Community Tasting Note
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Arinbraghe wrote: 82 points
March 23, 2015 - Disappointing, given that this chateau is often cited for honest, classically-proportioned Bordeaux, and of course this particular bottle hails from a one-time 'vintage of the century,' before the proceeding decade made that quaint phrase into a 95+ point joke. (Of course, 2000 Bordeaux has since proved to be more of a minefield than a tide that raised all ships, but that's another discussion...) Honestly this wine is just totally dull now, neither ripe enough to please the flavor-chasers, nor severe enough to please classicists, nor indeed classic enough to draw a curled lip from the hipster wine bar crowd. It does make me wonder, given its (semi) pedigree, if there was a point at which this wine was "mature" without tasting dried-out and anemic, or if it just dawdled its way into senility without ever having achieved an "oh yes that's claret" moment of distinction. Regardless, I can think of a lot better ways to spend thirty bucks.
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