Spot on description by Wine Ratings. Ok all the options are here in that description, but read between the lines and it's minerality and advanced characteristics of maturity and fruit that dominate. Love the Gravelly and cola taste ideas. i had bought it for pennies, put it in the loft (I've created an insulated storage area, and it seems to have matured fine). i opened it for my daughters 18th with some char griddled lamb. It is mature but not necessarily past its' best. I'm happy to save a bottle for the 21st birthday. It might not get better but who else will be in a position to taste these aged characteristics of the wine. This will be a wine of memory and sentiment. Nothing can beat those flavours.
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Classic nose, tight palate – took a while for the wine to show its full colours, but it eventually proved itself to be a solid back-vintage Cru Bourgeois for a reasonable price. It’s always nice when someone else does the aging for you (providing its done right!), allowing for immediate enjoyment of a bottle showing plenty from 18 years of development. There was plenty of left-bank character on display, with strong black currant, herbs, gravel, and tobacco present, though not much in the way of cedarwood or toastiness at this point. Raspberry, plum, and black cherry made appearances, though the wine leaned much more towards the savoury side with black pepper, fennel, wet soil, and smokiness throughout. Age gave the wine notes of wet leaves, dusty leather, stewed tomatoes, and an overall barnyard sense. Hints of sweet spice showed through at times. The finish was an interesting combination of cola and orange zest, which eventually gave way back to the gravelly, smoky nature. With still-robust tannins and notable acidity, the structure certainly belied the signs of age on the nose/palate; a sign that the wine either needs more time to focus, or that it will simply never be in balance. With fruit appearing on its way out, I’m not sure how much of the former it has left…though for just $40 it may be worth a spot in the cellar to find out.
20 minute decant. Light to Medium body. Refined fruity floral perfumed nose. Blackcurrant, berries with hints of apricot or peach. There is a pressure from fruit flavours on the palate. The finish is a simple red fruited one, which has slightly less persistence than might be hoped for, but is still okay. I guess the age is showing in the finish a little. The wine held up really well on Day 2. It was richer and had perfect balance. No signs of oxidation, age or flatness. I drank this side-by-side with Barde Haut 2006, and both were evenly matched in the quality department. Verdict: This has a classic, reserved style, definitely a food wine, light and delicate and perfect for the sunday roast. 88-89 points.
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Provenant de la cave Champlain-Charest acheté en 2015 Un vin plutôt ordinaire en fin de vie. Une acidité encore présente mais le fruit ni était plus. Je n'ai vraiment pas apprécié au point de ne pas finir mon verre. Très déçu et incomparable au Lanessan 2000 acheté lors de la même vente, qui lui est tout simplement remarquable.
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Upon decanting soft rick garnet color. Aromas of Blackberries & Blueberries. Initial tanic nose w/good legs. Nose weakens after 2 hours as does wine profile. Still goo flavor of berries w/moderate oak. Backbone weakens over period from opening to dinner, approximately 3 hours. Drink now. My recommendation would be to decant to let the tannins get some air but drink shortly after decanting.
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This is very much alive. I recently bought a case of Peyrabon 2000 from Millesima, so this is ex-chateau quality. I have tried four bottles; one pop'n'pour; one splash decant; one decant and wait 20 minutes; and one decant and wait 2 hours. Not a major difference any which way. Each bottle got emptied equally quickly. The nose is reserved, but the soft texture, back-palate and the finish keep you coming back for more. Mostly gentle tertiary aromas and flavours remaining. Quite floral and animal. No sign of oxidization. There is some fruit on the palate but it is quite a stealthy infusion. After a few hours the palate fills up slightly ; the nose wilts a bit; the finish remains steady. This is probably on the down-slope but not over-the-hill and very pleasant and enjoyable. 89-90 points.
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Some of these have been patchy but the last three all were delightful and at just over £10 for a full mature 2000 baby Bordeaux, fantastic value. Not a lot of future potential though and I'm drinking up the last few
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This has soft, ripe, succulent fruit, medium weight and is showing reasonable maturity. Not particularly long, but an attractive, well-rounded wine. A good example from a minor château.
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Drank over two nights, with and without food. Dark maroon color. Medium legs. Initial nose has fresh dark cherries and some cassis. Medium bodied with a nice balance between well-ripened fruit and steely acidity and well-placed tannins. A little minerality on the back palate. Not a lot of complexity, but clean and well made. If I was drinking this blind, I'd guess Nebbiolo. Doesn't have that full-bodied, plush fruit that seems to be the trademark of 2000 Bordeaux - it's a little more nervy, angular rather than round, seems more like a 2001. As such, it's a great food wine (I paired this bottle with a cream-based wild mushroom pasta dish and it was MONEY!)
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Medium nose with notes of cedar and leather and some slight black fruit scents. Soft tannins and light body. It feels watery but some velvety tannins linger on. It seems that 12 years was too long for this bottle. It lost its fruit and body. If you have it at home drink it now! ...and then weep.
Un poco pasado. Algo de mora y guinda queda. Tono a madera vegetal cocido y cuero. Taninos suaves y cuerpo medio tirando a suave. Se siente aguado en el paladar pero con taninos redondos. Lo comimos con carne y papas asadas. Parece que 12 años de guarda es mucho y perdió el cuerpo. Si lo tiene en su casa ¡tómelo ahora!...y siéntase decepcionado por haberlo guardado tanto.
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Much better than the first bottle - which wasn't corked but was very nasty. This one smells/tasted of claret, quite light but so pleasant that I finished it all last night (usually I open a bottle and immediately pour half into a 375cl bottle and cork it up). Minor headache this mrning!
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On the nose plum fruit with just a hint of tobacco leaf and cedar. On the palate mainly plum fruit. Well balanced medium body wine with soft tannins. Not particularly intense.
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Maybe this is an off bottle - or maybe it needs air but on first taste it is thin and sour, strangely spiritous too. Not very pleasant. After an hour and a half in the decanter it had put on a bit of weight but no improvement. I tried it every hour for 6 hours then poured it down the sink. Sad
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Format Magnum. Beau nez sur le cuir et les cerises. La bouche est aussi sur les cerises avec des tannins encore serrés et charnus. Belle longueur. Bon maintenant et pour encore quelques années!
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11/25/2018 - L2000 wrote: 84 Points
Spot on description by Wine Ratings. Ok all the options are here in that description, but read between the lines and it's minerality and advanced characteristics of maturity and fruit that dominate. Love the Gravelly and cola taste ideas. i had bought it for pennies, put it in the loft (I've created an insulated storage area, and it seems to have matured fine). i opened it for my daughters 18th with some char griddled lamb. It is mature but not necessarily past its' best. I'm happy to save a bottle for the 21st birthday. It might not get better but who else will be in a position to taste these aged characteristics of the wine. This will be a wine of memory and sentiment. Nothing can beat those flavours.
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1/5/2018 - Wine Ratings wrote: 88 Points
Classic nose, tight palate – took a while for the wine to show its full colours, but it eventually proved itself to be a solid back-vintage Cru Bourgeois for a reasonable price. It’s always nice when someone else does the aging for you (providing its done right!), allowing for immediate enjoyment of a bottle showing plenty from 18 years of development. There was plenty of left-bank character on display, with strong black currant, herbs, gravel, and tobacco present, though not much in the way of cedarwood or toastiness at this point. Raspberry, plum, and black cherry made appearances, though the wine leaned much more towards the savoury side with black pepper, fennel, wet soil, and smokiness throughout. Age gave the wine notes of wet leaves, dusty leather, stewed tomatoes, and an overall barnyard sense. Hints of sweet spice showed through at times. The finish was an interesting combination of cola and orange zest, which eventually gave way back to the gravelly, smoky nature. With still-robust tannins and notable acidity, the structure certainly belied the signs of age on the nose/palate; a sign that the wine either needs more time to focus, or that it will simply never be in balance. With fruit appearing on its way out, I’m not sure how much of the former it has left…though for just $40 it may be worth a spot in the cellar to find out.
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9/16/2017 - PennyBarr Likes this wine: 82 Points
Probably needs drinking up, although not quite over the top
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5/19/2017 - winoman1 Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Fleshed out - flabby - absolutely nothing worth commenting on. Really dull stuff...I think it has seen its day :)
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11/12/2016 - BillLowney Likes this wine: 89 Points
20 minute decant. Light to Medium body. Refined fruity floral perfumed nose. Blackcurrant, berries with hints of apricot or peach. There is a pressure from fruit flavours on the palate. The finish is a simple red fruited one, which has slightly less persistence than might be hoped for, but is still okay. I guess the age is showing in the finish a little. The wine held up really well on Day 2. It was richer and had perfect balance. No signs of oxidation, age or flatness. I drank this side-by-side with Barde Haut 2006, and both were evenly matched in the quality department. Verdict: This has a classic, reserved style, definitely a food wine, light and delicate and perfect for the sunday roast. 88-89 points.
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10/24/2016 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 85 Points
Provenant de la cave Champlain-Charest acheté en 2015
Un vin plutôt ordinaire en fin de vie. Une acidité encore présente mais le fruit ni était plus. Je n'ai vraiment pas apprécié au point de ne pas finir mon verre. Très déçu et incomparable au Lanessan 2000 acheté lors de la même vente, qui lui est tout simplement remarquable.
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4/2/2016 - casaallora Likes this wine: 88 Points
Upon decanting soft rick garnet color. Aromas of Blackberries & Blueberries. Initial tanic nose w/good legs. Nose weakens after 2 hours as does wine profile. Still goo flavor of berries w/moderate oak. Backbone weakens over period from opening to dinner, approximately 3 hours. Drink now. My recommendation would be to decant to let the tannins get some air but drink shortly after decanting.
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12/5/2015 - BillLowney Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is very much alive. I recently bought a case of Peyrabon 2000 from Millesima, so this is ex-chateau quality. I have tried four bottles; one pop'n'pour; one splash decant; one decant and wait 20 minutes; and one decant and wait 2 hours. Not a major difference any which way. Each bottle got emptied equally quickly. The nose is reserved, but the soft texture, back-palate and the finish keep you coming back for more. Mostly gentle tertiary aromas and flavours remaining. Quite floral and animal. No sign of oxidization. There is some fruit on the palate but it is quite a stealthy infusion. After a few hours the palate fills up slightly ; the nose wilts a bit; the finish remains steady. This is probably on the down-slope but not over-the-hill and very pleasant and enjoyable. 89-90 points.
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5/25/2015 - Charlie Carnes Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Honestly, this is too much work. I can drink them... but why.
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4/29/2015 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 87 Points
This is workable. There are simple ripe and rounded red and black fruits. Easygoing... lacking middle and a little ripe/firm on the finish.
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4/26/2015 - winebot Likes this wine:
Very good with filet mignon.
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3/22/2013 - johneagle Likes this wine: 88 Points
Some of these have been patchy but the last three all were delightful and at just over £10 for a full mature 2000 baby Bordeaux, fantastic value. Not a lot of future potential though and I'm drinking up the last few
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1/27/2013 - johneagle wrote:
Sadly on the way out now. Some bottles ok, some less so
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12/17/2012 - La Grappe wrote: 86 Points
This has soft, ripe, succulent fruit, medium weight and is showing reasonable maturity. Not particularly long, but an attractive, well-rounded wine. A good example from a minor château.
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12/2/2012 - oldgrowth45 Likes this wine:
Drank over two nights, with and without food. Dark maroon color. Medium legs. Initial nose has fresh dark cherries and some cassis. Medium bodied with a nice balance between well-ripened fruit and steely acidity and well-placed tannins. A little minerality on the back palate. Not a lot of complexity, but clean and well made. If I was drinking this blind, I'd guess Nebbiolo. Doesn't have that full-bodied, plush fruit that seems to be the trademark of 2000 Bordeaux - it's a little more nervy, angular rather than round, seems more like a 2001. As such, it's a great food wine (I paired this bottle with a cream-based wild mushroom pasta dish and it was MONEY!)
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11/18/2012 - SimonJohnson wrote: 88 Points
Great mushroom nose, lacking some fruit, probably over the hill but still very enjoyable, has been kept well.
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7/2/2012 - Guapo&Guapita wrote: 57 Points
Medium nose with notes of cedar and leather and some slight black fruit scents. Soft tannins and light body. It feels watery but some velvety tannins linger on. It seems that 12 years was too long for this bottle. It lost its fruit and body. If you have it at home drink it now! ...and then weep.
Un poco pasado. Algo de mora y guinda queda. Tono a madera vegetal cocido y cuero. Taninos suaves y cuerpo medio tirando a suave. Se siente aguado en el paladar pero con taninos redondos. Lo comimos con carne y papas asadas. Parece que 12 años de guarda es mucho y perdió el cuerpo. Si lo tiene en su casa ¡tómelo ahora!...y siéntase decepcionado por haberlo guardado tanto.
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4/21/2012 - johneagle wrote: 89 Points
Much better than the first bottle - which wasn't corked but was very nasty. This one smells/tasted of claret, quite light but so pleasant that I finished it all last night (usually I open a bottle and immediately pour half into a 375cl bottle and cork it up). Minor headache this mrning!
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4/11/2012 - TheWineMonkey wrote: 88 Points
On the nose plum fruit with just a hint of tobacco leaf and cedar. On the palate mainly plum fruit. Well balanced medium body wine with soft tannins. Not particularly intense.
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4/8/2012 - johneagle wrote: 60 Points
Maybe this is an off bottle - or maybe it needs air but on first taste it is thin and sour, strangely spiritous too. Not very pleasant. After an hour and a half in the decanter it had put on a bit of weight but no improvement. I tried it every hour for 6 hours then poured it down the sink. Sad
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6/12/2010 - maxima wrote: 90 Points
Format Magnum. Beau nez sur le cuir et les cerises.
La bouche est aussi sur les cerises avec des tannins encore serrés et charnus. Belle longueur.
Bon maintenant et pour encore quelques années!
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5/3/2008 - rainman123 wrote:
Gift to Tommy & Sammy
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