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BIBENDUM BORDEAUX TASTING – 2005, 2004 and a ‘selection du Chateau’
The Nursery Pavilion at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London is the venue for Bibendum’s ground-breaking En Primeur tasting of classed growth Bordeaux — April 26, 2006. Customers will have the unique opportunity to taste:

• The brand new 2005 vintage from barrel samples
• The 2004 vintage of the same wines, to be bottled later this year
• A third recent vintage of the Chateau’s own choosing

This three-cornered tasting will offer potentially the only chance for prospective En Primeur purchasers in the UK to taste the new wines, both in the context of earlier vintages, and in the presence of the producers themselves.

With 30 chateaux expected at the tasting, there will be around 90 wines for customers to taste. In the context of this vintage, which is already attracting hype of interplanetary proportions, this is an unmissable chance for tasters to make up their own minds.

Customers will also have the chance to taste recent select vintages of Chateaux Cheval Blanc and d’Yquem, in the company of winemaker Olivier Berrouet.*

The full list of confirmed chateaux and producers for Lord’s is as follows:

Aiguilhe : Stefan Von Neipperg
Branaire Ducru : Patrick Maroteau
Camensac : Céline Villars + Jean-Pierre Foubet
Canon La Gaffelière : Stefan Von Neipperg
Cantenac Brown : José Sanfiins
Chasse Spleen : Céline Villars + Jean-Pierre Foubet
Cheval Blanc : Olivier Berrouet (winemaker)
Ferrière : Claire Villars
Gazin : Nicolas de Bailliencourt
Giscours : Alexander Van Beck
Gruaud Larose : David Launay
Haut Bages Libéral : Claire Villars
Haut Bailly : Véronique Sanders
Larcis Ducasse : Nicolas Thienpont
Pavie Macquin : Nicolas Thienpont
Petit Village : Christian Seely
Pichon Baron : Christian Seely
Pontet Canet : Alfred Tesseron
Smith Haut Lafitte : Daniel & Florence Cathiard
Suduiraut : Christian Seely
(Du) Tertre : Alexander Van Beck
Troplong Mondot : Christine Valette
Yquem : Olivier Berrouet (winemaker)

*vintages of Cheval Blanc and d’Yquem to be confirmed

Any later additions will be communicated as soon as we have them. Tickets for private individuals cost £30, obtainable from Bibendum via email sales@bibendum-wine.co.uk or by phone 020 7449 4120.