TASTING 2002 BORDEAUX

2002 Chateau Le Bourdillot

65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon.

This medium to full bodied wine shows refreshing notes of redcurrants and plums as well as cassis, bitter chocolate and a hint of gun smoke.The hand picked estate grown grapes were destemmed, crushed and cold soaked before being fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks over a period of five to seven days. The wine was then transferred to French oak barrels, 20% of which were new, for malolactic conversion and 12 months' ageing. The wine was bottled without fining or filtering.

2002 Chateau Haut-Chaigneau

Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Located in the commune of Neac, Haut-Chaigneau is one of the largest, most beautiful estates in Lalande de Pomerol. Wine was made here as long ago as the 15th century. This ancient vineyard, rediscovered by Andre Chatonnet, is currently planted with the finest premium grape varieties (Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon). Each vineyard plot is harvested only when it has reached optimum maturity. The wine is slowly and naturally barrel-aged in a unique underground cellar. Haut-Chaigneau is universally appreciated for its impressively consistent and attractive style. The chateau's steady progress over the past few years has unquestionably made it a benchmark in Lalande de Pomerol. Robert Parker says of this wine: "An elegant,stylish effort with considerable class and personality, this is a good, solild, attractive, mid-weight, dark ruby-colored 2001 offering notes of sweet vanilla, black cherry fruit, currants, and cocoa. It is best drunk over the next 5-6 years." -Robert Parker.

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