Amazing Bordeaux

Last week's Bordeaux class at SFWC was amazing - tasting 5 decades of Bordeaux was really a special sensory experience. It was unfortunate that the oldest samples were oxidized - 1964 Chateau Leoville Poyferre from Saint-Julien and 1970 Chateau Haut Brion from Pessac Leognan - but that is the risk with older wines, especially when you don't know how they were stored or traveled before you acquired them. Still, my sensory education of Bordeaux over the last few weeks has been fascinating, and in particular I've really enjoyed these wines:

1. Chateau Brane-Cantenac 2008 - Margaux 
2. Chateau Langoa-Barton 2000 - Saint Julien
3. Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 1996 – Saint-Julien
4. Chateau Beychevelle 1981 – Saint-Julien
5. Chateau Longueville Baron de Pichon 1978 – Pauillac
6. Chateau Margaux Pavillon Blanc 2005 – Margaux (white)
7. Chateau Nairac 1976 – Sauternes (dessert)

I think of my friend Ghislain, Bordeaux native and winemaking student who interned with us at Wiemer for the 2010 harvest, and I wonder what he thinks of these?

Slainte!
(That's 'Cheers' in French!)