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Christmas present for Purple pagers

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Last night, along with fellow wine writers Neal Martin and James Suckling (proud father of Isabel the Choirgirl, number three in the UK classicial charts), I attended a massive vertical of the great Pomerol La Conseillante from 2009 back to 1945. It was held in the private room above Michelin-starred Chez Bruce in south London and was organised by Farr Vintners.

I'll be reporting in full on it with all tasting notes, scores and suggested drinking dates as usual (see 40 vintages of  Conseillante back to 1945). However, there was one vintage that showed extremely well that is currently...