Bordeaux 2000 Horizontal

All wines were tasted blind.

• 2000 Château Léoville Las Cases 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Very primary fruit, harsh structure and some spices. Aftertaste is short and overall the wine is a bit "boring" at the moment. Could have needed more decanting time to hopefully open it up a bit more.

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• 2000 Château Léoville Poyferré 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Balanced and "cool" style fruit and also some complexity despite being young. Lovely perfumed nose. Juicy and herbaceous.
  Great wine with a huge potential.

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• 2000 Château Léoville Barton 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Primary fruit with a very lovely structure. Excellent fruit depth but also still very primary.
  A huge wine and I simply loved it!

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• 2000 Château Lynch-Bages 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Intense plum-like fruit, elegant and with fine tannins. Great wine!

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• 2000 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Juicy black currant fruit with a touch of barnyard/manure and coffee.
  Primary, intense and powerful but still with an amazing balance! One of the best Baron's I have tasted.

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• 2000 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Rust and blood mixed with young elegant fruit. Rose petals on the nose. Lovely.
  Definitely 94p++

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• 2000 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único 95 Points

  Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

  Extremely intense but packed with coconut and vanilla. Dense in its fruit core and with a touch of sweetness.
  An amazing wine!

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• 2000 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  Coffee, wet hay and animal cage. Extreme tannins. Needs time but with a great potential.

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• 2000 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon 95 Points

  France, Champagne

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• 2000 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 94 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Sassicaia

  Cool and tight Bdx-style fruit profile but still in an expressive way.
  Herbs and green bell pepper. Lovely wine.

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• 2000 Giuseppe Quintarelli Cabernet Alzero 95 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Veneto IGT

  Dense sweet fruit but not overdone in any way. It is concentrated but not like the vintages before this.
  This is not my favorite Alzero and I lacked the sweet fruit core that usually meant that possibility of very long aging.

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• 2000 Château Le Gay Pomerol 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

  Elegant and light blackberry fruit with a lovely and refined structure. Still very young. Lovely wine.

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• 2000 Château Trotanoy 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

  Green bell pepper and black currant fruit with a touch of vanilla. Crazy structure but also a stunning balance.
  An absolutely stunning wine!

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• 2000 Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Plus 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol

  Dense and compact fruit. Extreme but not in a defective way. Crazy structure but also quite bitter in the aftertaste.
  Very intense but also off balance..

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• 2000 Château Figeac 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Compact fruit core and very young but unfortunately quite closed. Very "green" and with rough tannins.

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• 2000 Tertre Rôteboeuf 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Blood and coffee but also very juicy. Elegant and very lovely to drink. Some "green" notes but a huge intensity.

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• 2000 Château Clos St. Martin 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Huge structure but also very young. Not quite sure of what to think of this but it seems like a very good wine. There was just something that didn't peak for me despite the obvious quality.

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• 2000 La Mondotte 96 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Very impressive wine that just jumps out of the glass. Creamy texture and some concentration of the fruit but still in a refined and refreshing way.
  Amazing wine!!

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• 2000 Château d'Yquem 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  A decent sauternes but for me it lacked depth, concentration and botrytis. When revealed, I was slightly disappointed.

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• 2000 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 94 Points

  France, Champagne

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