Rene Rostaing worked in real estate before turning his hand to wine in 1971, but it wasn't until 2000 that he devoted all his time to his estate. Today, he looks after 7.4 hectares across 14 lieux-dits and 20 separate plots in Côte Rôtie. Since 1996 he produces just three wines - the Classic from a blend of 11 different lieux-dits, a seductive Côte Blonde and a densely structured La Landonne. +The 2009 Côte Rôtie Classique exhibits sweeter, riper fruit as well as abundant raspberry and cherry notes intermixed with bacon fat and spice...+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate.

"Replacing the Petit Chapelle cuvee and first made in 2015, the 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue is smoking good. Black fruits, charcoal, powdered rock, currants and chocolate notes all give way to a big, concentrated, impressively structures barrel sample that has tons of potential. I expect the tannin will have integrated by the time this is released, but a few years of bottle age still recommended." - Jeb Dunnuck

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste produce some of the best value wines in the Pauillac region, if not simply some of the best quality in general. Cabernet based reds are their staple and generally produce wines of a robust and masculine nature. In recent years the wines are close to rivalling the famed Pichons .

World Best Syrah Competition 2015 - No1 World Best Syrah!!. A nice and intense ink color. The nose is expressive, with black fruit. It shows aromas of cedar and intense tanins. A grand wine : balance, density, texture, structureIt embodies elegance and delicacy.

Intense and aromatic with sweet spices, floral notes of peonies and very ripe fruit. The palate is powerful and harmonious with a long finish.

Originating from the southern Bordeaux region of Pessac-Léognan, Domaine de Chevalier is known for reds that are deep in colour, a nose that is restrained at first, but full of complexity and a palate that has power and length of flavour. Some are of the beleif that their wines are verging on the reputation of Haut-Brion and La Mission ... and with wines like this amazing 2009 it isn't hard to see why. Classic Pessac characters of red currants, cedar and asiatic spices are all in evidence in a wine that isn't the boldest of the vintage, but more classical and restrained. Pure Bordeaux.

Château Clos Fourtet was once a fort used to protect the ancient medieval village of Saint-Émilion. Fourtet now produces wines of intense blackberry and liquorice and lovely ripe tannins. Always an elegant wine, but balanced with plump fruit to appeal to most. Merlot plays the dominant role in the blend delivering the trademark softness of Saint-Émilion wines. The specific 2009 example is a wine of truly epic proportions. Some have even considered it to be the greatest young Bordeaux to have ever been produced! A cacophony of flavours including blue and purple fruit, forest floor, cassis, red cherries and aniseed. The fruit is clearly defined along with the expert integration of oak, tannin and acid. A truly remarkable achievement in winemaking.