Bordeaux 2004 – Pauillac

13 apr: At last – the most glamorous collection of names, and wines too –  although, as ever, there are some surprising exceptions.

The Pauillacs seemed to me a much more successful bunch than the St Juliens previously reviewed – the most consistent showing in Bordeaux 2004s in fact. As usual I tasted as many wines as possible blind but this is impossible with the first growths (varied), Grand Puy Lacoste and Haut Batailley, and with the wines of Pichon Lalande (on top form this year) as you can perhaps tell from the background comments in square brackets which I...