Southwold 2005s – left bank

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Below are my tasting notes from all the flights of left bank wines tasted at last month's blind Southwold tasting of 200 significant 2005 bordeaux. The flights appear in the order we tasted them, some of the most basic examples on the first afternoon and the rest next day, with the first growth and equivalent tasting not too late in the day, ie just before the Margaux and red Graves. 

Within each flight, however, wines have been re-ordered alphabetically to make it easier for you to find specific wines. I have left my tasting notes absolutely as they were when I tasted them, including...