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by Rainer Guntermann
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are your top ten favorite estates?
Replies: 46
Views: 2178

Re: What are your top ten favorite estates?

For me, in no specific order:

Lynch Bages
Leoville Barton
Beychevelle
Pichon Lalande
Petite Eglise
Gloria
Lanessan
Clos du Marquis
Ducru Beaucaillou
Domaine de Chevalier

Cheers
Rainer
by Rainer Guntermann
Sat May 15, 2021 3:26 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Two 2000 crus bourgeois
Replies: 8
Views: 819

Re: Two 2000 crus bourgeois

I really like Lanessan a lot and have drunk through 2 cases in the last years and ordered it often in our favourite restaurant in Hamburg due to its excellent QPR. The 2000 is a very reliable wine and a bottle 4 weeks ago was mature, but as Orlando said far away from falling over the cliff. Dark fru...
by Rainer Guntermann
Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Lynch-Bages thread
Replies: 56
Views: 2610

Re: The Lynch-Bages thread

Hi all, long time lurking but this thread makes a response necessary: In my book Lynch Bages is really second growth quality. Looking at 1970 Lynch it is head and shoulders above Pichon Baron, Cos, Montrose etc. It is a wine that delivers even in difficult vintages as 1981, 1999, 2002 or 2007. 1961,...