A brief guide to 2001 red bordeaux

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...