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Erm is it worth mentioning I am a senior account manager for a wine merchants with 15+ years in the trade?
If anyone needs advice and indeed wants to buy some vino I can get it sent anywhere in the country.
Had a quick squiz: for around £100 I have some 2015 Pontet-Canet, fifth-growth Pauillac, 96+ points
A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, 50% of the 2015 Pontet-Canet was aged in new French oak, while 15% was matured in second fill barrels and 35% in cement amphorae. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose opens with exuberant black currants, red currants and black raspberries scents plus an evocative undercurrent of cedar chest, dusty earth, cloves, chocolate box and Provence herbs with a fragrant waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied and built like a brick house with very firm, wonderfully grainy tannins and black and red fruits charged with the most singular energy, it finishes with incredible persistence and depth.
Also Luciano Sandrone Barolo Aleste 2014, 93 points
This is the second year Aleste is produced instead of Cannubi Boschis, however the grapes are exactly the same. The 2014 Barolo Aleste is named after Luciano Sandrone's grandchildren Alessia and Stefano. The 2014 is still wound up and will require extra time to find its footing. The Sandrone family lost 25% of their fruit production in this challenging harvest. The wine offers fragrant notes of wild cherry and cassis with smoke, crushed stone and candied orange peel. The tannins are firm and textured. It is the palate (more than the nose) that requires more time to soften.
Just a couple. You will also get things like Valbuena from Vega Sicilia, Super-Tuscans like Sassacaia, top Brunellos and Barberescos, top wines from the new world etc. If you want them to drink it shortly then maturity becomes a key factor.
If you want white then 1er/Grand Cru white Burgundies, top white Ermitage or Chateauneuf-du-Pape from the Rhone, or white Bordeaux from Graves like Domaine de Chevalier. Champagne will be like shooting fish in a barrel, NV Krug and most of the Grand Marque's vintage or Prestige Cuvees. Dessert wines like sauternes, Trockenbeerenuslese, Tokaij and eiswein will be up there.