Here is a preview summary of a massive blind tasting of 2001 red bordeaux held recently, a description of which will be published in free for all on Saturday, with deteailed tasting notes on Friday:
MY TOP WINES
with my score out of 20 in brackets
Lafite (18.5)
Haut-Brion (18)
Eglise Clinet (18)
Latour (18)
Margaux (18)
Le Pin (18)
Pontet Canet (18)
BEST BUYS
in approximately declining order of price
Haut Bergey (17)
Batailley (15.5)
Haut Bages Averous (16.5)
Gloria (15.5)
Haut Bages Libéral (15.5-)
Chasse Spleen (15)
Fiefs de Lagrange (15)
Most amusingly, the top wine...