nose, quite savoury and toasted with accents of dark blackcurrant, plum, oak and graphite. Silky and a little bit sombre,...

Szechuan peppercorns on the nose, something quite spiced, maybe woody, with fragrant blackcurrants too. Sleek and streamlined, tangy and vibrant but with some tension that...

Nice aromatic intensity on the nose, full and forward. High toned, bright and lively but balanced giving quite a fun, energetic expression. It's lean and...

Coffee beans, sour cherries, some soft truffle notes emerging, floral-edged raspberries with green peppercorns too. Quite lean – this is streamlined but manages to have...

Earthy and savoury, gently fruity and floral. Nice feeling of easy enjoyment about this, not plush or as full as some, but not as tart...

Nice balance and presentation, great combination of ripe fruit with fresh minerality and cooling mint touches giving this great drinkability and accessibility. Has structure and...

Oyster shell and sea spray on the nose. Sharp and tangy, acidity is at the fore, bright and upfront before this turns a little lean...

Lifted and tangy on the palate, bright fruits and fresh acidities – it's clean and precise, fun and easy to enjoy. Lots of cool blue...

Sour cherries, cinnamon and vanilla on the nose, some oaky touches. Juicy and lively, definitely a nice combination of strawberry and raspberry fruit with high...

A dark and concentrated nose, with caramel, leather, sweet vanilla and cedar notes as well as dark berry aromas. Feels a little over the top,...

Bright rose petals and raspberry notes on the nose. So floral. Supple and alive in the glass, I like the style to this, graceful but...

Juicy and forward, a nice initial burst of fruit but then streamlines and becomes more serious. I like the cool, easy nature of this, it's...

Strong and well defined, smooth and really quite lifted with bright acidity – this is buzzy and tangy, the opposite of Carruades which is dark,...

Dark chocolate and slightly savoury notes on the nose. Bright and high toned on the palate, an instant hit of quite high acidity – strawberry...

Strong nose, supple and forward, quite highly charged in terms of fruit ripeness. Fruit fades a little quickly, leaving some mineral stones and dry tannins...

Seriously potent and fragrant on the nose, floral aromas and dark fruits. Feels a little pushed from the nose alone. Relatively round and balanced on...

Lifted and fun, not weighty or plush at all, this is streamlined and linear, verging on austere but the initial red berry fruit continues alongside...

Coffee, sour cherries, some sweet cedar on the nose. Supple, juicy and full initially but then loses some of the fruity burst and settles with...

Perfumed and highly charged aromatics on the nose. Juicy and high toned, just shy of tart but nicely tangy and upfront before settling quite quickly...

A little savoury on the nose and palate, some meaty aspects coming through, accenting the bright fruit with some gravy, meaty tones. Good juiciness, there's...

At first quite buzzy but the initial bright fruit settles very quickly revealing a mineral, chalkiness on the tongue and cheeks. Not powdery as such,...

Smooth and darkly fruity with cool blue fruits and licks of liquorice and graphite. It's fine, not so impactful in terms of flavour, acidity not...

A little tart and high toned and a little green and powdery. Not the best in the line up, lots of ripe fruit and high...

Nice fragrance on the nose. Bright, high toned and quite linear. Initially very fully flavoured, concentrated and ripe red berry fruit, but the expression also...

Full and savoury, notes of gravy, meat, coffee, sour cherries. High acidity meets some rustic tannins, giving this a bit of a coarse expression. Not...

Smells very Le Gay – perfumed oak, potpourri and caramelised toast. Juicy and more alive on the palate than the nose suggests, but also a...