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• viking92067 Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 12, 2024 - Not acquired new. 6 hour decant. Fully mature and do not see it improving. Reading through the notes I thought that the 12/25/2022 note by PJVINEYARDS was spot on. I thought the finish was a bit clipped and the wine lacked the minerality I love in an older Bordeaux.

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• Burgundy Al wrote: 89 points

  February 11, 2024 - Good Wine with an Exciting Super Bowl (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Walk around tasting. Very good black fruit with power and depth, just too firm on its long-ish finish. Cellar longer.

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• boillatm Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 1, 2024 - Acquired bottles of different vintages from this château at an auction a couple of months ago for 40 CHF each.
  Based on this bottle, it was a steal! Beautiful mature Saint-Emilion with enticing nose and very good length. Again one of these wines that make me love bdx.
  Thanks to PURPLETOOTH for the prod.

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• Purple Tooth wrote: 93 points

  December 30, 2023 - Despite the overwhelming hype around many underwhelming wines from 2000, the Monbousquet is probably the very best from the producer and or definitely a runner up with its 98 stablemate. This is definitely the last great vintage from the classic era, as the next "great vintage" the 2003, can seem contrived and sloppy. Here we have soft earth, deep and slightly liquored raspberries, and beautiful balance that has lost the initial sweetness that is in the backseat now, but re-emerges during the second half of the bottle. We have new elements of coffee and cedar developing, saying: please drink me, I a here! Put this in your Drink section and dont miss it.

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• AllRed wrote: 86 points

  November 25, 2023 - 4th Saturday Group: Uptown Brown Bag (V&M's): Double blind. Faded garnet with a good bit of bricking. Aromas of red currant, iron, bouillon and tea leaf. This has that "just a bit too old" aroma. Medium-bodied, with flavors of red berry fruit, iron and rare beef flavors. Easy to pick out as Bordeaux, but I'd have thought a good bit older. Based on other '00s we've tasted recently, I am fairly confident in saying this was not a representative bottle. (MM)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Château Monbousquet
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 000002563053, 000004405740, 000004492061, 000004751007, 071570014568, 071570018054, 2000217111559, 3258691387345, 3258691439150, 3277035311655, 802236000829

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• Pending Delivery 53 (1%)
• In Cellars 5,214 (57%)
• Consumed 3,960 (43%)

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