The same rules apply, 10 points for a win and a star all the way down to one point for 10^th place. Usually we get a disparate set of results for this section; in all 29 estates were selected. Rather surprisingly one wine shone out as a clear winner. Denis Durantou’s La Chenade from Lalande de Pomerol took five of the possible eight top spots. Guess what we’ll all be drinking in four or five years’ time... Those who narrowly missed out included: Montlandrie, Lalande Borie, Fonbel, Haut Batailley, Grande Maye, Cantemerle and Moulin StGeorges.

Ten points for a first place and a star, nine points for a second place all the way down to one point for tenth place. We thus get a democratically elected list of our favourite wines.

First and Second places are taken by stars of the Right Bank, but there are strong showings from all of the Medoc’s First Growths. Unlike other years where there has been a stand out favourite, there were six different ‘top wines’.