The 2008 Great Bordeaux Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in pictures

The 2008 Great Bordeaux Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

Before the masterclass: opening and decanting the wines

Before the masterclass: A case of the Mouton ’96, en magnum

Before the masterclass: Two vintages of the second wine, Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild, also featured

Hervé Berland, Managing Director of Château Mouton-Rothschild and Decanter publishing director, Sarah Kemp, take their places for the Mouton masterclass

One of the stars: the ’89 Mouton

The wines of Château La Lagune

The Grand Tasting: Château de Sours in Entre-Deux-Mers

Masterclass attendees at the end of another star-studded line-up

Stephen Carrier (left), the new general manager of Château Fieuzal and Jean-Jacques Bonnie (right) owner of Malartic-Lagravière share a joke at the Graves masterclass.

Veronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly in the Graves during the masterclass

Hubert de Bouard, of Château Angelus, one of the stars of the Grand Tasting

Mark O’Halleron, Decanter tastings manager and Marie-Louise Schÿler of Château Petit Village before the Pomerol Seduction masterclass

Guests at the Grand Tasting

At the Grand Tasting: a fabulous colour

The calm before the storm: just before the doors open

Assessing the colour: the Graves masterclass

Another Graves, another great colour

At the Grand Puy Ducasse stand

Masterclass lineup