Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - Bordeaux 2000 - 20 Years On - 48 Reds: All tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) It´s a good vintage but not on par with more recent great vintages like 09/10/15/16. Why? A smaller group of top wines reaching lower highs and in general a tad less depth, purity and finesse. 2) Right bank is ready, the left bank still needs time to integrate and open up. 3) Not much tertiary aromas yet - peak drinking window at least 10 years away for most wines. 4) 2000 is a bit a cooler vintage which is great for the right bank (not too much ripeness). 5) Winners? Pomerol with the highest ratings. Le Pin (97+ pts) leading the pack for me (narrowly beating the consensus winner Pavie (97 pts).

More information, top and worst 10 lists, appellation rankings, out- and underperformer from five participants in the story link. As always, in such tastings (lots of wines, not a lot of time per wine, not decanted) the ranking of wines/appellations might be more informative than the scores.

TN: Another vintage vertical where Haut Brion didn’t perform (same was true for 2009/2010). I didn’t like the nose which showed very ripe, raisiny fruit and some soy sauce aromas. Far to ripe for my taste. Intense yes, precise yes but not enjoyable. If you like port-like aromas (as some in our group do), you might not have the same problem. At first the palate didn’t show well too with too much ripe fruit and some alcohol notes showing. But with time that cleared up a bit and it became fresher and more complex with finer tannins and a good freshness. You could sense that this is a wine with a lot of stuffing and that it would have needed a long decant to unfurl and show its true colors. I would like to revisit this soon to see what is possible. The high CT scores at least suggest, that this experience wasn’t really representative of what is possibl.e

Decanting: In my opinion, this will need a long decant (at least 3-4 hours?).

Group average: 92.5 pts
Group rank: Shared 25th out of 48

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