Chateau Bernadotte Haut Medoc Frankreich

60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, Traces of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
Three and a half stars at the 2004 annual Cru Bourgeois Experience
Commanderie de Bordeaux, Hong Kong Chapter 18 September 2004 - Vincent TK Cheung, le Ma�tre.
Decanter - James Lawther
October 2004
SILVER MEDAL DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS - October 2004
Complex oaky mineral nose. Fruit and spice. Beautifully elegant. 2-5 years.
Decanter - Anthony Rose
October 2003
**** Highly recommended. Restrained ripe fruit, harmonised with elegant smokiness. Refined palate. Sufficient depth underneath full fruit tannin structure. Will evolve well. 3-8 years
The Wine Advocate - Robert Parker
April 23, 2003
89/100. This property (which borders Lafite, Mouton, and Pontet Canet) is owned by the proprietors of Pichon-Lalande. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, the 2000 is an elegant, nicely textured, smoky, sweet wine offering scents of caramels intermixed with blackcurrants, cherries, cedar, and licorice. Supple-textured and lush, it should be enjoyed over the next 6-7 years. A sleeper of the vintage.
GOLD MEDAL at the 2002 annual Cru Bourgeois Experience
Commanderie de Bordeaux,
Hong Kong Chapter - 2 November 2002 - Vincent TK Cheung, le Ma�tre
Wine
July 2001
Dense, ripe, blackberry fruit, with an exotically ripe overtone. It�s young, oaky, vigorous, with high tannins and black cherry length. One to keep.
Wine Spectator - James Suckling
March 27, 2001
89-91. Seriously good Cabernet, with raspberry and grape skin. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a smoky, tobacco finish. Well done.
The Wine Advocate - Robert Parker
April 23, 2001
88-90. This is the finest offering yet produced under the administration of Madame de Lencquesaing (Pichon Lalande�s owner). A succulent, concentrated, deep ruby/purpled-colored wine, it exhibits considerable finesse as well as copious black currant fruit intermixed with spice box, chocolate, and cedar. Sweet tannin and good acidity provide delineation. Anticipated maturity : 2002-2012.