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Bordeaux 2009 – more tasting notes

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See this guide to our Bordeaux 2009 coverage.

As promised, here is a set of tasting notes on some of the wines I didn't manage to taste when in Bordeaux three weeks ago, and an occasional re-taste of a significant wine that I feared I may have underrated.

I think that the appellations Médoc and Haut-Médoc in particular are likely to yield some of 2009's most outstanding bargains – indeed they may prove to be some of the few bargains available, although it was heartening to see that the Sichels released Ch d'Angludet in Margaux at a fairly reasonable price...