Tasting 7 Bordeaux of the 2000 vintage
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Tasted Tuesday, August 3, 2004 by bestdamncab with 66 views
Introduction
Tasting to review inexpensive 2000 Bordeaux.
Flight 1 - 7 Examples of 2000 Bordeaux. (7 Notes)
Reasonably priced, medium term drinking, still available, worth the search.
Closing
Chateau L'Eglise Clinet has the most potential and rated #1 by the Wine Group while the Chateau les Cruzelles was a great buy.
The Wine Group rated the Chateau La Tour du Pin Figeac second.
2000 Château La Tour du Pin Figeac (Giraud-Bélivier) 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Medicinal nose with great tobacco, typical Bordeaux, great acid on palate, great tobacco and fruit tonight, sweet fruit, and a medium/long finish, needs 5 years. My #1 tie of 7.
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2000 Château les Cruzelles 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
nose of cranberry and tobacco, great Bordeaux taste tonight, on the palate, very rich and intense frit, opened nicely, long, tobacco finish. My #1 tie of 7.
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2003 Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Plus 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
Nose of clay earth, pipe tobacco, sweet and sour fruit, same on the palate, needs 2 maybe 4 years to peak, long finish. My #3 of 7.
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2000 Château L'Eglise-Clinet 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Lovely nose of earth and tobacco, deep, nice taste, very muddy chocolate pie on the palate, sweet, vanilla finish, needs 2 years to peak. My #4 tie of 7.
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2000 Château Moulin Saint-Georges 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Very much tobacco and earth both on the nose and taste, lovely, fruity taste, opened slowly, tart, lovely fruit, lovely taste noted twice, nice, medium finish. My #4 tie of 7.
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2000 Château Cantenac Brown 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Best earthy nose tonight, great, rich fruit but simple fruit, lots of nice fruit, slightly closed, needs time, lighter style, medium finish. My # 4 tie of 7.
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2000 Château Plaisance (Bordeaux Supérieur) 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur
Intense tobacco nose and taste, rich, but one dimensional, shows some sweatsox, medium/long finish. My #7 of 7.
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