Bordeaux 2007 – Red Graves

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I had hoped to find rather more excitement here than I did. It sometimes seemed as though all the fairy dust had been saved for the dry whites. But the team at Haut-Brion did remarkably well again, especially with Ch Haut-Brion. Yet again this year we were treated to a major change: this time the renaming of Bahans as Le Clarence de Haut-Brion. 
 

PESSAC-LÉOGNAN AND GRAVES
 
Ch Bouscaut 2007 Pessac-Léognan Rouge 15.5 Drink 2010-14
Mild and mid weight with a little astringency. A bit underripe. No forcing and very...