Bordeaux at the Roundhouse

Chateau Montrose 1989
St-Estephe. Deuxièmes Crus
St Estephe is the northernmost commune of the Medoc region in Bordeaux, famous for their heavier soils and more dense and chewy styles of wine. The soils are gravel and black sand with a sub soil of clay and marl.Chateau Montrose is one of the best known super seconds and is consistently rated highly by Parker and Wine Spectator.

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1989
Pauillac. Deuxièmes Crus
With 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 8% Petit Verdot, Pichon Lalande has an unusually high proportion of Merlot for a Pauillac property, which tends to make the tannic structure of this wine slightly softer than wines from many other classified Pauillac châteaux, which particularly in France is described as a more “feminine” style. Pauillac is music to the ears of wine lovers. It is situated just north of St-Julien and three of the five First Growths are in this soil, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Latour. An iron fist wrapped in a velvet glove is the term often used for these dark fruit driven wines with very tight and focused tannin structures.

Chateau Leoville Poyferre 1989
St-Julien. Deuxièmes Crus
Léoville-Poyferré was once part of the much larger Léoville estate until the time of the French Revolution when it was separated into Château Léoville-Las Cases and Château Léoville-Barton. In 1840, Château Léoville-Las Cases was again divided and Château Léoville-Poyferré created from a piece of the land. St-Julien is the smallest of the Medoc communes but has the highest percentage of classified growths, 95%. Beautiful, earthy, dark fruit, yet focused wines.

Chateau Angelus 1989
St-Emilion. Premiers Grand Cru
The name refers to the three Angelus bells audible from the vineyards, coming from the chapel at Mazerat, the church in Saint-Martin de Mazeret and Saint-Émilion. Angélus is currently managed by Hubert de Boüard, with the consultancy of the oenologist Michel Rolland.The estate consists of 23.4 hectares with a grape variety of 51% Merlot, 47% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. The annual production averages 10,000 cases of the Grand vin. On the right bank, further inland, St Emilion is famous for its Merlot driven wines, and has hilly features, as opposed to the flatter region of the Medoc. The unique limestone and clay soils impart the incredible character of these wines.

Vieux Chateau Certan 1999
Pomerol.
Vieux Château Certan is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The winery is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Pomerol in the department Gironde. As all wine produced in this appellation, Vieux Château Certan is unclassified, but the estate is long recognised as among the great growths of the region, and by some reckoned comparable to neighbouring estate Château Pétrus. Pomerol is renowned for its fine clay soils which give the wines an incredibly fine texture, underlining the lovely plummy fruits and earthy flavours.