Tasted blind. No mistaking a left bank Bordeaux but I was drifting towards Pauollac. Black fruit, pencil shavings, very fruit forward and monolithic right now. Definitely drinkable but it isn’t how I enjoy my Clarets. I’d revisit in a decade.
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P brought this bottle in the "Dragon Vintage" gathering and served it well. I guessed worng as a Barolo wine as it shown a pale red colour, bright nose of tobacco perfume, medium structure, smooth palate and long after taste.
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Medium garnet in the glass.....nose of confectioner's sugar and red fruit. Palate of tart red fruit, decidely Bdx feeling. I guessed younger by a decade. Still, the '00 vintage is probably my personally least appealing of all I've had. Looking back, I preferred this one about 7 years ago, less so 4 years ago and at best about the same now. Maybe the 3 hour decant wasn't in its sweet spot? The '03 Poyferre is still my fav......
Much thanks to Ken K for supplying all the wines for this blind event and putting it all together for our group of 10. Very instructive and enlightening.
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Another excellent showing for the 2000 Poyferré, not really differing in any relevant way from my last note. Again, it doesn't seem to be holding anything back at 24 years of age.
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Not sure if this was simply a better bottle or the wine has come out of a dumb phase, but this was far better than the bottle a few years ago. This was beautiful. Ripe, sweet, with a mix of primary fruits and secondary notes. Some cedar and tobacco, cascaded with a counterpoint of currants and blackberries. The wine kept opening over several hours. Medium finish.
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2nd bottle of 3 from a mixed case of super seconds bought from the Wine Society en primeur. Had the 1st in 2016 and had my doubts, wrongly, about its longevity. The slight gap in fruit mid palate is still there though and the fruit is outweighed by the tannins (would be better balanced on a warmer day). That said a fabulous blackcurrant and blueberry nose hit me when I poured a glass. This gained complexity with tobacco, cedar and pencil shavings and later sous bois when in the glass. Fruit is soft and plentiful despite my comment above about it being outbalanced by the tannins. There's a bit too much bitter cherry on the back of the palate. Finish is very long. Worth 95 points despite its faults. Still I generally prefer 2001's to 2000's especially on QPR. P.s. this will plateau for 5 or 10 years but won't improve so start drinking!
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96. Three hour decant. Intoxicating, fragrant nose of graphite, forest floor, dried flowers and pipe tobacco. On the palate, smooth, textured, mouthfeel, black currant and dark fruits dominate. Silky smooth long finish. Excellent! Lots of life remaining.
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Decanted 2hrs. While I might have older vintages or older wines that might have more ceiling upside, this was probably the most anticipated bottle I have had over the longest period of time. Started getting serious in wine about 2001 – purchased this in 03-04. Hopefully this makes sense. Happy to report the 00 LP was lovely. Very expressive, XMAS-sugar plums (power of suggestion I’m sure) tobacco leaves and the trade mark No.2 shavings. Great energy but also very caressing on the palate. Feels like the early stages of maturity with many years of good drinking ahead.
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Stunning on initial opening and then let sit in the decanter for an hour. Wonderful and expressive, rich cherry finish with some spice and a perfect accompaniment to Christmas dinner, what an experience - 95
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At Blanco’s for Pearl Harbor Day Lunch - sweet on the nose very handsome in the glass— deep garnet with legs. I thought it a tad short with strong hint of cherries. Drinking well now -/ unlikely to get better
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Decanted one hour. This is drinking very well right. Full bodied. Early maturity. Notes of rich opulent black currant fruit, lead pencil, mocha and cigar box give this texture and complexity. Well integrated tannins and just enough acidity to rein in the opulence work to make this an excellent complete wine. Still has at least 10 years ahead of it.
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At or near its apogee. Brilliant bouquet from the outset with waves of red currants, cherry, cigar box, cedar, forest leaf and earth gaining intensity with air. This was firing on all cylinders after an hour or so in a narrow-bodied decanter. Remarkably fresh, medium-bodied frame delivered earthy tinged red and dark fruits with a fine bead of acidity providing lift and a regal texture fanning out to a long cedar-infused finish. A superb bottle.
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A nearly perfect experience right from the start to the finish, gigantic in size, extravagant taste, rich, round and lengthy, at the same time, so refined in texture, gorgeous aroma, don't want to put my glass down!
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Tasted next to the 1995. More generous, richer and more youthful in comparison. A bit more of everything really and still being well balanced and elegant. A great bottle - open, complex, generous, fresh with nice tannic grip. Very long. Drink or keep. 94-96
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The 2000 Leoville Poyferre is showing very well today with a ravishing, effusive, plush blueberry nose, supported by cassis, cedar pencil, and mineral. The aromatic volume has really unfurled over the past few years though, as with my last tasting in 2020, the promise of the nose isn't quite fulfilled by the palate or finish. The tannins are well integrated here and this shows well as soon as it hits the decanter, so I'd have no compunction about tucking into these now. In fact, the wise move might be to enjoy these while the fruit is still so enchanting; the slightly clipped finish and lack of expansion in the mouth suggests that this may not develop profoundly over the next couple of decades.
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Fabulous wine with vanilla and chocolate as well as black fruit on the nose and palate. Plush and rich with soft tannins and a long and delightful finnish.
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Popped the cork 7 hours before and then gave this a 1 hour decant which wasn’t enough but certainly helped soften this up. Everything is present to make for a fantastic wine in another 5-7 years when this finally reaches its prime. This was enjoyed next to a 2000 Sassicaia which was much more accessible. Revisit 2030.
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Decanted and filtered to remove the plentiful lees. Let rest for several hours. Weak, but pleasant fruit. No obvious oxidation. Great color throughout. This may be a little bottle variation showing up or the wine in my cellar is fading early.
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cherries, cherries and cherries - all over your palate and in your nose. A typical Poyferre entering slowly but surely the age of enjoyment. Lucky you who have some bottles at home (else, it is hunting season).
1-2h air is enough to start your journey on the cherry train. One of my recommendations for the 2000 vintage as well as for a signature Poyferre.
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Purchased on futures. Stored at 57 deg. F and 80% RH. Decanted for 2 hrs. Upon initial opening and decanting the nose was restrained. Upon retrieving the decanter after 2 hrs. the nose of the wine had fully developed and filled the cellar. In the glass notes of blueberry, blackberry, and currant roared from the glass! No bret was present.
Similar flavor notes were apparent in the taste along with cedar and tobacco. The wine was nicely balanced with no tannins evident. The finish wasn't as long as I would like, but it is definitely drinking really well now.
It paired well with a bbq'd New York steak and grilled corn.
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Powerful aromas of blackberry, tobacco and a hint of brett. Black fruits predominate, with a strong streak of green tobacco. Fruitier and a bit lusher than the 2000 Leoville Barton I had recently, but tighter and more structured than the 2003 Leoville Poyferre I also had recently. The flavor profile screams Bordeaux (particularly with the old-school brett), but in a rounder, fleshier style, albeit still properly dry. There's a lot on display, but without that something special to elevate it to the highest ranks.
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Bouquet of ripe blackcurrant, blackberries, pipe tobacco, brown sugar, cedar, undergrowth. Wonderful palate, sweet yet refined, ripe berries, brown sugar, tobacco, some freshness, leading to long finish with resolved tannins, sweet, spicy, with a touch of cedar and crushed stones. Very stylish Bordeaux.
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On the initial opening, the wine appears translucent and red-bricked from core to rim. The bouquet is magical with cedar and dusty rose. As the wine rests and slowly awakens, you can almost see it darkening in the decanter. An hour later with dinner at the ready, the wine – still translucent and still with a red-bricked rim – displays a gradual shading to a plum core. Cedar continues to dominate the nose. Cassis, tobo, and saddle leather are the workhorses that carry the cedar to a finish of dusty rose. The mouthfeel is classic Bordeaux middle-weight. All in all, the wine is nothing short of wonderful. This is why we cellar Bordeaux. Sediment? So much so that the bottom is sludge. Decanted. 13% alc. With rack of lamb. 04.08.23. Highly Recommended.
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Did not live up to expectations; P/P which was a mistake; complex nose; oddly lean black currant, with a slightly bitter cedary finish; opens up over a few hours, but the mid palate/finish was thinner/shorter than expected. Would rate it a 89-92, but the provenance on this bottle is murky, so no score.
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I wish I wasn't so anxious and had planned better. I had my last half glass watching the Cowboys get beat and that was 2 hours after I opened it. It kept on getting better.
Best bottle I've had from my cellar in a year. First 97 rating ever from me.
Decanted for one hour. Medium to dark ruby. Earthy nose. Started to open at 30 minutes. Really a fine wine. Went well with prime New York steaks. Very long finish. Might be still improving but no harm to enjoy now.
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One of the New Year's Eve wines - opened and slow-oxed for maybe 2 hours before dinner. (I was too lazy to decant!) This was surprisingly open for no decant (probably an hour or so would have been even better), but this is a great wine from a vintage that somehow now seems overshadowed by '09, '10, '15, '16, etc. But the 2000 Bordeaux are simply outstanding and the Poyferré ranks highly.
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Had it 2h in the decanter, high end natural cork, 13% Alc., deep purple red color, no age reflexes.
Nose: Classic Bordeaux perfume, deep red cassies and heart cherries.
Palate: Soft and smooth mouthfeel with structure, tannins not totally resolved yet, delicious dark pralines, red fruit - a bit diffuse, very good balance, a pleasure to drink but lacks necessary complexity, depth and length to be great. Needs two more years, but hardly a new 1990.
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This was a perfect wine for me - deep fruit still alive with some freshness. Blackberry, strawberry jam, plum, violets, licorice, earth, mushroom, leather. Still has some tannins but they are melting and luscious. Texture is sublime. It's truly shinning on every level.
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I drank a 1995 one of these in 2005 (not decanted), and it was a beautiful wine. This 2000 had more age, so I decanted for 2 hours - it was also beautiful, and better integrated from aging. This was a good representation of the St. Julien terroir. Great bouquet of cherry and currant, with hints of oak and spice. Well-structured, balanced, medium-full bodied wine with robust flavors of red cherry, red currant, damp earth, and oak with hints of spice and cassis. Tannins were mostly integrated with a slight edge, meaning more to go before totally smooth. Long finish of cherry and cassis. This wine seemed to be nearing its peak, but I have no estimate of how many years of good drinking it has left in it - please check one of your bottles in the next 1 to 3 years.
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Decanted for 6 hours, amazing nose and yet it never fully opened. All the components and attitude to be great in 5 - 7 years. Just not ready today regardless of airtime.
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Decanted and drank over a 3 hour window and it is hard to imagine a Bordeaux red in a better spot. Excellent balance of dark fruit, lingering integrated tannins, some tar, graphite, pencil, musk and a chewy long finish. Still very primary suggesting another 10+ years. We drank this with an ‘82 Cos a friend brought expecting the Cos to blow it away and the opposite was true. An excellent showing.
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Bordeaux tasting - with a few pirates: I just could not get a feel for this wine at all. I wouldn’t even know how to score it. It really just offered next to nothing in the fruit department and was overly linear and strict. It wasn’t abrasive by any means, but it just never woke up. Whether it is dead forever or in some catatonic state, there was no budging here.
2nd of 24, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level, step up on first bottle in July 21, same flavours but beginning to unfurl on palate, volume and generosity of top vintage, adolescent with great potential, 30+ years. F+ (18) for now.
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I’m a fan of this one. One of the more generous 2000’s I have had but not overdone. Deep ruby with a beautiful crimson rim. Opened and decanted three hours before dinner. Impactful nose of dark berries, herbs and wet tobacco. Robust and harmonious. The vintage suits this wine as it is fullish but also balanced with acidity. Long finish. Should drink well for a long time. Just entering prime drinking. (94)
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Bordeaux and Beyond (The csimm_M Estate): Brought by friend and former colleague dcrutcher to BDX night. Fairly muted nose and even more muted palate of dried dark berries, scorched earth, black currants and a trace of black plums. Medium tannins, light acidity, no heat. This was a head scratcher for me, after loving the ‘10 of this bottling on the trip to BDX in June. Unlike the balled up Montrose and Fig, but more like the seemingly inert ‘16 Ducru, this wine seemed to struggle to find a pulse. I don’t know if it’s in a dumb stage, finito or this was just an unfortunate bottle, but with this wine’s lineage and the quality of this vintage, it’s a mystery I won’t be seeking to solve with my wine spend. Rating withheld.
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Mostly Bordeaux dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Expressive nose displaying sweet concentrated black and red fruit, crème de cassis, plum, black berry, strong lead pencil, cedar, caramel, sweet spices and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated black fruit, warm and round, very good balance, medium acidity, strong earthy mineral, and a long concentrated warm black and red fruit driven finish. This is drinking really well.
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not sure about this: it is certainly ready to drink but it does lack the complexity you would expect from a 2000 vintage - I am inclined to leave the remaining bottles for a couple of years more in hope than expectation
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Exactly a year since last tasting the wine, and it has further evolved and without doubt is ready to drink. However, at this stage it really needs 4 or 5 hours in the decanter, and ideally 30 minutes in the glass to really come alive. It is starting to lose its youthful appearance and is showing early signs of bricking and has excellent viscosity. Blackcurrant, blackberry, tobacco and violet are prominent on the nose and palate with cedar notes now starting to appear. The nose is deeply aromatic with the depth and complexity of the palate excellent. The finish is exceptional and pushes past 90 seconds with a breathtaking depth, and in isolation merits a perfect score, and indeed has added an extra point to my rating. The tannin is compromising the mid palate, but is gradually resolving and year on year there has been significant improvement. Hopefully another year or two!
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Stunning aromas of cedar, wet woods, dark red fruit, cool mint, smoke and tobacco, and faint flowers. Dynamic and deep palate with still evolving tannins, sweet red fruit, cool minerality and a very long, mouth coating finish. Better than a few years ago and even more upside from here. Absolutely delicious.
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Wonderful bouquet of ripe blackberries, grilled peppers, pipe tobacco, undergrowth. Medium-bodied, sweet yet fresh palate, very balanced, good structure, leading to a long finish, dissolved tannins, spices, sweetness. Fantastic Bordeaux.
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Cedar notes on the nose. Earthy. Low alcohol, great balance. Fruit subsiding, but there is plenty of stuff to show. A bit of tannin but not too much. Long finish. Complex. Delicious to drink. Classical old school French Bordeaux. Wines like this is why I collect and age wine
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A quick splash decant was all this beauty needed to discover its rich, ripe, full-bodied, concentrated and ready to go character. The wine is supple, deep, dark and as I mentioned, for a 2000, it’s delivering a lot of pleasure with its multiple layers of lusciously-textured fruit. Most of the tannin has melted away allowing this stunner to shine.
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This wine is drinking extremely well. It is very youthful for its age yet approachable. Great to drink now with a decant or over the next 10-20 years. 97
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tasted blind vibrant cornucopia of dark fruits with good minerality and acidity. guessed to be Bordeaux but i mistakenly said right bank. really nice wine.
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This is a classic 2000 st julian. The nose alone is worth the price of admission. Dark fruit flavors and cedar with wonderful terroir. Great balance with a velvet and lingering finish. I have one more in my cellar, sure wish I had more! This should be great 20 years from now.
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This was very restrained and muted at the start. Only gave this 1 hour decant. Was coming around at the end. So much potential. I recommend 4+ hour decant (go for 6). This has everything going for it but it needs time to open.
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Really enjoyed this with dinner after a short decant (45 minutes or so). As others have noted, a really nice nose...more complex and bit less explosive than a 2010 we had in the fall. Super enjoyable now with what feels like plenty of room to run.
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Decanted 30 minutes. A 98 point nose. I could have stopped and lingered there all night. Blackberries, boysenberry, cassis, Black cherry, blueberries, raspberries with plenty of graphite, other minerals, cedar, dried herbs and flower petals. On the palate the darker fruits come through first and after a couple hours the red fruits dominate the finish - all of which is enveloped with graphite, minerals, sweet Oak, dried herbs. Smooth with tannins still slightly firm but long and elegant. The palate does not match the nose and if I had no nose I'd probably give it only 93 points, but you can't escape the nose.
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20220201 First day of Lunar New Year 2022 at Sister' house. The wooden aroma stands out while other characters are rounded by time. Great reward of 22 years' waiting.
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Decanted just before dinner. Fabulous, complex nose of red fruit, some black fruit and the beginning of secondary elements of fresh mushroom and new leather.. Red fruit on the palate, plus a little ripe, plump blueberry (I’ve been eating a lot of blueberries recently), with a lingering finish iincluding a bit of sweetness.
Many 2000 top Bordeaux are still dormant, but this is ready to rock, and will provide pleasure for many more years. Plenty of fruit, but plenty of classic Bordeaux style. Great wine!
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Great color. Decanted for 2-3 hours. Big fruit on the nose. Maybe a little dry on the palate, and still was feeling the tannins — enjoyed it more paired with dinner (grilled steak) than sipping afterward. Good wine, but I have preferred Poyferre from lesser vintages.
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Wow. Drank from magnum. Not decanted. Singing right now, but would love to try again in 5 years. Easily has the stuffing to go much longer. Great mouthfeel and finish. Well integrated, a great wine.
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Great bottle, but will be better. 2nd night open and expressive. Last night little tight and subdued. Top notch everything in the right place. Tonight soil, forest floor, beets, fruit and nori. To me, it will be even better 5-10 years later. Great bottle, already expressive for a 20+ year cuvée. Drinking extremely well now. *4th night open. Strong, aromatic and drinking well.
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A different bottle from previous tastings. This never opened up, remaining tight. Still good, balanced fruit and plenty of it, but lacking the luxurious texture and palate.
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Opened and then decanted over 3 plus hours. Still a big wine. My guess it’s got some years before it reaches its peak Lots of good structure but not loved by all of the group.
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Paired with the 2003 Poyferré. Both wines were decanted for about 2 hours in the afternoon and then poured back into the (rinsed) bottle for transport to dinner at a friend's. Surprisingly, the 2000 was more approachable than its younger and somewhat tighter sibling (typically the '03s have been drinking better than the 2000s). This was an outstanding bottle and drinking beautifully.
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20th anniversary, served with Beef Bougenion and mashed potatoes.
Cork was in fantastic shape. Great color, no brickiness at all! Vibrant nose with stewed prunes, dark cherry, pine, vanilla, peppery. Great power on the palate, wonderful balance! Great mouth feel, solid fruit, acid, and tannins. Tastes like a wine 10 years younger! The perfect time to open it in my opinion.
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Bordeaux 2000 Horizontal (KOGS): 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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Almost there, the past few years have added a lot of softness and roundness to the texture, allowing all the sweet ripe, dark red currants and blackberries, accompanied by tobacco, cedar, espresso, forest floor, and smokey nuances to shine through. Full-bodied, with the right touch of polish to the tannins giving the wine an elegant finish.
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DVI at Forslundska More fruit than Margaux 82 and Ducru-B 89. Evident already in the nose. But falls apart a little during the evening. Not sure this one is for the long haul. But lovely sleek St julien fruit, tannins super velvety. Enjoyable!
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Has improved a couple of points since my note in 2014, and did not require much decanting. All I need say is that if you like St. Julien you will love this one.
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This is moving through its early drinking window at a glacial pace, but with a day in an open decanter and an hour in the glass it allows you to see what a special wine it is. It has definitely moved forward from 14 months but my note of tannin mid palate needing to resolve still stands. It is possibly not a wine for some tastes as it is a "big" old style Bordeaux. Blackcurrant, blackberry, plum and tobacco notes drive the nose and palate with wafts of violet on the former. The depth is phenomenal with layers of complexity and the finish pushes 60 seconds with a perfect balance. This is a hair's breadth away from its prime drinking window, but the question is when will this happen. It is certainly potentially up there with the 1990 and the 2003 which are both drinking at peak. If you have a few there is no problem in having a bottle, but at this stage you will be disappointed if it does not have extended aeration.
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: I didn’t like the nose much or found it overly expressive and interesting but on the palate there was a nice red and dark berry-driven fruit expression combined with lots of minerality and a nice creamy texture. The structure will need a bit more time to soften further. This was one of the more open left bank wines but no comparison to the more recent vintages which boast much purer fruit expression and a touch more sexiness and finesse (but a more modern style).
Decanting: This would have certainly gained from 2h+ in the decanter.
Group average: 93.0 pts Group rank: Shared 20th out of 48
2021 Bordeaux Tasting Trip; 7/12/2021-7/16/2021 (Bordeaux): A tasting in Bordeaux of 71 wines, some of the best I have ever had and others, umm, well were disappointing. If you read the Tasting story (and my grading history) I think it will do a much better job putting this in perspective.
This was tasted at the chateau immediately upon arriving in Bordeaux after a long day of travel. Our host at the Chateau was very gracious and accommodating with my agenda. As with many wines from this trip, I was previously unfamiliar with the chateau but thanks to JG, I added this to the itinerary and it didn't disappoint.
Some notes of value, at least to me anyway, we tasted 2000, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020 are as follows: a) quality greatly improved in the most recent vintages b) added quality improvement equipment and processes c) the style is on the more opulent side but not over the top or jammy
The 2000 was enjoyable to taste but I left feeling they could have made a better wine and was concerned the chateau was not a wine I wanted for my cellar (which I love finding those as it saves me money). This trend continued until 2015 vintage...
Wine came off a little tired and the overall complexity for a 2000 did not pull through as I would have hoped. This was previously opened which may have a played a role but this was a consistent impression until after the grape sorting equipment and processes were improved.
1st of 24, pnp, perfect cork and level - dark, quite dense, ruby, purple rimmed; cassis with sweet beetroot and liquorice element, a blockbuster without much nuance; fullish, good length, persistence and concentration, tannins well covered, notably more material if clumsier and much less layered than Latour 04 on same night, early days and with considerable upside to judge from others' notes on this wine. F+ (18) for now..........probably needed decanting for a couple of hours particularly as wines from my cool cellar tend to mature more slowly than what appears to be the norm.
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Cassis, tobacco, and a slight touch of barnyard. Lovely dark fruit with a silky elegant texture. Long finish. Vey drinkable now and will continue to drink well for a long long time.
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Turned out just slightly better than the 2002 Leoville Barton opened next to it. Needed a couple hours open to really balance and smooth the tannins. Very complex and serious wine without much noticeable fruit left. I slightly preferred the 2003 that I opened a couple weeks prior but this one is no joke at all. A few more years may balance it, although I worry that the fruit will go even more.
Outstanding! Complex bouquet of red and dark red fruit. Much more subtle than a typical higher end California cab or cab blend. The lower alcohol is really nice too. A mouth-filling wine with a persistent aftertaste. After almost 20 years in the bottle, it's starting to show off!
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Truly magnificent Pauillac with a bouquet of Brazilian rosewood, some blackberries, cassis, tobacco leaves and some pencil shavings. Also some umami and slight truffles indicate first tertiary notes. This is probably at the peak right now, but the smooth but crunchy tannins indicate that it should stay at this level for at least another decade or longer. Overall its medium to full-bodied with a 45+ seconds finish. Quite a treat.
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Grand Bordeaux 2000 horizontal tasting; 6/20/2021-6/21/2021: Grand Bordeaux 2000 tasting with ~60 wines from the vintage hosted by a private collector. All wines were poured directly from the bottle with no decant and served in flights of 4. As general observations I would highlight: 1/ Today the 2000 is, without a doubt, a right bank vintage with Pomerol the star, 2/ the vast majority of wines are still going strong with hardly any past their peak 3/ On the left bank, St Estèphe was most ready to drink with a lot of wines in a closed stage right now, 4/ On the left bank, 2nd to 4th growths were generally more open for business than the 1st growths which almost all closed, only hinting at their full potential. 5/ If you must open a left bank bottle, Margaux is the safest place to look. Complete scoring overview and additional commentary included in the tasting story.
Tasting note: Fine, refined and detailed nose with layered fruit, sweet spices, a bit of menthol and light cigar box notes. Vibrant palate with fantastic acidity and impeccable balance. Even though in my mind Poyferré usually trails Las Cases and Barton, the 2000 didn't just outshine its cousins, but also most others in Saint Julien.
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Decanted for an hour and the wine continued to open up and evolve for next 2-3 hours. Just a hint of bricking around the rim. Irresistible complex aroma of deep dark fruits, cedar, olive, soy sauce, spices etc. The wine was still young with a hedonistic, mouth-filling, fruity palate. Long finish. The deep dark fruit lightened up eventually which made the fruit profile more complex. It was marvelous.
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Magnificent bottle of wine. Good cork, moderate amount of sediment. Would recommend decanting and allowing one or two hours of air. This wine has so much flavor, finish, complexity, and wonderful mouthfeel throughout. Simply marvelous. Opened and tasted compared to the 2000 Lagrange, which was also excellent, but the Leoville Poyferre was the clear winner - classic, complex, and 100% delicious. 96+
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Perfect fill and cork; popped, poured and consumed over the course of four hours. Purple core turning to deep garnet at the rim. Classic and complex bouquet of dried plums, blackberry, crushed stones, bramble, black truffle; hints of roasted herbs and sautéed mushrooms. Medium bodied, with ripe and velvety tannins, great depth and balance, with a long and savory finish. Really impressive, and will surely improve for at least twenty years.
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terrific. This has 5-10 years in front of it likely at its peak as this does not show its 21 years of age IMHO. Dense red fruit - lots of raspberry, some sweet wild flower notes, some bell pepper notes. Not a lot of secondary nor darker nuances here. I really loved this and it stood well with my grilled rib eye. good acidity, length and a very pretty nose. Lots going on here - brighter red fruit profile St Julien that punches above its price point.
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This is drinking beautifully, super classic St. Julien. There is still dark fruit, but it has moved into secondary layer as pencil shavings and peppers dominate both nose and palate. The tannins are super smooth at this point, only slightly grippy after the second glass, which could indicate that this could age for a little while longer. Reminds me of a 1986 Latour I had a few years back.
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Decanted for 4.5 hours. Dark red color. Cassis and herbal Cabernet Sauvignon notes with vanillin nuances in the bouquet. Full-bodied and big structured Bordeaux whose tannins only completely resolve with 4+ Hours of aeration. Very Cabernet Sauvignon dominated flavor with cassis and vanilla flavors. Medium-long finish. Mature., though should hold another 5-7 years.
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The fill was into the neck and the cork was pristine; double decanted 1.5 hours before dinner. Purple core turning towards garnet at the rim. Confident bouquet, with scents of cassis, roasted game, crushed stone, black truffle and cigar box. Medium to full bodied, rich, ripe but noticeable tannins, good acidity, savory mid palate, impressive balance and depth. A great wine that is still an adolescent; this should continue to improve for at least 20 years. Great stuff!
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Finished rest of bottle from coravin pours. Very consistent notes as last tasting. This time gave it more time. Very ripe fruit notes later turned to the tertiary tea and spicy notes, the tannin smoothened further. Superb wine!
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Bouquet of ripe berries, raspberry jam, roasted peppers, cigar box, subtle spicy and minty elements, incredibly nice. Lush and silky palate with quite some tertiary elements intermixed with more fruits, spices, some nice freshness counterbalancing a good amount of sweetness, dissolved tannins that guide a long tingling, zesty and spicy finish. What a wonderful wine. Was on first night without too much of a decant, and similar the second night, being at an early peak.
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Showing just beautifully tonight and the most open wine in the 2000 second growth tasting as expected. Simply gorgeous purity with wonderful flavors of blackberry and black cherry fruit and a floral perfume that is just so enticing. The finish is ultra-smooth and complex with notes of graphite minerals and sweet tobacco. I would drink this now and over the next 5 years while waiting for the Las Cases and the Barton to come around.
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Decanted the majority of the bottle for a few hours and drank over the next several. Delicious and wonderful. This wine benefits from patience because it took a long while to open up. When it did it was great. Delicious red fruit with a cab/merlot spice note that filled the mouth. What a treat!
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Opaque dark Ruby in color with a purple hue. Ripe blackberry fruit notes , mixed with mushroom, cedar, pencil shaving and hints of chocolate on the nose. Very smooth mouth feel, velvet texture. Long finish. Beautiful wine! It's just entered it's prime drinking window at 20th birthday, should last effortless for another 20.
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Consistent with previous bottle less than two years ago. From a case which is in my cellar since primeur-delivery. This is a very good classic Bordeaux just entering its maturity platform. Opened 8 hours before drinking, decided not to decant. Generous nose with dark, ripe fruit with a very nice hint of mint, classy wood (cedar) and tobacco. Asian spices, mint and lavender. Medium to full bodied, Almost Pomerol-like velvety mouthfeel with ample acidity. Long finish proving that the (softened but still very present) tannins will carry this wine effortless beyond 2035.
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Nez classique, de cèdre, tabac et cassis. La bouche montre une bonne concentration, le vin est encore tannique, assez salin, mais plus austère qu’à mon souvenir. Il va très bien avec le canard mais manque un peu de charme à mon goût. Un bordeaux classique , qui semble avoir besoin de temps encore (malgré deux heures de carafe). Par contre la structure et l’équilibre sont impeccables. 91 (+?) pts
Une relative déception sur cette bouteille, mes notes précédentes étaient de 94 et 95 pts.
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PnP last nite just for the hell of it. Generous aromas of black fruit, cedar, spice box, leather and pencil shavings. There's mostly black fruit here, though I found it to be somewhat less obvious and intense than in previous tastings. Indeed, I tasted mostly tertiary notes, conforming to what I detected on the nose. This wine has all the qualities one seeks in a top-notch Medoc, but I honestly don't get all the superlatives being lavished by other CTers. I bought a case of this wine long ago, and I've been following its evolution. I find this wine to be very good, not great. I also think it might have peaked, and possibly even beginning its decline. There is no disputing the dissipation of fruit here. Bad bottle? Perhaps...But I've never thought this to be among the elite growths from 2000.
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On its way to maturity, but still has a way to go. Much more 2000 than any other descriptor, its a complete wine that is harmonious with medium fruit and structure. Nothing amazing but very satisfying and will continue to improve/mature for at least another decade.
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Lovely young wine just entering its early drinking window for me. This was bright, balanced; the nose alone took me straight to the Medoc, with earthy barnyard, cedar, and leather while still brimming with sweet fruit. Could not have paired better with duck in a cherry sauce and mushroom soup.
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Great bdx. Flamboyant and expressive, with a plush feeling on the palate—probably from a substantial merlot component. Black fruited, refined and elegant. Would expect this to continue to evole but pretty fantastic now.
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Had a bottle a few months ago and it was so good I felt I needed to revisit to make sure this was consistent. Great news is that it is! Terrific Bordeaux really at its early prime. Primary fruit just fading to give way to truffle, liquorice and sous bois. It takes 2-3 hours in the decanter to show at its best now. I really love it and am surprised by how good it is. One of the best Bordeaux I have drunk over the last year actually. It is of course personal preference but this just strikes the right notes with me - aristocratic, polished, moderate alcohol, superb nose and nice acidity. While not cheap it's one of those that wines are actually very good value considering what deliver. Fantastic and then some. Bravo Leoville Poyferre for turning out this classic. Drink now with decant - 2050.
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63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc Cork in very good condition. I've seen 5 year old wines with corks in worse condition. Just after popping the cork, it has a smoky tobacco, caramel, spice and tangy fruit nose. The palate glides on the attack and the mid-palate with ripe dark and red fruit, good acidity and some mouthwatering saline minerality and mint on the back end. Also some of that spice and cedar. Nicely balanced, but the tannins are still quite present, but it should be fine with food and little more air. Plus, it makes you want food like a nice steak or maybe some grilled duck. What puts this above your middle of the road Bordeaux is the length. It just lingers in your mouth over a minute. Can’t wait to see how this evolves over the meal. After 2.5 hours breathing in bottle, it softens up a bit with added meaty and vanilla notes. Slight tinge of mushroom but still feels rather young for 20 years of age with more tertiary notes to come. After an hour+ thru the meal, more obvious mushroom notes while keeping the fruit and elegant structure. Overall, it’s a wine just entering maturity. Drink now with a short decant or hold 10+ years.
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Stunning, dark, rich, and meaty example of a 2000 St. Julien. Fabulous fruit, with ripe plum and currant character. Earthy, tobacco, and smokey. Serious wine that is in maturity, but will continue to improve over the next 20 years. Close to extraordinary for me. 95++
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Drinking very well right now as a PnP, the tannins are still very much alive, but they are well balanced with the fruit. Dark cherry, cassis, loads of tobacco, clove, cinnamon, cocoa powder, lead pencil, amazing nose and perfect balance. A good amount of sediment, but was easy to filter out.
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Perhaps an odd bottle, and odd stage in its evolution, or inadequate air (followed over a couple of hours starting after ~30 min in decanter) - but although this provided a supple, rich cassis attack which promised quite a lot, it didn't really deliver on the palate or finish. I'd like to try this again, but I rate it because the bottle wasn't flawed, although it might be a 5th percentile bottle for all I know.
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This is showing very well. 3 hours decant. It’s very fresh, balanced, good acidity, nice blueberry fruit, feels low in alcohol, no heat whatsoever. It’s a wine the isn’t missing anything and has nothing too much. Positive to very positive surprise vs expectations. Miles better than Leoville Barton 2000 which is a wine that I do not like. Drink now till 2035 plus. Beautiful! 96-97
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Commanderie Bastille Day dinner. Double decanted for 2 hours which was about right. Crimson, no sign of bricking, little bottle variation. Nose and firsts notes are of graphite. After a time, secondary notes of red fruits emerged. Shortish finish. This was a nice wine, but less complex and nuanced than I expected. A comfortable, classic St. Julien. Over time, it actually started to dissipate and so the last few sips after 4 hours were almost not there.
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From a magnum Although this was not WOTN, it was a real treat and grateful to Mark for sharing it!! Absolutely amazing nose and classic St Julien. Not as pronounced on the palate and I think this 20 year old probably wasn’t near its prime yet. Mark had decanted 4 hours and then we drank over the long evening, but it just wasn’t enough time to open up completely.
Was really looking forward to this one for the "Jennapalooza", perhaps so much so that anything less in performance would prove disappointing. And to me, it wasn't as good as the last bottle 2 years ago. The 92 is for the beautiful BDX nose more than anything else. Decanted nearly 3 hours and enjoyed over the next 4. The dark red/black fruit was nice and still fairly strong but not especially layered and there was some tart cherry on the somewhat short finish. We saved some for the next day, but time did not help it improve in any significant way. In fact, the short ending was maybe even shorter, maybe a 90 the 2nd day?
Black fruit, mineral, smoke and pepper flavors, smooth and well integrated. Long smooth finish. From half bottle, paired with gilled ribeye and was perfect.
96 Potpourri, leather, stone tertiary accents on the nose. Palate bursts with sweet fruit, blackcherry and tons of energy...fantastic finish. Drink or hold.
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Covid Cassoulet (Robin Stark's, Cardiff-by-the-Sea): I didn't realize I've had this before until I looked in here. Almost ten years ago and this has come into it's own big time. Slightly poopy, reduced nose. That fades with air. Classic graphite Cab noses. Hints of wood. Still juicy. Very young seeming still. Very balanced. This seems like it's JUST getting there in terms of opening and giving up secondary notes. I was really digging it. Tied as a favorite on a night where all wines drank quite well. Terrific. And ya gotta know it's probably only to get better over the next ten years plus. I neglected to note the decant time.
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Decanted 2 hours. This bottle seemed still pretty young but it's worth to pop a bottle now. The 2000 Chateau Poyferre will only get better with more age. 94 pts. at the moment.
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The fill was into the neck and the cork was sound; double decanted an hour before dinner, and served in Grassl 1855 stems. Purple core, turning towards garnet at the rim. Notes of cassis, ripe plums, blackberry, forrest floor, graphite, crushed stone, and hints of roasted herbs. Medium bodied, rich, ripe and velvety tannins, but great balance, depth, and grip; long and well delineated finish. The 2000 Château Léoville Poyferré has evolved and improved considerably over the last decade, and promises even more delights in the years to come!
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Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Dark red to rim. Rich nose of cherry, cassis, leather, cedar, earth. Maybe a hint of sharpness - VA or alcoholic heat? Label says 13%. Medium-full body, excellent balance, moderate tannins, medium long finish. Excellent in its adolescence, still waiting for significant aged complexity even at age 20. I think it will get there.
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This is a spectacular wine right now. It provides a near First Growth experience at a fraction of the price. Decanted for two and a half hours which to me was adequate. Also.....the tannins seem largely resolved. The bottle was consumed with a fairly spicy entrée. I had picked this wine as a good option to stand up to the spice.....and, it did. I expect this wine to last, but there is no reason to keep looking at bottles. I am not sure it will improve.....and if it does, not by much.
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Last tasted 20 months ago, this has moved forward and is firmly in the start of its prime drinking window. It still needs a day in the decanter to blow off the rougher edges of the tannin and allow the secondary notes to show. Perhaps this lack of aeration is why there seem to be a number of average reviews for the wine, as at this stage it really comes alive after extended time in the decanter and also in the glass. The tannin still needs to further sweeten and this is is particularly noticeable mid palate. However, there should be no guilt in starting to drink this now if you have a few bottles. It is magnificent, and the 1990 and 2003 are the only rivals from the estate which are already drinking well. It is deeply perfumed with aromas of blackcurrant and plum, with floral wafts of violet which linger and linger. The tannin and fruit have a perfect balance, and the palate is complex; as mentioned the tannin still needs to develop further. The depth and length on the finish are almost worthy of a perfect score, but similarly the tannin is still slightly inhibiting. I am trying a bottle every 18 to 20 months at present and I would not be surprised that the next one could be nudging a point or two higher. 97+
Another great Bordeaux , I typically like my boredeaux wines older but the 2000 are drinking so nice right now. Tons of blue fruit on the nose and palate , cassis, blueberry black berry, wet foliage on nose but not in an offensive way, crushed black peppercorn. Palate is full bodied, grippy tannins that are holding all the fruit and acidity together . Great wine. (Paired with plain cheese pizza)
Decanted for about four hours and followed over an additional two. Deep garnet red core with some bricking at the rim. The aromas are powerful and earth driven with notes of pencil shavings, currant leaf, cigar box, violets, and creme de cassis. The palate shows similar earthy brilliance with great balance between the supple tannins, restrained fruit density, and crisp acidity. This is drinking beautifully with complex character wafting out of the glass. I have to say this is in beautiful spot and should continue to drink well over the next five to ten years.
Classic nose with dark red fruit, anise, mint, cedar, and tobacco. Fresh palate of with sweet, velvety mouth feel with balanced structure, young tannins and feels like it’s built for the long haul. Early days of a long and fruitful drinking window, and will only get better with time. Delicious
A peek into some 2000 Bordeaux (Margeaux Brasserie, Chicago IL): Nose: This nose is straight up pretty and refined. I wish I had a bottle of this on my own to just spend time with as there is a lot of depth and class with red cherries, raspberries, cigar wrappers, rose petals, cedar, herbs, pencil lead, currants, spice notes, and a lot of perfumes.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky (but youthful), medium+ tannins. There is a lot of poise and refinement to the feel that is backed up by deep tones of red cherries, raspberries, currants, cigar wrapper, herbs, and cedar.
Overall: This is gorgeous and beginning to find itself in a real great place. There is an immense amount of depth and balance that comes with the age and while it's getting into a great place, it feels like there is plenty to go.
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Ripe berries, undergrowth, earthy notes, cigar box, vanilla, roasted beet and peppers on the nose. Palate is lush, silky, juicy, with balanced sweetness and acidity, like ripe grapefruit with powdered sugar on top, some secondary and tertiary notes. Long, sweet finish, with nice minty, bitter elements. Still requires some air to fully flesh out but getting in a great stage for drinking. Last glass was fantastic!
96. Blind tasting- 2.5 hour decant, drank over next 2.5 hours, peaked at the 3-4 hour period and seemed to fade after 5 hours. Color- garnet with bricking at the edges. Fragrant nose of potpourri, tobacco, clay and sous bois. Palate- vibrant, clean blackcherry cobbler finish. Great showing. My #1 of 5 bottles- groups #2 behind the Pontet Canet 2000 (rated 93 and was my #2).
Cigar box, blackberry, cedar, mint, cumin; pure, silky, lively, sensuous, slightly thin, long finish, delicious After 3 Hours: Very similar but both nose and on palate, the wine after time is more integrated, thicker, richer, and more intense; excellent
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This needs another decade at least, but the goods are there. I don't see it rivaling the mind-blowing 1990, but it will become a fantastic wine. Right now, one is presented with aromas of cassis, oak, some earth, faint graphite, and tobacco. The palate has rich fruit and a wonderful mouthfeel. It's a little frustrating because you can feel the potential, but it's just not there yet. It improves with air, but if you only have a few bottles I would strongly recommend against opening one for at least 5 years, preferably 10. Patience.
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Drinking beautifully. Decanted to remove solids and to promote opening. Big, lush Bordeaux flavors that persist in the mouth. Great mouthfeel and persistence. A real bargain comparatively!
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Opaque purple color turning crimson at the rim with a reflective edge. The nose gives off seared meat, cola, and warm dried herbs. The palate is full-bodied, dry, and intense with lively acidity. Flavors of blackberries, cloves, asphalt, black pepper and river stones form the intense core. Finishes long and sumptuous with hints of forest floor and charred fat. Drink now until 2035.
Dyp mørk, svakt utviklet kant. Aromatisk, sødmefull duft av mørke bær, og særlig solbær, et hint av blyantspiss.Sødmefull, mørk frukt i anslaget, sval og leskende, fantastisk flott midtparti med solbær og et hint av eucalyptus. Stor konsentrasjon. Ultradelikat og med avslepen, lett støvete tanninstruktur og fast finish. En utrolig flott St. Julien som kanskje er i sin beste alder akkurat nå.
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Huge darkened aromas of tar, earth, peat, dark chocolate, smoked meats, and yet a bit of that minty liftiness. Largely savoury notes over a red-fruited background and a dark chocolate bitterness. The mellow blackberry and cassis fruits showed at the finish, and boy what a finish - lasted for minutes. Thoroughly enjoyable!
One hour decant was enough. This is singing. Wonderful classic left bank nose of graphite, leather and leaves. Tannins are mellow but present and gives real lift to the wine. Long finish riding on the mild tannic backbone. Great wine!
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Drank last nite in Montauk. Didn't decant but should have. Warm, silky smooth wine with good fruit level, with a touch of sweetness. Plenty of leather, cedar and earth to go around, but with a solid fruit core and good acidity level. Complex, and long. The wine opened up in the glass, and improved over time--hence decant this wine for at least an hour next time around. Lovely wine. If I were SW, I would def get the wine out from behind the radiator, and then decant!
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Hour decant and the wine still seems very young. Black and red fruits, pencil shavings. A soft and understated wine that still has time to develop more and likely flesh out a bit.
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Served blind. Subtle wine in all respects for me. Cedar, spice, fresh berry that comes across pure and clean. This drank great, and was quite a contrast to the 2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet that followed it!
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A generous nose of red berries, anise, tobacco, wet forest floor, lead, and earthy aromas.
The nose on this wine felt distinctly Bordeaux, but the lighter flavor profile threw me off and left me a bit hesitant to make the call. It also drank more youthful than a 19 year old wine. Still, lighter color and body, nice acidity, and some resolved tannins. My mind did not go to Saint-Julien, so this was another surprise!
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Lineup was a 2009 Pol Roger, followed by the 2000 Leoville Poyferre, a 2015 Opus One and finally a 2001 Rieussec (750ml).
The LP needed about 30 minutes in the decanter and then 15-20 in the glass to really show its stuff. An excellent Bordeaux, coming off much, much younger than a nearly 20-year-old wine. Dark to the rim, nose of cedar and black fruit, just smells like the heart of Bordeaux. Deep and medium-full bodied with a great earthy quality with enough fruit to balance it nicely. Went great with pasta and veal piccata. This is why you drink Bordeaux—in my opinion.
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Decanted 1 hr. Very dark purple with not much sign of age. Just a classic nose of dark black fruits, cigar box and a hint of menthol or spearmint. Serious, grown up and savoury left bank claret but warmer, rounder and riper than both the Leoville Barton and the Montrose. Doesn't seem to be taking itself as seriously as the Barton and is sweeter and more playful than the Montrose. Of the three it is easily my favorite both for its outright deliciousness now and potential for future development. Interesting to note that the cellartracker scores agree.
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Best bottle (Restaurant Waldhorn, Kirchheim, Germany): Glass: Gabriel Standard Popped and poured. Deep, ruby color. Nose a bit muted with some barn. On the palate beautiful texture, silky and velvet. Black currant, fine tannin, salty mineral core. Very young with a good potential. 92+
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Roses, leather. ceadar, plumbs, red berries, leather and pepper notes. So complex. Concentrated with a medium elegant frame. Perfect balance with a long textured silky smooth finish. Loads of sweet fruit that keeps you wanting more. Near perfection. Drink now-2026.
Helt nydelig duft av solbær, cedertre og søt tobakk. En fabelaktig vin! Veldig rik og kompleks. Sødmefull smak, kompakt med kjølig frukt. Tanninene definitivt tilstede og veldig godt integrert. Alle komponenter i harmoni. Vanvittig lengde.
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One hour decant before enjoying over the next two hours. A great balanced blend of dark berries, stewed fruit, tobacco with some current and mushroom A good blend of fruit and umami and ready to drink
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UWS; early spring dinner (@ CdW and KvdK): Modern bouquet with beautifully ripe dark berry fruits, vanilla and beautiful oak. On the palate ripe and sweet dark berries, beautifully dosed oak, fresh acidity and beautifully round tannin.
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Fine bouquet of secondary Bordeaux aromas. Great mouthfeel balancing ripe but fresh blood orange and grapefruit with fine spices and tobacco and smooth, sweet tannins. It is far away from the jammy end of the spectrum but still hedonistic, elegant, flamboyant in a fresher way. With time the sweetness grows. Great wine!
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Was a bit nervous about this since the last bottle I had was corked, but After a 3 hour decant this was firering on all cylinders. Classic Saint Julien In the beginning of its optimal drinking window. Will save the remainkng bottles for 5 years.
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Très beau vin, encore beaucoup de fruits. Nez écurie, terre. Beaucoup d arômes. En bouche, tout est en rondeur, très ample et de belle longueur. Beaucoup de fraîcheur Excellent
Chateau Leoville Poyferre vertical with Sarah Cuvelier (Le Cafe Descartes at the French Embassy): Beautiful harmonious nose displaying warm red fruit with a hint of black, plum, cherry, a hint of green, cedar, leather, caramel and earth. Nicely integrated palate, nicely layered red and black fruit, warm and round, medium acidity, earthy mineral and a medium to long warm cherry fruit driven finish with cedar and leather at the end. This has reached the youthful peak. The current auction price of around $170 is not as attractive as other vintages.
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Decanted. Clear dark inky garnet color. Lovely notes of blackberries, cherries, currants and their liqueurs, green tobacco, humidor, salt marsh, leather, cardamom. Full body, beautiful balance, seamless, outstanding. Starting to pick up some secondary qualities. Thanks ShaneT! I only have 2 bottles of this, so will wait another few years before opening the first.
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I had the fortune of having this in Sept. '18 and again now. As before, this is an intense, deep, and complex wine. This is the type of wine that you just smell to enjoy. Thanks ShaneT for opening.
Not sure if this was corked or just not adequately aerated/decanted. A little mushroom:mustiness in the nose, and very muted fruit on the palate. Disappointed. Have more though...
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Decanted for 3 hrs, it became its best on the 3rd hour. Dark ruby in color, big legs, quite aromatic. Great nose: blackberry, currant, cassis, earth, truffle, leather, chocolate, violets Note of minerality/graphite. On the palate medium to full body, quite opulent, smooth, silky texture, tannins still quite present but mellowing down. Notes of currant, boysenberry, cassis, leather, truffle on the palate. Finish is long >45 seconds and chewy. Amazing wine. 95 pt. Drink now or can age for for 5 more years. I suspect it will be at peak in 3-4 years, potential 96-97 pointer at that time.
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Very pleasing nose with complexity. Full dark fruit flavor spreads in the mouth with viscous feel but has an appealing lightness. Tannins are still very present. Tastes like more will be revealed with more time in the bottle.
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A bruiser of a Bordeaux. Full-bodied, but with amazing complexity. Strong graphite notes on the nose and in the mouth. Great structure, with a supportive tannic envelope and inner richness. I kept thinking: this is a complete wine.
Still tight knit and tannic, but opened up after an hour to reveal classic fruit and mineral with decent but far from perfct balance. Hoping the fruit will out last the tannins and if it does, will be superb with atleast a few more years.
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Open last night. Dark red ruby with big tears. Pretty knows, with plum and cassis. Big-bodied wine, with forest floor and minerals most apparent on the palate. Gritty tannins. Still seems quite young. Many years of life ahead. Not especially charming at the moment. 5-13-16-8: 92/100.
Just beautiful. The wine has concentration, richness, elegance and layers of sweet dark, earthy, fresh, spicy fruits. There is a purity to the fruit and softness to the tannins that allows this to taste and feel great. Drink now with an hour of air, or age it another decade for more secondary charm.
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This is starting to drink well, albeit with 10+ hours in the decanter, and is a magnificent wine. The nose is incredible with heady aromas of plum and blackcurrent, and seems never-ending. It really needs the extended time in the decanter at this stage in order to blow away some of the rough edges of the tannin, which is still in evolvement. However, the depth of the palate, and a 60 second finish, means that this is a potential 100 pointer in the future. If you have a decent amount of stock do not hesitate to start enjoying this with sufficient aeration, but it is going to get a lot better over the next few years.
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Exquisite! Starts with such deep, dense aromatics of ripe plum and cassis along with musty leather and funk. The body is unctuous and loaded with intense flavors of dark fruit, cocoa, and earth. Long lingering finish to.... finish.
Thanks to Mrs. SD-Wineaux for sharing.
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OMG.....what a nose! After the barnyard blows off, tons of lead pencil, red rose petal.....still dark in the glass, no lightening at the rim, still a dark ruby edge. Intense classy refined red/black fruit on entry, you cannot confuse this with jammy-ness. Nope nada....., with just a slight hint of tart cherry to the fruit which carries all the way through to the beautiful integrated and ever so slightly moderately acidic ending which goes on for a good 30-40 seconds after you finally swallow. Decanted over 3 hours before dinner of pan charred prime ribeye and enjoyed with and after dinner over 2 more. This certainly can go longer, but I prefer my BDX in this window right here....fantastic job, Didier! Thank you for this LP legacy......
Pop n pour Took an hour to open up Lead pencils and armchair Then... after an hour sweet delicious red and dark fruit, softer than ever, have had 5 bottles over 7 years and finally everything is falling into place Spectacular!
From a half bottle. Nice dark rubis-black colour with no bricking at the edges. Upon uncorking, quite present aromas of raspberries and blackberries. In the glass, discrete red and black fruit as well as cedar and more specifically, raspberries in cream. On the palate, wow! Frank attack with a core of concentrated fruit on the mid-palate. Lots of tannin, but polished. Very good length up to a minute of raspberries, cream and blackberries all surrounded by the tannin with a touch of graphite and black olive. Frankly, a very nice wine. After 15 minutes in a decanter, secondary aromas start to appear - leather and damp forest floor. The core of concentrated fruit is intoxicating et promises a good evolution for this wine. Today, I would give it 93-94 but this may improve to 95 with extra maturity. Very good today from a half bottle, but will likely improve for another 2 years and then hold a plateau for 12-15 years (H-B). Beautiful wine!
This bottle was a little shy at first but opened nicely. This bottle may be closing down. Tanins seem still pronounced and fruit closing down. I will visit this again in a couple years.
Really beautiful bottle just entering it's window. I like very mature Bordeaux so I can't help but feel this will be more to my taste in 10 years, but today it's still enjoyable. It pours dark purple/ruby with little bricking. The nose is powerful from the initial pop. It blasts toast, charcoal, fresh cut pine, wet forest, maduro cigar wrapper, spice box, blackberry, cassis, plum. Pretty typical bordeaux aromatics, albeit polished and clearly from a 'big' vintage. So polished I might blind this as California with a Bordeaux sensibility. Loads of fruit on the palate with velvety tannin and good acid. Medium plus finish. Thoroughly enjoyed this bottle.
Simply amazing. Loads of freshness and tons of complexity. Wine seems to have lots of life left. Every sip gets better. Please give an hour to decant if you can. I believe this wine and vintage highly under appreciated. Glad I have five left! This wine outperforms the higher rated Leoville Las Cases of the same vintage IMHO.
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Straight out of bottle. Wonderfully open and complex nose with green herbs and pencil shavings on top, beef stock in the middle and cassis and tobacco on the bottom. The 35% merlot shows through with blueberry notes, not unlike a well defined Napa merlot. Sweet attack, full body but with elegant refreshing acidity. Very well integrated wood, taking into account that this has seen 80% new barrels. In the beginning of a 30 year long drinking window!
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Pretty much as good as it gets for French Bordeaux. Despite almost twenty years of age this one is full of life. Fruit flavors fully developed and juicy with a extremely pleasing acidity. Tastes great with no decanting but decanting three hours really brought out more body. I would drink now it is simply amazing.
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Bordeaux 2000 tasting, wine #2: blue fruit, plums, cassis, raisins, coffee, cookies, cedar, led. Inviting creamy nose, early maturing. Fresh mouthfeel with high acidity and sharp tannins. Modern style Bordeaux, almost Napa-like. Still slightly closed. Drink in 5-10 yards. BV=1, WV=4
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On March 13, 2018, this was included in a tasting of nine 2000 Bordeaux. it is a big wine with and amazing balance of dark berries, rhubarb, and tannic structure. Good length and it pairs very well with red meat.
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Getting better and better with a very long life in front of her Classic dark fruits, leather, soil, lovely old school Bordeaux that needs at least 2-3 hour decant if not 5-8 ideally
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Pretty nose of dark fruits and a hint of menthol. Fairly full in the mouth with beautiful black currant fruit still prominent along with a lovely eucalyptus note. Tannins are still present but beginning to soften and this is drinking very well now with food. The finish is smooth and complex with notes of tobacco, gravel and dark spice. 92+
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Drank at Mistrals last nite from decanter. Very similar experience as with the last time I had this wine, though I didn't love it quite as much this time around. Medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. Not much in the way of any tertiary aromas here. Soft, silky, elegant wine, with smooth tannins which were still fairly evident. The fruit was fairly well extracted, but didn't come off as particularly. The finish was also a bit short.
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Opened four hours before consuming but did not decant. Drank with tasting menu at the Modern. Paired with red pear and black truffle, lobster and yuzu and chicken breast with champagne sauce. Wine worked everything. Gravel, currants and a little mushroom and smoke. Classic terroir bordeaux with fruit underlying. Will be great for another 10 years.
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Occasional dinner group; Bordeaux 2000 (@ Merlet): In the bouquet red berries and spiciness and beautiful oak and cedar. On the palate ripe dark and red berries, vanilla, beautiful acidity and tannin. Also a touch of pleasant sweetness. More classical than modern impressions in this vintage. For some more expressive complexity and finesse it is probably wine to wait until 2024+. 94+
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Decanted and drank over 3 hours. Classic left bank Bordeaux in the old world style, minerality, perfumey, great structure, drink now w decant or over another 10 years.
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Gave this a 90-minute decant and followed for 4 hours. A rich, expressive nose of cassis, cigar box, and dark fruits. With time the nose became more foresty alongside richer cigar notes. Cool but full on the palate, moving into a focused, tobacco-laced finish. Did this wine blow me away? I don't think so. But was it excellent with plenty of years to go? Absolutely.
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From magnum purchased for $95 on futures. 4th time I have had this wine. Decanted and poured back into the bottle 10 hours before drinking. Deep crimson color and lightly sedimented. Solid cork. Earthy aromas. Notes of oak, leather, cassis and berries. Firm tannins and a long finish. Well rounded at 17 years old. 1 mag left which I will hold for another 10 years or so. 96 points.
Gave this a three-hour double decant based on previous feedback. The fresh, fruity nose jumped out at me as I was decanting. At the restaurant, took another hour for it to develop beautiful fleshiness. St.-Juliens suffer in my comparison to Pauillacs because I always miss the earthiness, but this wine wowed us despite being unabashedly feminine. It's definitely ready to drink, with great integration of fruit, acid and tannins, and it held up well to New York steaks. I was happy to pop my only bottle of this now although I suspect it has a long life ahead.
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Opaque in color, no bricking. Deep aromas of plum that comes through in the taste. Dark fruits, a shade of anise, complex flavors ripple across the palate with good length. Supple, mature and balanced. A wonderful wine. Twenty minutes in a decanter or glass is all that's needed. Drink now through 2022.
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Uniquely St. Julien with finesse It is purple and has some observable sediments. It reveals cassis, forrest floor and leathery notes. It has a relatively light body and fruity acidity, with notes of spice. The palate is well supported by the generous minerality, which is full of St. Julien quality. The body is richer towards the end of the bottle, but it is still quite thin among Bordeaux wine from other appellations. Ready to drink now P.S.: My father does not appreciate this wine for its light body and weak tannin. He says it is rather diluted. Perhaps, St. Julien wine of finesse is not for everyone.
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Stunning wine. I cautioned against opening as so many B2K's are slow to come around. Not this one. Drinking great. Purple in color. The nose is great with cassis, Bordeaux funk, char, slight chocolate and spice. On the palate, this is lush but open. Black cherries, cassis with nice forest floor and a bit of barnyard. Slightly drying tannins but just slightly. Nice finish. Really gorgeous wine right now.
Opened approximately two hours before drinking. Luscious stewed plums and cranberry notes on the nose. The taste covers the palate. Silky tannins and slight acidity. Very lovely wine. Paired with braised short ribs.
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Pretty awesome, and incredibly expressive upon opening, only gaining depth with air. Cedar spice and tobacco nose. Palate is quite polished and smooth, without much tannin at this point. Finishes with smoke and cedar and some dark fruit. Polished, still fruit forward. Really nice bdx that is drinking just fine now.
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This wine is so balanced and harmonious to drink. Dark fruits, licorice, cedar and earthy flavours. Power but soft tannings. Still young with upside but very delicious and drinkable now.
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Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Still a fairly youthful dark color. Notes of dark fruit and plum with tobacco and violet undertones- I could have kept my nose buried in the glass all night. Has some tannin to shed but what's there is not obtrusive. Plummy dark fruit, herb and tobacco with a lengthy finish.
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Slow oxed for 2 hrs. It surprisingly opened up tonight with dark fruit, oak, and licorice. Palate is balanced and expressive. Its not a blockbuster wine but its drinking nicely tonight. I still like the Leoville Barton 00 over the Poyferre 00.
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Upon opening, luscious tobacco aroma. Decanted and consumed almost 4 hours afterwards. Nose evolves into abundant red fruits, almost Burgundy like. Taste is fulfilling, tannins are not soft, yet not too overwhelming . Enjoyed this wine and will try next bottle in three to four years.
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS #117; Bordeaux St. Julien except Léoville wines.... (By VD and @ VD): In the bouquet beautiful oak and cedar, cigar box and all the ripe dark forest fruits you can think of. On the palate concentrated and ripe dark berries, vanilla, beautiful acidity and tannin which still has a lot of future. Beautiful and harmonious wine, already open for business, but in 2025+ this will still be great and probably even more refined. Thank you Vincent :-)!
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Still drinking quite young. Very dark purple color. An earthy nose with an obvious barnyard component. Full, complex aromatics of dark plum, blackberry, barnyard, licorice, tobacco, and espresso. An elegant mouthfeel. Smooth tannins that are incredibly silky. Acidity a bit low. This will only get better with age.
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2017 GFGWTC Red Wine Red Meat Dinner (Ruth's Chris Minneapolis): Now this, my friends, is everything I love about Bordeaux. Shows its terroir beautifully. Lavender, sea breeze, graphite and cedar on the nose. Raspberry and pomegranate on the full, but elegant and floaty palate. Finishes with mostly sweet tannins, but also some lingering hints of dry grip that remind you it hasn't always drank so nicely. Finish sings on for 30+ seconds.
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Served this wine on the spur of the moment. Decanted and poured. Medium ruby, nose closed initially but opened to a bit of cedar and dark fruits. Delightful from minute one. Improved over the one hour we enjoyed it. Delicious to drink now and may even improve a bit. 4 down and 8 to go.
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Fifth bottle of the tasting and served alongside the 1996 LP. Dark red with purple highlights. Aggressive aromas of black fruits, cassis, graphite, leather and hint of licorice. Quite full bodied in the mouth revealing sweet crushed black cherries and cassis liqueur, dark chocolate, medium (-) acidity, fine tannins still present, well integrated wood and a long cedar/tobacco filled finish.
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Decanted 1hr ahead of serving - should have bee much longer. Still quite tight but already drinking very well. Lots of dark fruit on the nose and a powerful semi-developed palate, silky tannins and a medium-long finish. I'll hold my other two bottles for a good while yet but if you're tempted to try it now, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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all 2000's: none blockbusters, all good and enjoyable w/ prime tenderloin xmas eve dinner. pontet canet was inferior to the other 3 with regard to concentration of fruit.
malescot exupery: lighter, pretty and elegant, ripe tart cranberry. 92-94
pape clement: lead pencil, minerality, darker fruits. 92-94
leoville poyferre: biggest of the wines, and more structure than the first 2, long finish. 92-94
pontet canet: least favorite, most austere/acidic/structured of the bunch, wanting for more fruit compared to others. 90
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This was a slow burner. We popped, decanted, and then consumed over six hours. It started out tasty but muted: pencil shavings on the nose and murky red fruit on the palette. Over time it opened up to much more expressive red fruit, like overripe strawberries with a metallic edge. My wife described it as twizzlers without the sweet and I agree.
Not quite the blockbuster that I expected but, when we finished it at six hours, it was very strong and possibly still improving. Next time we'll try a longer decant. Either way, this wine is still quite young and probably on an upswing.
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Grand Bordeaux Tasting - K & L Wines San Francisco (San Francisco): Bold and brash on the nose. Black fruits, eucalyptus, black licorice. Offers a real sense of both power and elegance, where the fine silky texture plays a perfect feminine counterpart to its masculine stuffing. While relatively low in acidity, there is a welcome sense of freshness as well. This is fine enough to drink now but should age well for 2 decades or more. Not really my style but clearly a great wine!
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Outstanding profound and elegant aroma with great complexity and balance that's so appealing. 16 years and this wine still feels youthful. Rich and full body on the palate. Low acidity and sweet tannis makes it ready to drink now. Yet, it definitely still can be aged for another 20 years or so. Double decanted for 3.5 hours before drinking.
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K&L 2000 Bordeaux Tasting (K&L, San Francisco): Youthful color without bricking; aromatic but elegant and subtle nose that requires a bit of concentration, slight minerals; palate is full bodied, youthful tannins with a bit of grip, youthful ripe black fruit; medium finish. Needs a lot of time, and I actually prefer the grand puy Lacoste today. This comes across as a bit simple. 90
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Big nose of dark fruits and liquorice, lots of soft fruit on the palate. Still plenty of tannins on a long finish. The fruit is so soft compared to the tannins I doubt this will improve and is on its plateau of maturity.
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Decanted for 90 mins, poured back into the bottle. Served it in a 2 hr dinner. Nose had chocolate, purple fruit, dark fruit and vanilla. Palate is fresh with round and deep dark fruit. Its very expressive and structured. Long life ahead. Very good value to money. 92+
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One hour decant, medium ruby, cedar nose, stained bottle and throwing a lot of sediment. Very nice, elegant with a long finish. Can be enjoyed now with a long decant but the wine is still improving.
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Really a wine for the future but is drinking now with a long decant. Deep aromas of plum and cassis explode on the palate before being arrested by good firm tannins. This is going to be a potential 100 pointer in the future
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Bordeaux 2000 tasting (at my home): dark opaque red-purple elegant dark ripe fruit nose with quality leather notes full bodied, firm tannins, excellent earthy-lether flavours, excellent structure & complexity, stylish & elegant, excellent finish and aftertaste
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Barnyard nose upon opening and throughout. Dark black color. Totally enjoyable. Camphor, Dry cherries on the palate. Strong tannins. Super Long finish. Exactly met my expectations. Can't wait for my 03 and 10 to mature! This is great QPR. Buy this over Gruad.
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Plenty of Bordeaux and a few other bottles: Garnet with transparent rim, rich, lush fruit, clearly Cabernet dominated, very accessible with integrated tannins, good length. Was missing a bit the complexity but that is likely still to come. Guessed double blind left bank Bordeaux 2006 or 2004. 93+
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During a wine dinner, tasted blind. Nose of blue fruit, spices. Very soft on the palate, lush but fresh, a bit of whole in the mid mouth. I was guessing right bank. Having tasted this wine a few times, this is the first showing where the tannins were fully mature and integrated. A good showing.
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Wow, super concentrated nose of cèpes de Bordeaux, bacon, leather... Loads of ripe red cherries and strawberries, laser sharp freshness and sappiness, long long life ahead!
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Special dinner - post Oct-2015 Bordeaux wine tour (at Ety & Hanan Shahaf, Lehavim): dark opaque lively red-purple high quality ripe dark fruits aroma with earthy-leather-tobacco notes full bodied, soft round firm integrated tannins, excellent acidity level, outstanding structure and complexity, rich dark fruity flavours, liquorice, earthy-chocolate, graphite, mouth-filling, lingering aftertaste, a seductive finish!
Pulled from cellar decanted 2 hours. Glad because decent amount of sediment. First taste a tannins tight but great fruit. Bottled back up for BDay dinner out. Opened nicely with cherry and dark fruits and a bit of leather and paired nicely with steak. QPR ? for this wine. Maybe opened a little early but not disappointed after all it's my Birthday!
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Outstanding nose of red and blue fruit, wet stone, touch of earth and graphite. Round and rich in the mouth. Still sorting itself out on the finish but this is great today with plenty of upside.
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Popped and poured at BYOB for New Year's. I think many times I do a wine a dis-service by not decanting in advance of the many BYOBs I go to in and around Philly, but not in this case. Dark purple plum in color with no sign of maturity. Lovely nose of plum, cherry and nice floral elements. Started out with a mostly fruity palate of cassis and cherry with some leather and earth. By the last glass fruit subsided and it became somewhat rough with lots of charcoal. I think if I give this wine 5 more years and a good decant it could become something special.
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The 2000 Poyferre still needs quite a bit of aeration time to open up. Sports a deep ruby color and a youthful look. The bouquet is loaded with many goodies, black and red fruits, spring flowers, earth, vanilla oak, spice and a touch of herbs. Smooth, velvety palate coast your mouth with energy, beautiful structure with good grip and refreshing acidity. Rich, layered flavors last for great length. Excellent wine.
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For me, consistent with my earlier disappointing experiences with Leoville Poyferre (97, 04 and 07) and in line with my modest expectations. The nose is good, but the palate does not offer much. To me, there were more similarities between this and the 2000 Terrey Gros Cailloux (fellow Saint Julien wine with a price tag of $30) than differences. Furthermore, I do not think that this wine will go anywhere as it appears to be already going on a downward slope. At $160, there could be few wines that have a worse QPR than this one. I would go with the 2000 Talbot (at $80) rather than this even at the same price every time. The only bright spot for me is that, now, I have one less Chateau to worry about.
WHOUAW, 100% cuir de Russie, bacon, roasted meat... very very primary, red fruit, nice tannins, good acidity, this wine is open for business but still in a primary phase, I much prefer the 2003!
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Tasted at a Poyferre night vertical, along with a 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011. All exceptional wines! The 2000 stood out from the pack. Extremely smooth & elegant. The 2009, 2010, 2011 will surpass the 2000 vintage in about 10 years.
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Decanted 2.5 hours. Still pretty young. Superb nose, good complexity. It had a bit too much acidity, the only reason why i don't give a higher rating. 93-95 pts.
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K&L High-End Bordeaux Tasting - October 2015 (K&L): Moderately concentrated dark ruby with lots of garnet. A bit tight on the nose - it seems as if the fruit is not expressive on the nose, but on the palate there seems to be a density and weight of fruit. This is extracted and long, but the fruit hasn't unfurled yet. The most tannic of the lineup (m+ tannins - papery). This is really nice though - it's that magical combination of Brett and new oak, with cabernet character.
Score: Between 9 and 9.5
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K&L Bordeaux Tasting (K&L, Redwood City): Youthful ruby color; complex nose with red fruit, cedar, leafy mulch, blackberry; palate is full bodied, high acid, well integrated and approachable tannin, dense black fruit; long finish. Superb, drinking very young but nicely with decades ahead. 94-96
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Needs an hour in a decanter to open up. Supple and creamy, anise, mocha, some cedar, absolutely balanced, delicate, with sumptuous fruit. Completely melded tannins. What a sexy wine.
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Bottle left open for about 3 h after taking a sip. No decant this time. The wine is very open. Lovely smell filled with dark fruit with mature notes of forest floor. Still ample of tannins. Fruit is very focused, well defined but still juicy and welcoming. Complexity is good with mature notes in the back. Very long taste and good balance. Nice viscosity. Oak seems to be fully integrated at this time. Quite a wine to follow over the next 10 or so years.
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Textbook left bank 2000. Dark, youthful color. Definitely more black than red. In the nose sweetness, cabernet spice, leather and earth. In the mouth sweet, full and generous. But also fine grained tannins and structure. This will go another 15 years! The wine retains a superb balance. I refrain from scoring it higher as it does not display a lot of complexity. In its current state it is more about good winemaking and a great vintage than about its famous vineyard. All in all this offered prime drinking pleasure.
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Reinterpreted Paris Tasting 'Best Bottle Circle' Style (Emmen, Switzerland): Deep color. Nose shows leather and strawberry yoghurt. Nice sweetness but at the same time very classical and highly elegant. On the chubby side but not too much. This is now at the beginning of its (long) drinking window. Great stuff which actually needs to go on my buying list. Drink now - 2035
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Maturing beautifully. Still has tons of fruit and is taking on more dried fruit character. Plenty of earth. Shows hints of tobacco and graphite. Outstanding now, but I see how this can go much longer.
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Decanted 2 hours. Wonderfully open and complex nose suggesting a big vintage with plenty of fruit and many layers. Green herbs and pencil shavings on top, beef stock in the middle and cassis and tobacco on the bottom. The 35% merlot shows through with blueberry notes all over. Medium body, quite elegant with refreshing acidity, extremely well integrated wood taking into account that this has seen 80% new wood. Overall very very nice now, albeit just a tad shut down. Will blossom into something akin to the great left bank 1990's I think. 10 years more...half a case left.
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Brisket, Bordeaux, and Rhones: An excellent combination of ripe and savory, and the wood has integrated well. It is drinking nicely, but still has a lot of life left.
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No sign of bricking. Dark garnet to the edge, but plenty of sediment Deeply saturated flavors of dark fruits, anise, fresh acidity to balance. Long on the palate. Needs at least an hour in a decanter to open up. Tighter than the last bottle, which was delightful right out of the bottle.
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Review: I'm disappointed to see I never posted on this years ago! We had this in Chicago in Aug 2012 to commemorate our anniversary year. At that time, I thought it was waaaaayyyyy too young - completely impenetrable, even after hours of air. Tonight this was absolutely beautiful. From 750ml, decanted for hours in the morning, resealed then served 10 hrs later. Elegant. Complex. Vastly superior to the sum of all its parts. Truly worth seeking. Thanks, JW!
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The first of my case, and wonderful. Better even than the '96. Still young, but smooth tannins with fresh acitity and aromas too complex for my descriptive powers. Not cheap anymore, but still worth buying.
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Popped and decanted for 1 hour. Pure black fruit aromas with a dark red color. Complex flavors of black current, black cherry and earth. This wine is in a nice place and drinking beautifully.
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Terroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux 2000 Vintage (Groot Constantia): (Tasted Blind): Mid ruby in colour, the bouquet squire shy but slowly opens to reveal lemon, blackcurrant and blackberry. However, there is a hint of volatility that creeps in too. The entry is elegant with some lemon freshness, firmly texture and linear shape. It lacks depth and concentration but has a muscular, sinewy feel to it with some flesh. The tannin is quite coarse, and there is a sharper edge from the acid (this may be some VA, too?) but a classic older-style Claret. Score: 88-89/100"
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Still youthful in color, aroma, and flavor. Having said that, it's open for business! The oak has integrated to the dark cherry, black currant, clean tobacco, and soil tones. Fresh in the mouth with no hard edges. Fine tannins coat the finish. This will age long and well. Enjoyed by a wide range of palates. 92+
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This wine was decanted for one hour. No bricking, rich nose of cedar and organic compost. At the beginning of its drinking period which should last for many years. Fabulous wine with a long finish.
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From magnum. Very shut down nose, giving little. Quite concentrated fruit, some iron and earth, obviously going to be excellent. Very tight right now, so needs a long decant or quite a bit more time in bottle, I'd go for the latter.
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No bricking. Ripe tannins. Wonderfully complex with a multitude of flavors fluttering over your palate including ripe spicy tannins, cherry, black cherry, smoke, anise, a hint of tar, all anchored by a deep palate saturating earthiness. A fabulous wine. Well worth opening a bottle now.
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Wonderfully complex and elegant. Fruit core still present, but complimented by forest floor, cedar, toast, cigar box....you name it, it had it. In all honesty, I think that another year or 3 might improve it further, as the fruit dies away a bit....but this is subject to taste. The tannin is perfectly integrated and barely noticeable. This wine is suave, classy, and above all; top, top quality. A proper Bordeaux in a mature classic style (no Parker super fruit here). A pure delight in every sense of the word.
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A fine bottle of wine. Drank side by side with a 2003 Quilceda and a 2007 Leonetti. The Leoville was noticeably more complex with nice balance and a multiple of different flavors. Just way more interesting then either of the Cabs.
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From a half bottle. Nice dark rubis-black colour. Upon uncorking, aromas of raspberries and blackberries. In the glass, discrete red and black fruit as well as cedar and more specifically, raspberries in cream. On the palate, wow! Frank attack with a core of concentrated fruit on the mid-palate. Lots of tannin, but polished. Very good length up to a minute of raspberries, cream and blackberries all surrounded by the tannin. Frankly, a very nice wine. After 2 hours in a decanter, secondary aromas start to appear - leather and damp forest floor. Though the nose isn’t as “beautiful” as the Léoville Las Cases 2006, the core of concentrated fruit is intoxicating et promises a good evolution for this wine. Today, I would give it 93 but this could likely improve to 95 with extra maturity. Very good today, but will likely improve for another 5 years and then hold a plateau for 15-20 years. Beautiful wine!
Demie-bouteille. Belle robe rubis-noir. Lors du débouchage, des arômes de framboises et de mûres. En verre, le vin a des arômes discrets de fruits rouges et noirs et une touche de cèdre - framboises à la crème. En bouche, wow! Attaque franche et fruitée d’une superbe concentration. Il y a comme un noeud de fruits bien compact et concentré au centre en bouche. On y retrouve encore beaucoup de tannins, mais aussi de la framboises, de la crème, de la mûre et une superbe longueur d’environ une minute. Après deux heures d’aération, le nez s’ouvre et des arômes secondaires supplémentaires apparaissent - cuir et humus. Franchement, un beau vin. Sans avoir la beauté au nez du Léoville Las Cases 2006, il a ce noyaux de fruit concentré au centre du palais qui est enivrant et promet encore une très belle maturation. Aujourd’hui, je donnerai 93, mais ça pourra monter encore un peu vers 95 avec la maturité supplémentaire. Très bon maintenant, mais pourra encore s’améliorer sur 5 ans et ensuite être excellent pour encore 15-20 ans. Beau vin!
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Still a bit restrained on the nose with ripe fruit, graphite, spices and tobacco notes. Great mouthfeel, quite silky, still powerful. Lovely depth of flavours, good grip, ripe, but elegant. Very fine length. 93-94+
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From Coravin. Developed in the glass over 1.5 hour. Fantastic nose. Plum, cassis, toasted oak, leather, and damp forest floor. Full-bodied and dense. Straddles power and elegance. Round with silky tannins. Long finish. I feel this is in a nice place right now, and should remain in its drinking window for at least a decade. The structure is there. The style here seems to be in the middle of the '03 and '96 Leoville Poyferre.
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popped and let breathe in the bottle for 60 minutes. Very approachable 2000 that is ready to drink but will improve over the next 5 years and will last for 10+ more years. No harm at all in drinking these now. If I had several I would certainly open one in the near future.
Bordeaux 2000: dégustation horizontale (Restaurant Tandem): Un superbe vin, mon 2e préféré de la soirée (après Lynch Bages). Large et ample, juteux, un peu mentholé, droit comme un Pauillac, un brin austère mais envoûtant. Un vin plein et complet, excellent! 94 (+) pts
Sur l'évolution, en fin de soirée, six heures après l'ouverture, il se referme, restant frais, aristocrate, avec une formidable armure tannique. À mon avis il est à encore au moins 5 ans de la maturité.
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If you can deal with a 2 minute finish that is incredibly complex, then I suggest you purchase or drink this wine. It is the best wine I have tasted from Bordeaux 2000. It appeals to the palate and intellect, holds my interest and I want to go back to it for more. And its unique. Each and every drop gets better. Had it for New Year's Eve with a 2001 Phelps Insignia, and 2002 Cristal Champagne. Although different, three holes in one!
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Opened by Otis. Decanted for several hours before dinner. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. 3rd time I have had this wine (on release, in 2010 and now) and it has always shown well. I'm not sure if this wine ever closed down. Smoother and more elegant now than previous bottles. Notes of cherries, creme de cassis, plums and minerals. Solky tannins and a long lingering finish. I have a pair of magnums which should easily hold for another 20-30 years. 96 points
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Color: deep red Nose: super complex, haven't had this beauty for the last 2 yrs and boy has she blossomed into a beautiful young lady whom I have no doubt will mature into a classy lady in a few years time, I can't even begin to describe the perfume of this Poyferre, it's that good Palate: long, sophisticated, ripe fruits with perfect equilibrium with the v8 Bentley tannins, if the 2000 weren't so pricey this is worth getting a case and track the evolution of this beauty, for me the best Poyferre in the last 20 years, absolutely stunning, this wine has the X factor - that small but rare quality that differentiates a good wine from a truly great wine, stunning
Rating: 97+
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Pop/pour. Youthful garnet appearance, no bricking. Aromas of an old wine cellar, morbier cheese, oak, leather, figs. A mature yet still youthful palate, with harmonious balance of dark berry fruit, earth, soil, and integrated tannins. Lingering, pleasant finish. A very traditional left bank style from a great vintage, this will improve for years to come.
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Richer, fuller, more generous nose compared to the 2005, more concentration, a little bit less elegant maybe, but good acidity, wonderful mouthfeel and structure, very well balanced and complex. Lingering finish. Excellent. 94-95+
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At a dinner arranged by David S at the Lotus Club NYC, fantastic evening. One of the guests was from the chateau - pouring the 2000 and 2009 to drink side by side.
Dark garnet/red color, no signs of aging. Gorgeous nose of red and black fruits, perfumed floral notes, oak, cloves. Palate repeats - full bodied Bordeaux with a long finish.
Seems to be entering its drinking phase, best guess is it will be here for 10+ years.
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The best showing yet for this fantastic effort. The nose absolutely explodes, with vibrant perfumes of red and black fruits, red floral and oak spice. Decanted for aeration at 10am and served at 8pm, this was completely in the zone and just as good or better on night 2. The bottle I opened last month just didn't see enough aeration prior to service, so if you want to see this wine's true potential, 10 hours in decanter is strongly advised. An absolute thing of beauty, with the type of structure and purity that haunts the mind. Drink thru 2030; 13,0% abv. highly recommended
Served double-blind, alongside 2000 Calon-Ségur, 2000 Opus One, 2000 Lynch-Bages, 2001 Verite Le Desir, this was WOTN by a landslide.
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Stunning, beautiful Bordeaux now entering the early phases of maturity. Stunning nose with red and black fruits, smoke, leather and spices. Big, well delineated structure and terrific concentration makes for a great wine that will become more fleshy and complex overtime.
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San Diego WineSpectator.com Offline, 10/10/2014 (Solare Restaurant, Liberty Station, Point Loma, San Diego CA): Decanted 1 hour. Clear dark garnet. Powerful bouquet of black fruit, cocoa, cloves, charcoal. Full body, massive wine with acidity and tannins providing superb balance and structure. Still tight and tannic. Several years ago I wrote this is "still a baby" and to give it at least five more years. Today, it has grown into a toddler named Bam-Bam. Remember The Flintstones? Please wait five more years. My #2 and group's FOURTH PLACE (tie).
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Chicago: wine, food, friends...cigars!; 9/17/2014-9/20/2014 (Blackbird, Les Nomades, Naha, with lunch at Shaw's Crab House): An absolutely delicious wine. But its life in the winner's circle is very short lived as the '00 Pegau Capo and '98 l'Ermite are poured directly afterwards, which made this a very distant memory in no time at all. Full-bodied, chewy at times, this has a good amount of depth and considerable purity, but the acidity may not be enough for the long run -- perhaps best over the next 10 years or so. Delicious, and not too serious, so have some fun with it. 13,0% abv., recommended
Drank at STK in Vegas from decanter. Very similar experience as with the last time I had this wine, though I liked it more this time around. Medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. Not much in the way of any tertiary aromas here. Soft, silky, elegant wine, with smooth tannins which were still fairly evident. The fruit was fairly well extracted, but didn't come off as sweet as the last time I had this wine. A bit more complexity and concentration than I recall. Overall, a very pleasant, elegant wine that appears to be improving. I look forward to my next bottle.
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Drank a whole bottle myself at Brasserie Lipp in Geneva. Pop n pour - was excellent! Very sweet with lots of viscosity. Some alcohol and oak still to integrate, tannins are there but masked by huge concentration, sweetness and low acidity (note: although low, I found this much easier to drink than 03s). Absolutely lovely now, but needs another 5-10yrs to reach peak. Less of the cedar and usual notes, much more cassis, some charcoal, etc (but this may change in time). I am loving St Juliens in 2000 (imho it's the best vintage since 1985, a notch above 1996 and better than 1990), and this seems one of the very best. Great potential relative value here - esp compared to 03 Poyferre and recent vintages.
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Ruby color with no bricking. Tastes of tart licorice, cedar, black cherries, plum, long and lingering on the palate. Wonderful and just a bit early; the tannins are resolved. This will gain in complexity in the near term. It is entering a narrow window of perfection. Best between 2015-2019.
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Cedar, Lead Pencil, medium red fruits, chewy tannins that have started to come into balance but need another 5-10 years. Medium acidity and body, this is a very good and will someday probably be profound wine.
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Bottle purchased En Primeur and perfectly kept. Immediately after opening: Nice fruit and acidity. A bit short. Decanted and drunk immediately, 7 hours later. A superb wine, with vibrant fruit. Great now. Will evolve nicely. Complex.
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Unversity Club selection. This bottle was tighter then previous experiences. Nose portrayed more green and hard cellar elements, slowly blowing off to reveal classic black fruit, tobacco, herb and earth. Palate is extremely structured and layered. Green pepper, young fruit, tobacco dried and some spices. Not my best wine but nonetheless will be a stunner over time.
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Decided to crack this one for family dinner based on recent CT comments. I'm glad I did. Very smooth and elegant for a Bordeaux of this age, and I think there is room for further improvement over the next few years. Great balance here.
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Classic Bordeaux. Dark red fruits, cassis, and lead pencil predominate with tobacco and vanilla in the background. Not sure why this wine is getting such high ratings. It's good, but still quite simple.
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Detta vin är bara så bra. Det är ganska lätt i stilen och redan tillgängligt trots att det är ungt. det finns nån grönhet i vinet som jag gillar. Svårt att sätta ord på vinet men detta är världsklass!
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Horizontal blind tasting of 10 Bordeaux wines from the 2000 vintage tonight. The Poyferré 2000 sports an impressive and rather fully packed young nose with hints of alcohol/heat, jammy sweet dark fruit, vanilla, tobacco, some green herbs and toasted oak. Still, it’s not overdone, more like young and in need of time. The nose settles somewhat in the glass with time and more swirling, but is still very young and undeveloped. On the palate this is very supple and graceful, with perfectly ripe fruit, nice structure and balance, really long and caressing with nice fine tannins to balance the sweet velvety fruit. A hint of vanilla present on the palate too, but I’m sure there is more than enough material in this wine to eat those last traces of wood within shortly. A really great wine, from a really great vintage.
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Jag tycker att vinerna från Leoville-Poyferre under 2000-talet blivit så otroligt bra och gått om både Las-Cases och Baron. Årgångarna -00, -03, -05 är alla helt fantastiska. Årgångarna -09 och -10 är ju helt magiska men skall givetvis ligga länge till i källaren. Årgång 2000 har helt underbar doft med körsbär, vinbär, plommon, läder, rostade kaffeböner, cigarrlåda och allt som skall finnas där. Koncentrerad fin smak med söt frukt, underbara tanniner och en lång och fantastiskt balanserad eftersmak. Det här går givetvis att lagra massor av år men är otroligt gott och tillgängligt redan idag.
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On the nose, vanilla, oak, black pepper, liquorice, stable and black currant. on the palate, Pepper, vanilla, a hint of chocolate and liquorice. Long and nice finish
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One of the 6 blind wines, and the winner by a large margin over Pichon Baron and Calon Segur. Perfect cork and fill. Dark purple to rim. Intense nose of ripe cassis and dark berry fruits, earthiness, hints of oaky/mocha notes. Full bodied with layers of dark ripe fruit, good balancing acidity and tannins, not yet showing any significant aged complexity. Moderately long finish. Outstanding now but should improve as it develops complexity over the next 5-10 years.
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(Historic vertical tasting of all Léoville Poyferré's kosher cuvées 1999-2005, Savyon, February 11th 2014) Deep garnet towards purple, a touch of Brett and barnyard funk, with dusty black fruit such as cassis and blackberries. Very full-bodied and fleshy with on the palate blackberries and black cherries, black truffles and pencil lead with a touch of sweet oak and dark chocolate, very nice acidity and integrating tannins on the long and luscious finish. Broader shoulders than the '99 with enough power to develop further layers of complexity for 10 years. Drink now-2025, possibly longer. 96+
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Popped cork and drank over 4 hours. Paired w prime rib. Delicious but reserved, somewhat restrained wine. Parker wrote that this was jammy and opulent, which I can't agree with on this showing. But, with some air and coaxing there is some nice dark fruit w classic st julien structure and minerality. 92-94.
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Drank at University Club, NY. Black fruit, gravel, hint of evergreen and menthol on the nose. Well formed with more fruit coming through upon decant. Palate was structured as expected, with some tannin, good mouth feel. Black fruit, cedar, stone and more evergreen on palate. Medium finish. Plenty of age left.
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Bottle of Pain dinner (Ibiza, New Haven, CT): I quite liked this a couple of years ago, but this bottle didn't show all that well for my taste - the oak here is quite prominent and heavy handed, and it doesn't show the more savoury earthy/herbal flavours I recall. Very good, but this really struggled following the old Northern Rhones, and poured alongside the PLL.
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Needed more air-was still opening after 3 hours. This 375 showed young and tight with plenty of tannins yet to resolve. Fruit was red and black with hints of spice and earth, plenty of graphite, and a menthol note that emerged after some air.
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Still young in the glass, no hint of bricking on the edges, deep opaque. Nose was a straight forward without any real complexity but solid, nothing off at all. Seemed just a bit flat and dry but the fruit is still there. Excellent finish. teetered between 94 and 95 points but settled on 94 for lack of complexity... that could be just me. Beautiful Bordeaux none the less.
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Le meilleur de la verticale des 5 millésimes. Ce vin a un équilibre exceptionnel: tannins, acidité, alcool, fruit, bois, etc. Le nez est complexe (cassis, mûre, cèdre, tabac, sous-bois, poivron), la bouche est grasse, longue et tellement raffinée en même temps. Dans mon Top 3 des vins de 2013 sur des centaines de dégustés.
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Blind. Textbook nose of graphite and cedar. Blackcurrants, underbrush. Still feels young and lacking complexity. I think it's not at its best right now.
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Outstanding bottling from this outstanding vintage. Still very early but a four hour decant brought out the refinement and complexity of this St. Julien, which has a strong mid-palate characterized by red fruit notes and classic but somewhat understated lead pencil notes in the finish. We had it with homemade cassoulet including duck confit and it was a perfect complement.
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HDH '90 vs '00 BDX Comparative Tasting (Chicago, IL - Spiaggia): Not at closed as the LLC, as this was showing a nice core of fruit, but it was still backward with plenty of tannins. Not quite as polished as the LLC, but probably on same quality level as the ’00 Ducru. A-/A
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This is a true beauty! No decant, about 4 hours slow areation, this gem opened up surprisingly well. Certainly its youthful, but seems like it's getting ready to spread its wings. Crimson red core, with just a touch of lightening on the rim, long legs. The bouquet is packed with cassis, floral, spice, dark / blue fruits, pencil lead shavings, tobacco, vanilla and green pepper. You wouldn't want to smell anything else in the surrounding, just glue to the wine glass. Palate matches the bouquet, layered, complex, creamy, opulent, rich, plush with excellent balance of fruits and acidity. Tannins are sweet, soft and extremely fine. Finish is long and expansive, cigar smoke, jam, plum and tobacco leaf. Simply marvelous!
This wine will keep developing more complexity and secondary nuances in the coming years or decades, and will become an outstanding elixir.
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Very deep color. A little muted, showing generic red fruits and tobacco. Lots of juicy acidity, firmish tannins, and alcohol that came into reasonable balance with air. Very long, sweet, fruity finish. This needs perhaps 5 more years to shed some structure, and may mature into an excellent wine, although a slightly green undertone may grow bothersome. Recommend a decant of 6 hours or longer if drinking now. 13% abv
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Showing some lightening at the edge, the wine is silky, soft, polished and developing, spicy, earthy, tobacco and truffle characteristics. Still young, but beginning to open and display its qualities, the finish is long, supple, concentrated, fresh and clean.
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Smells like there is some kind of scrumptious holiday fruitcake baking in the oven as I'm pouring this into the decanter -- such sweet, enticing aromatics that I wonder if the wine will end up packed with jammy sur-maturité, but in fact it turns out to have all its coloring inside the lines. In fact, while I often find Poyferré deep-pitched and black-fruited, this is red in complexion from beginning to end, starting with those red-currant fruitcake aromatics but eventually shedding the immediate sweetness and showing more fresh berry flavors with air although with a reduced, saucy intensity. The fruit is saturating on the palate and you only occasionally notice that the tannins still have some underlying grit, but it still comes across on a fairly slender, feminine-proportioned frame. I don't notice any remnants of the oak anymore, not even a light whiff of cedar, but there is an iron-like earthiness running through the fruit that shows that this is about more than just scrumptiousness.
Deep, dark, luscious violet. Sweet violet perfume. Violets, blackberries, and solid tannins that nicely complement the principal notes. The finish lingers forever and showcases the intense blackberries. Not overly nuanced, but with a velvety texture, this elegant wine should have another 10-15 years of fine drinking ahead.
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Open 24 hrs. Superlative wine. Very dark and dense ruby. Legs galore. The perfume coming out of the glass is special indeed. Ethereal, deeply fruited, dense-packed violets and iron. Huge mouthful, reaches every corner and spreads out to a broad swath of cedary cherry fruit. Still a relative baby though, with many years of life ahead. Only just showing its potential. Wow. 5-14-17-9: 95/100.
Medium Ruby. Reserved nose of dark fruit, earth and some oak. On the palate the wine is still quite closed as well not revealing lots of aromas. The structure is good though with still very present tannins that need further shedding. Probably a wait till 2015+.
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Wine Aficionados Tasting - Westchester Wine School (Mamaroneck, NY): Drank blind at a Ned WWS tasting, matched up vs a 2003 Ducru B. Both were decanted for at least 1 hour b4 pouring. Firstly, the Ducru had an overwhelming nose of coffee, and dark, perhaps even burnt fruit. Full bodied wine, dark red to purple coloring showing no signs of age to my eye. Still fairly heavy tannins, good minerality and earth, hints of tar and nice spices. Quibbling, I found this Ducru to be much shorter than I would have preferred, and the fruit somewhat stilted. Still, a very lovely wine drinking great right now. The crowd preferred this to the Leoville 11-2. I was in the distinct minority, preferring the latter just slightly more than the Ducru. The Poyferre showed a medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. I picked up no tertiary aromas which I found surprising. Also, the Poyferre wasn't particularly complex and had no extraordinary or unusually memorable qualities. The wine was softer, with smoother tannins which were still quite evident. The fruit was more extracted than the Ducru, and hence it showed fruitier & sweeter on my palate. Still, I guessed this, correctly, to be the older wine as I found it more subtle, and its elements more integrated than the Ducru. I gave this wine a 92+. Reading Parker's superlative review of this wine--which helped me to choose it to match vs the Ducru--I am at a loss to comprehend his findings. Though I agree on some of the elements of this wine, this is no 97 point wine and never will be in my mind. I liked it but I've had many, far more memorable bordeaux of many vintages.
Approachable with some secundary flavours, but would benefit from another 5 to 10 years. My god i really like mature bordeaux, and this is going in the right direction. Second growth quality, surely. Glad to have some bottles left. Next bottle in 2018?
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Really enjoyed this. Big nose. Nicely balanced wine. Drinking fairly young but giving some secondary flavors. Tobacco, spice, cinnamon, pencil shavings. Long on the finish.
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Very nice Bordeaux nose, but just not giving quite the elegance I hoped for. A 91 point wine right now, but needs more finish. Score might be higher in time. Hold, I think.
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Now this is just a shame...on PnP, some thought it corked, but after a night in the cellar, the nose said no to TCA but yes to an overdose of oxidation. Sadly the wine was dead. I'm still sobbing. 13,0% abv
2013 New Year's Day Tasting (Marietta, GA): Delicious; ripe red and dark fruits, perfumy violets, sandalwood. Tannins are smooth already. Was considering supertuscan due to the exotic sandalwood. Really tasty and balanced. Could see Cali Cab drinkers liking this, too.
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(65 CS, 25 Merlot, 8 PV, 2 Cab Franc) Still a great color, young dark purple; complex tobacco, cedar, earth, wood, chocolate nose; mid-body to big; round, good fruit; berries; wood; good tannins; long finish. Still has life left.
This wine was purchased at Veritas - NYC from the owners personal cellar. Cork was in the best condition I have personally seen in a 2000. Purchased direct from winery and stored impecably. Deep dark purple to the rim, great aromatics of dark fruit. Full bodied, strong legs. Palate was very complex with layers of dark fruit, cassis, some sweetness, integrated tannins. Actually somewhat youthful so I will be interested to see how my remaining bottles at home develop. Finish with spice and fruit lingered. Went exquistely with Veal chop which was the best Veal chop I have ever had. Highly recommend wine and restaurant.
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nice evolution, great colour, love it, the aromatics are now (dec 2012) stronger right away. Great finesse, and red fruits are nicely present, balanced, making this wine fantastic for both food or stand alone. One wonders how much better this wine will become with more years. it feels ready to go for long long time!
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Souper Bordeaux 2000-2003 Nez similaire au premier, cassis (rouge), cèdre et tabac. Bouche un peu plus austère que le précédent, droite et classique, très racée, avec une ampleur et une longueur fascinantes. Wow! 95-96 pts Poyferré est toute une découverte pour moi, j’ai pensé avoir affaire à Montrose tant le vin me semblait racé et profond.
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Pure pleasure in a bottle. No formal notes, but it was decanted before our party drank it. This beauty spent over 2 days in the decanter and still tasted great till the end.
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Wonderfully aromatic bouquet and notes dominated by black raspberry. Nice intensity of flavor, however, nowhere near as good as the last bottle I tried a year or so ago. Dissapointing in that respect.
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My contribution to the Cellar Tracker! Charleston Offlineorama. Too much going on in the room for me to pay close attention to the wine. This is a massive wine that at this point is still relatively closed. Lots of interesting things going on behind the "I'm not ready yet" door. Has lots of promise with plenty of fruit and tannins to make this a long ager. I would definitely wait another 4-5 years before opening this wine and I would not be surprised if it did not hit it's maturity for another 10 years and then drink well for another 10 years after that. The main notes that stand out to me were the graphite and stones. Be patient!
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Nice. Kept changing. Not a blockbuster. No danger of going oth soon. Lots of encil lead and mint. Fruit too. Would be grest without food. Charred beef was too much.
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Birthday Celebration (Perennial Virant - Chicago IL): Big black fruit with lots of structure. Tonight it came across to me as very one dimensional. Decanted for a couple of hours, but this wine obviously needs lots and lots more time.
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Beautiful attention grabbing aromatics filled with licorice, cherry, smoke, coffee, truffle, cassis, earth and spice pair perfectly with the rich, supple textures. Still young, another 10 years will add a lot to the long, concentrated, silky, round, black and red, spicy fruit filled finish.
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Shane's Birthday Dinner (Greg & Sayo's House, Hong Kong): Decanted for 2 hours before serving over cheese behind a 1985 Ch. Haut Brion and a 1982 La Rioja Alta Gran Riserva 890 that had been served with the main course. Black-red totally opaque in colour. Nose is young purple berry fruit and fresh-sawn new plank wood. Palate is monolithic but very pure cassis fruit but the tannins are still way over-dominant......like cold black Typhoo tea. Quite closed....er, that's an understatement and hence no length. Revisit in 5-7 years or give it a much longer decant (8+ hours) if you must try it now. One day this could become a superb St. Julien. Really rather unfair to score it after the two older and exceptional wines that preceded it.
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Sunday Group: 2000 Bordeaux (Barb's): Deep color. Red currants, lavender and floral notes, black currants as well. Full-bodied, with black and red fruit, underbrush and herb flavors. Nice finish with balanced acidity. 91-92+ pts.
My #1, Domino's #5 Group #5, 49 pts
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Nice aromas of black fruits. Medium bodied, round and smooth, balanced with some fats, in a style which was as elegant as its nose. I could have drunk this bottle all by myself. I left some in the bottle, and it was still good the next day with the beef briskets at Jade Palace, Forum. Good solid effort which changed my mind about Poyferre, and perhaps other St. Juliens to come. I will buy more.
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Opened bottle ~8 hours prior to decant. Another 4 hours before enjoying 2 medium sized glasses over 1.5 hours. Exuberant nose of clean dark fruit, a mineral note definitely detectable. Cassis and black berry with strong but pleasant cedar on the palate with rock/mineral on the finish followed by a return of the cedar but more cigar box as well as earth. Terrific balance. Finish is long. Delicious.
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Had the 2002 and 2000 after eachother. The difference was smaller than expected. The 2002 had a lovely nose of green herbs, some cedar but less so than in a Pauillac. Also some red berries. Good body with mature fruit, albeit some greenness and more acid than the 2000. The 2000 had another notch to offer both on the nose and on the palate. More dark berries, less green herbs and another layer of fruit. Deeper fruit on the palate. But as I said the difference is smaller than the vintages would suggest.
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Great nose, loads of pencil shavings, cigar box and cherry cassis. Great balance, chewy tannins that are now starting to dissipate but still there. I'd give this another 3-5 years.
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This wine is more mature and elegant than I had expected. I have a feeling that this wine was made with another intentions than the more recent Poyferrés which are more fullbodied and "new worldish". I guessed than this was Las Cases from the mid 90-ies (maybe can give a hint of the style). Beautiful wine that is ready to drink already.
Interestingly we had the Poyferré 2001 in the next glass, and it felt more dense, younger but also more oaky. Did we see Poyferré shift in style here? The 2001 was not so far away from the 2003....
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3rd time tried from my cellar and least favorite to date. Popped and poured. Odd strong funkiness on the nose on 2 separate pours. After half hour in the glass, each time funkiness subdued with cherry, licorice and earthiness showing. Big wine with not a lot of fruit on the palate. No tannin to speak of, but leather, oak, spice and minerality. Needs a few more years to lighten and integrate. Hopefully, the fruit will emerge. I am a Poyferre fan, but this was a disappoinment considering the vintage.
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Garnet leading to an evolving nose offering black fruit, roses, cedar with well blended in oak. Very elegant on palate with some vegetality present and firm fine-grained tannins. Refreshing and harmonious with a long-mid palate and complexity starting to reveal.
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Dark purple to rim. Nose develops significant intensity over 2 hours to show ripe cassis and dark berry fruits, oaky/mocha notes, bit of earthiness. Full bodied with layers of dark ripe fruit, good balancing acidity and tannins, not yet showing any significant aged complexity. Moderately long finish. Outstanding now but should improve as it develops complexity over the next 5-10 years.
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Minneapolis Wine Club Year End Event (Shari's House): Wonderful wine and improve throughout the night. Decanted 3 hours. Dark purple. Intense nose of oak, blueberries, funk, spice and minerals. The fruit on the palate was ripe and the wine is still quite tannic. This should have 25 years or more on it. Long finish.
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Mpls Wine Club: Highly Rated Rhones: Chave, Guigal, Usseglio + Poyferre & Cos (Shari's house): Very dark red-purple color. Decanted for 2.5hrs. Drank 1 glass over 3+hrs. The nose is not fully open, it shows spice, oak, creme de cassis, blackberry, moist earth, graphite, subtle chocolate and about 2 hours in started to show that floral perfume. While the nose was slightly muted, the palate was intense. The palate shows great depth with full body, layers of rich black fruits, graphite, mineral, soft and lush in the mouth. Long finish. As good as this was, i have to say I was a bit disappointed in the overal showing. I predicted this wine and the '05 Chave would battle for WOTN, but I was only half right. This wine is still very young and I fully expect it be considerably better in a few years. I would suggest decanting for at least 4+hours if drinking now.
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Showed some leather and tar on the nose along with sweet cassis. It was dense, rich and chewy in the mouth with excellent balance and a long finish carried by its sugar coated tannins.
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Black red, paling on the edges but not yet bricked. Red cherry and cassis with vanilla, oak and some nutmeg and pepper spice. Wonderfully smooth and coats your mouth with a very long length.
Still a lot of tannins and will develop over the next 5 years and will probably get better but still lovely now.
The wonderful thing about this wine is that it changes moods in your mouth starting with a very fruit forward and then going into spice.
I wonderful wine that truly shows how good a St Julien gets. You need to drink a couple of bottles of it to truly see its nature. I will crack open my next case in a couple of years time and see how it has evolved.
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Five Decades of Leoville Poyferre with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark youthfull red colour as expected from a 2000. Nose (not as open as the 2001 that we tried before this) cedary, smoky with some sweet fruit elements. Very elegant, not overdone. Still restarined but feels so structured and well made, classic wine. Deep, lots of fruit and with lots of length. A lovely sweet core too. This is among the most fwd 2000s and justifies the hype behind it. 94+ for the moment but given at the moment this is holding back we can only but imagine how lovely it will be in the future. Lots of life in this.Could well follow a similar path to the 1990.
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This time decanted for 3 1/2 hours. That really made a difference.
This baby has an amazing nose, still fresh and vibrant with a huge Cassis and red berry nose. Really strong and rich - lovely, more like a shiraz full fruit nose.
The taste is beautifully smooth rich in tannins with a length that I can still taste now 2 hours after drinking.
If you have a bottle of this you are a lucky person. Be selective whom you drink it with :-)
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Decanted for two hours but amazingly it was still quite closed and only really started to open up after another couple of hours.
It is a wonderful complex nose of cassis, wood and tobacco. It has a rich full taste and a great length. This really is a lovely wine but still quite a lot of tannin's there and should go on for many more years.
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Drinking beautifully. Lots of classic Bordeaux notes of graphite, cassis and leather--with some barnyard creeping into the background as the wine warmed. Silky texture, and that nice acidity that many fruit bomb cabs tend to lack. Quite enjoyable.
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A beautiful and luxurious bouquet with beautiful French oak, smoke, cassis, graphite, cigar box etc. etc. On the palate the same impressions. Classical as well as modern and so luxurious. Beautiful soft and round tannin, acidity, bitterness and full bodied. Already a great pleasure in its adolescent stage. Will probably even improve a bit with approx 5 years of ageing and will still be great in 2020 and well after that. A great wine. 96-97 for now.
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EK 211 Dubai to Houston: DXB -> HIA. Clear, medium ruby, slow moving. Medium (-) complex nose of black fruits, cooked fruit, black pepper, eucalyptus, toffee. Dry, medium (+) acidity, high in ripe tannins, aromas of cherries, cedar, eucalyptus, little smoked meat, reasonably complex yet not overwhelming. Medium body with glycerine texture (the wine does not melt on the palate). Well balanced and elegant with medium (+) finish, despite the acidity leaves sweet aftertaste. Elegant yes, but fails to make a real impression. Is this an example of the Bordeaux-austerity or is the wine in a sleep phase when the fruit aromas are in decline and the structure and tertiary flavours are not developed yet? Wait.
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With an explosive perfume of coffee, black cherry, black berry, truffle, tobacco, spice box, smoke and cloves, this wine takes off and keeps on going. The texture is plush, opulent and fleshy, but there is the right amount of acidity to allow the wine to feel fresh and lively. With a long, pure, plum and black cherry finish, this beautiful expression of Leoville Poyferre leaves a great impression. This is the third time I’ve tasted this wine in a month and every bottle has been great. With prices for 2009 and 2010, this is the wine to buy and cellar.
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Wine from my LA Vacation; 7/23/2011-7/31/2011 (Los Angeles): This was a wow wine. It was popped and splash decanted for about 20 minutes IIRC. The best bottle from this estate I have had. Purple in color. Lush texture. Aromas of cassis, boysenberries, black licorice and vanilla. This is opulent and rich. On the palate, the fruit follows thru. Firm tannins, but so much fruit as to almost overwhelm the tannins. Enough acidity to drink now, but this wines best days should be ahead. The only glass I refilled during the evening.
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Leoville Poyferre Jammy berries, boysenberry, coffee, smoke, chocolate, black raspberry, spice, black cherry and earthy aromas pop from the glass. With opulent, round, silky tannins, this full bodied, concentrated, ripe, fruit filled St. Julien wine is developing perfectly. With another 5 years of bottle age, this plush Bordeaux wine should improve while offering the sublime 1982 Poyferre a run for the money.
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consumed for fathers day with a beautiful local 45 day dry aged ny strip with argula salad with buttermilk bleu cheese, candied pecans, shallots, and balsamic vinaigrette.
the aroma of this bottle pours into the room during a double decant. divine and harmonious nose of cassis, violets, cherries, gravel, and a bit of mineral. soft mouth feel of pure cassis and earthy elements. good concentration. a little drying on the finish and the acid pokes through a bit. overall, this is a fantastic bottle. i think the '03 edges this out, but i may be splitting hairs here.
my wife asks why we don't drink more bordeaux. gulp....
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Leo's Blind Tasting Group - June '11 edition (Restaurant Saul, Brooklyn): Fantastic. This is in a great place right now, still showing plenty of primary cassis and dark fruited flavours, but augmented by cedary and herbal notes and the start of developing leathery/earthy flavours. Quite rich, conveying power with a sense of restraint and great balance.
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Deep violet. Highly perfumed bouquet of overripe plums, almost cloying sweetness, and violets that is typical of the best years of St. Juliens. Notes of sweet blackberries and some blueberry in the front palate that undergoes complex changes before cranberry and raspberry notes emerge at the mid-palate. Very muted spice notes are present as well. Blue fruit dominates at the end and on the finish. Complex and layered with a finish that dances across the tongue. This is an amazing wine - I couldn't stop smiling while drinking it. Caveat: tasted aboard an Emirates flight from London to Dubai, but I did not feel my taste was impaired.
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Opened, but not decanted, 3 hours prior to pour. Still dark purple. Nose, at first, mostly cassis and earth. By second glass, beautiful sweet cherry with anise and earth on a non-expansive nose. Heavy sediment. Good thing bottle was stood up for 2 days before bringing to BYOB. On the palate, light tannin which disappeared by second glass. Blackberry, earth and some minerality on a balanced palate. Still looking for some more fruit in this wine. Just an impression, but 5 more years before the next one might be just right for this wine.
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Open and drank over 5 hours. Surprisingly open nose. Sweet red and purple fruit. Great concentration, but not over done. Definitely more forward than the 2000 LLC, but with structure to last. I will wait a couple of years before trying the next one, but it is clear this wine has a great life ahead.
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So we opened this about 1 hour ago. Nice bottle but I think "too young" is the issue. It is also "too expensive and not at all what I had expected. I am not an expert but we drink nice wines and I am not satisfied, even given the age. Money can be much better spent elsewhere. It is a nice bottle but, as some other wise consumer said, "you cannot get around the age of the wine by decanting" or something like that. It is true. Lite tannin, grainy after a while, and nothing very interesting later either. Not often that I "dis" a wine, but this is the time.I am considering the cost, although the 2007 Silex that we tried first was excellent. "
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Way too young, huge amounts of purple & red fruit, good balance, lots of oak, decent acidity and tannins. Tastes a lot like 1990's did in about 2000, which makes sense. Not enough complexity to ever be great, but extremely enjoyable if you like that sort of thing.
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nice colour, a bit closed still, the aromatics were limited, needs (much) more time. Red fruits are very vivid, very young still in march 2011. We tasted it in 2004 and then was showing great potential, so we were a bit disappointed then. Maybe it needs major decanting (more than few hours), to get the most of it.
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While this is not as expressive as the 1996, the aromatic profile is deeper, broader and better complexity with violet, coffee, wood spice, blackberry fruits and earth. Remarkably freshness, classy and great transparency is what this full-bodied, youthful juice to offer. Intense, complex with layer and layer of fruits, earth, grounded coffee and floral all nicely framed by the fine, silky tannin and lively acidity, gorgeous mouth feel and texture. Though the finishing is quite tight, but this is a lovely Poyferre! Buy - Yes.
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From a Magnum during the family Christmas dinner, paired with turkey and diverse traditional side dishes. Please take note that I love Poyferre, and have wide experience with the chateau, as it is easily the most stocked wine in my cellar. This is the first time I have opened the 2000, and it was a clear case of stupid infancticide: it is still too early to drink this young wine. Do not think, as I did, that you can get around the youth of this wine by decanting. You cannot. The wine is classic, and extremely reserved, merely a suggestion of what it might be in 5 years time, which is when I will open the next bottle. Will be a wonderful wine in 2015, but now it is still putting on muscle and training its moves. Like a dancer still in the 2nd or 3rd year of lessons with no professional concert experience.
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Very closed right now, tried it over two days and it did not show more than some intense mineral and black fruit. Seems like there's lots of potential in there but not much now.
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EWG Celebrates Y2K (Conrad Green's Abode): Ripe red fruits and cedar on the nose. Juicy and lean feeling with strong tannin though a bit disjointed. The acids seemed tart like, artificial in nature. Needs more bottle time.
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The fill was into the neck and the cork was pristine; popped, poured and consumed over the next 2 hours. A very youthful appearance. Aromas of blackberry, cassis, flower and hints of tobacco and fennel. Medium-bodied and very opulent (low-acid) in style, with a velvety texture, fine grip, good concentration, and impeccable balance. This wine is drinking wonderfully at present, but I think it will continue to improve.
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Wow. This was my wine of the evening at our 2000 them dinner @ Beddington's in Amsterdam. Lovely, soft. balanced tannins, perfectly drinking now. A purpley crimson color. Cedar and sandalwood nose with a bit of leather. Some vanilla and mocha also. This is a fantastic wine, and re-set's my expectations on the 2000 LP. This is right up there with my '03, '96 and '90 Poyferre experiences in terms of being a top wine and showing much better than 3 years ago at Frit's "Leoville" blind tasting where we did Lascases, Barton, and Poyferre, '90, '96, and '00. Poyferre came out top on '90 and '96, and the pirate wine of the night was the '03 Poyferre. I may not have enough of this in the cellar. Forgot to add the word "fantastic" from my notes that night.
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Dark purle/black in color. Nose of dark chocolate, jammy dark fruit, cassis, and earth. The wine is young but it is drinking quite well. Silky palate with very good weight throughout leading a very good finish.
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2nd Annual Best of Bordeaux vs Kings of Kalifornia (PRIMA, Walnut Creek): Nose - celery, coca, dirt mouth - my initial notes simply state 'drinking amazing'. very suave, velvety, dark cherry, cocoa, with good minerality. A big wine, though with a feminine twist, and much more approachable I think than the 2000 Gruaud Larose.
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Dark purple inky color. Strong black currant with cigar box and coffee notes. Full bodied and long with mature chewy tannins. Drinks nicely now but clearly a wine that is in the very beginning of its drinking window.
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Super fresh and clean, soft, silky red, with a currant and dark berry character, underlined by mineral, tobacco, pain grille, and subtle hints of herb. Lighter on the palate, but the tannins are well structured making the finish really carry on. (Drink 2009-2018) - JD93
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Popped cork @ home 2 hours prior to taking to Byob. Open another hour prior to drinking, but not decanted. Dark cherry red. Nice, but non-expansive nose of plum, cassis and earth. Earth, crushed stones and subdued fruit of blackberry on the palate. Velvet finish and slight tannin. I like Poyferre, but expect more fruit from this vintage which continues to disappoint me. Maybe my expectations are too high due to the hype. Seems ready to drink, but a few more years or a good healthy 4+ hour decant wouldn't hurt.
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Bordeaux Left Bank 10 year evaluation; 5/2/2010-5/4/2010 (Detroit Lakes, MN): Powerful wine with some tannins to resolve. Dark and concentrated with a great finish. Just didn't have the classic expression of the top two wines (but it was a close top three) A group favorite but my number 3 wine of flight 2
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Very concentrated nose of red fruit, ceps de Bordeaux, bacon... in the month, ripe red fruit, silky tannins, reglisse, earthy taste, very ripe almost sweet
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Still a very young claret, but what a outstanding wine this is. The bouquet consists of cassis and other red fruit. There are some tobacco leaves and a little leather, also some bitter notes (lemon or orange zest). The tannins are still pretty firm and suggest a very long live ahead. The wine started closing down after 2-3 hours.
I will wait a couple more years, untill I open my next bottle.
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Another stadout wine from a night of great wine. Fullbodied, fresh, yet mature. But probably still not at its peak yet. Secondary flavors and components beginning to show. Hold if you can a little bit longer.
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Still a baby. Do not touch for at least 5 years. Inky purple, with huge backward nose of black cherries, bittersweet chocolate, and earth. Exceptional now, and will only improve.
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2000 St. Julien Tasting Dinner (5 wines) (New Buffalo, Michigan): 2nd time trying this wine. Last time was at the UGC tasting in 2003 and it was a highlight back then. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Decanter wrote that the drinking window on this wine would start in 2008 and they were correct. I have 2 mags and will hold off on them but this was the best and most approachable of the the 10 2000 Bordeaux from the weekend. Decanted for 7 hours. Lightly sedmimented. Some licorice on the nose. Ripe berry among the red fruit with dark chocolate and creme de cassis as well. The fruitiest of the 5 St. Julien's. A round wine with a supple long finish. 95-96 points.
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Filled with smoke, spice, black fruit, cassis and caramel. This Bordeaux is rich and concentrated, the tannins are ripe and round. This is a very plush, opulent and stylish Leoville Poyferee.
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Definitive Bordeaux (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): This wine and this flight did not bring much light to the longstanding competition between the Poyferre and the Barton for dominance in a vintage. In the 1980's Leoville Barton seemed to dominate (except in 1983), then in the 1990's Poyferre started a move up, and now into the last decade it might be a tie...... It probably was in this flight on this day. The 2000 Leoville Poyferre showed more fruit and elegance than the 2000 Las Cases and Barton, had good structure, and paired oh-so-well with the short ribs and mashed rutabaga dish..... but it doesn't seem to have the weight of the Las Cases nor the dark and promising character of the Barton. I think it will be the first of the 2000 Leovilles to hit stride, probably in 6-8 years.
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Bordeaux 2000 - blind tasting: Muted nose (this was not decanted), not picking up on anything. Good structure with acidity and fruit in balance. Dry but lingering finish. 91 My #4, Groups #3 ( I had this in Nov 2009 and scored it 94, after decanting for 6 hours...)
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Minneapolis Wine Club Does Bordeaux; 1/22/2010-1/23/2010 (Kevin's House): Dark purple. This wine was not decanted and I highly recommend against it. It is a really delicate wine that will show its best in the first hours. Sampled 3 other times. Tonight Wow! Nose revealed impressive aromas of leather, gravel, charcoal, spice and raspberry. The palate was really interesting with a ton going on. A medium finish with perfect balance. No flaws on this wine tonight. I would highly recommend consuming this wine young as a sample 2 hours later did not reveal the pleasure of earlier in the night.
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Minneapolis Wine Club 1/22/10 (Kevin's House): Nose: Explosive sweet plum with gravel, leather, and cedar. Incredible nose. Palate: Excellent acid and fruit (plums) interplay. Firm tannins and a medium to lengthy finish. More feminine on palate than the nose alludes, and as good as the palate is, the nose is pure rock star! Was my WOTN but as the night went on the palate broke down, and the Leoville Barton improved, thus this was a very close 2nd. This wine is fantastic and more open for business than the one drank almost a year ago.
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Very tightly structured. Blackcurrant, pencil lead, thyme. Really superbly structured, fiercely tannic but with great balance, fruit and acidity. Very long. Needs 10 years to peak.
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WineFanatic Bordeaux Offline (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind – Darkest wine yet, slight purple hue throughout. Sweeter nose, ripest so far, but in a good way. Lots of cedar notes and blackcurrant on the palate. Silky and round in the mouth. Great balance for such a young wine. I’d love to try this again in 5-10 years. Hold. Excellent. 92+
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Wine Fanatic Bordeaux Offline: Double decanted 2 hours before arriving. Classic bordeaux nose. Rich, dark fruits and tannic, but nicely balanced. I found it a tad hollow, but hopefully will fill out with more time.
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Fruit forward nose, cherry and leather. Very well balanced, medium sweetness with a taste of raisins and leather. Tannins still a little strong, but drinking nicely. Will get better. On the nose dark fruits with a cherry undercurrent and hints of cedar
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Nose: Brilliantly attractive yet complex bouquet of sweet figs, honey and licorice. This was only a few minutes after opening!
Color: Dark ruby edge, almost back core. Deceptively young looking
Palate: Surprisingly open. Good concentration of subtle fruits with the tannins almost completely integrated. This is a stark contrast to the bottle I had last year, which was very young, closed, tannic and unready. An hour later, it was still relatively forward with subtle floral and decadent perfume nose. Very sexy wine which I really enjoyed. Need to get more of these as I am down to my last bottle after this one.
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Bordeaux Tasting from 2009: Amazing effort. Minerals, cherry, raspberries, floral and cigar box. Medium to long finish and super complex wine. Wine of the night for sure!
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Bordeaux Tasting at Cafe Levain: Nose: Subtle with some inky qualities. Palate: Very soft with the ink qualties showing and dark fruits. Well balanced wine.
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With a complex perfume of tobacco, cassis, herbs and blackberry. Big, concentrated and filled with ripe, lush fruit. Great concentration and everything was in balance. The finish was long, clean and fresh.
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Opened and decanted 3 hours to drinking. A little sediment seen upon decanting. Nice purple color, tannins nicely integrated after 3 hrs. Nice nose of black fruits, tar and a little menthol. Very nice fruit, started to fade after another 2 hrs or so. Maybe lacks a little weight. Very enjoyable wine....drinking very well now. Have 2 bottles left maybe I'll revisit in another year.
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Outstanding bottle with a lot of life left. Decanted for over and hour then drank over another. Continued to open up through the entire bottle. Nicely balanced with tastes of cherries and black fruit. Still plenty of tannin but not so to detract from the wine. Great balance of acidity tannins and fruit.
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Perhaps the wine is just too young, but I found the oak to overwhelm some of the fruit. A solid, well crafted wine. The fruit died after a few hours in the decanter, and the strong tannins were unrelenting. Full bodied and frustratingly backward. Give it a few years and it will be lovely.
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This blind tasting included '95 Muga Reserva, '00 Grand Puy Lacoste, '00 Haut Bergey, and '00 Leoville Poyferre.
Purple magenta color, no bricking. Classic Bordeaux nose - pencil lead, plums, floral, and some dark fruit. The palate was broad, tannic, and had great acidity -- this wine will age. Even better 24 hours later with less tannins and still retaining the fresh fruit.
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We opened this bottle for one of our now-famous "Steakhouse Nights". Alongside dry-aged Niman Ranch beef the wine showed beautifully. Dense, rich black fruit up-front with the typical damp leaves of Leoville-Poyferre, there was also a lilac-y sort of floral lift to the nose sending the wine to wonderful heights. Still has a tightly-wound core of tannins and will most certainly continue to drink beautifully for years to come.
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Beautiful, lush, and ready to drink with soft tannins and incredible, almost over-the-top fruit. This is big and jammy enough to please lovers of California Cabernet, while retaining the subtlety and complexity of fine Bordeaux. Silky smooth with a long finish of blackberry preserves.
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Drank with friends over roasted Goat. Delicious wine, very well balanced with a solid core of black fruit, cassis, graphite and coffee; medium long finish that never quite fills the back of the palate. I enjoyed this but its no powerhouse; hopefully there is more to come with time--wait 3-5 years.
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Lovely - Popped and poured, lovely notes of lead pencil, coffe and tobacco, Lots of smooth tannins and acidity making your palate slightly dry. Once it has sat in the glass for a while it continous to improve. Complex wine that is drinking well now, but will be utterly delicious in a few years.
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From 375. Showed fairly well upon opening, but developed more complexity with air over 4 hours. Lots of dark fruits and minerals with earth and licorice emerging later. Tannins have mellowed but are still present. I imagine this needs another 4-5 years to really start singing.
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I opened one of these to try alongside an '03 L-P and it was a mistake. This wine is completely closed for business right now. Never budged an inch despite 2 hours of decanting and a few hours in an open bottle. Hold.
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Dark red fruits. Opens about two hours before we drank it with some prime new york strip steaks. Smokey and rich. This will just keep getting better - but I don't regret opening it now.
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Decanted for maybe an hour; huge nose of blackberry/raspberry, plum jam and cream; on the palate it's hard to find the fruit behind the tannin and acid but it's clearly there; very structured wine with a looong way to go; delicious now but not showing anywhere near potential.
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Opened a 375 to go with lamp chops, and it was rocking right out of the bottle. Great notes of dark, concetrated fruit and earth with minerals and a hint of lead pencil. Tannins are quite smooth and overshadowed by fruit, though they do become a bit more pronounced with air. Long, smooth finish. I should have bought more of this before it jumped so much in price!
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Decanted four hours before drinking. After 6 hours it seemed fully aired. Gorgeous ripeness and depth. Garnet/ruby colour and a rich nose of plum and blackcurrant with a hint of coffee/ chocolate. On the palate rich and gylcerin with strong but fine tannins. In a few years this will be even better.
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Amazing stuff here. Not as awesome as the '00 Leoville Barton, but who is complaining? I expect it will develop more character and complexity with time.
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I saw a stack of 750ml bottles at Esquin, and I had to give one a shot. I actually have 6 magnums stored away for the long haul, but I was wondering if maybe I need some in 750ml? I still have haunting memories of 4 bottles of the 1982 LP enjoyed over the past year...
Clearly I am drinking this at least a decade early, but I am stunned at how approachable this is with less than 20 minutes in the glass. Tasted without food, just sipping on its own, and the poise and balance of this are breathtaking. I expected this to be far more closed and tannic! The nose shows ample char/toast with a huge dose of minerality, some early signs of tobacco and roasting coffee in the background. On the palate this is just oozing minerals and structure and at the same time dripping with sweet, dusty, black fruit, cocoa and black cherry. It is quite primary and perhaps a touch monolithic right now, but having seen what the 1982 can do with 20 years I am a believer in the complexity that I know will eventually emerge. Hoobaby! After 90 minutes the palate started to clamp down, so I am going to let the remaining 2/3 of a bottle sit overnight.
DAY 2: After sitting overnight this was showing even more minerality with a strong graphite component (but of course no cedar yet). In time this is going to gather a delicious aroma of lead pencil I think. There is still tons of sweet, black fruit, and the wine is showing impressively deep color. There is also a LOT more structure on display than on day 1, as all of the luscious primary fruit has come into focus, and this wine is showing more of its underlying power. I was also surprised at the amount of sediment this has already thrown.
Delicious, I need to track down some more for the long haul.
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Dark red. Somewhat alcohol heavy on the nose. There are also notes of mustard and dark berries. Excellent definition and degree of detail with a confident, precise delivery. Very powerful, yet sweet to the core - like a modern day version of the 1990. The flavour echoes coffee and moccha, and the width is superb - structured and symmertrical with no flabbiness at all. The complexity was very nice and the finish faded slowly on chocolate notes. After tasting this wine I have traded a case of Montrose for this. Love it, love it, love it.
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2000 Bordeaux Tasting (Chicago, IL): My second favorite wine of the tasting! Knockout nose of super-concentrated raspberries! It literally blew me away! Super quantities of jammy blackberries with smoke, oak, leafy tobacco and earth. The tannins are amazingly sweet here! I'm salivating over my futures!
Sampled at the Union des Grand Crus trade tasting of 2000 Bordeaux. Awesome raspberry coulis nose. Intense dark berry fruit flavors, shaded with lively black pepper. Dense, but velvety. Lots of solid structure for aging. Here's my favorite wine of the tasting. I bought a case based upon its showing at this event.
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Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux (2000 Vintage) (Intercontinental Hotel Chicago): 2nd Growth. Decanter 4* with maturity of 2008-2030. Tried this in Jan 2003. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Quite a unique nose of lavender and rose petals with secondary nuances of wet earth. Silky tannins upfront. Notes of toasted oak, earth, chocolate and cassis. Medium to full bodied with a good moderately long finish. 93-94 points.
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3/18/2024 - Rani wrote: 91 Points
Tasted blind. No mistaking a left bank Bordeaux but I was drifting towards Pauollac. Black fruit, pencil shavings, very fruit forward and monolithic right now. Definitely drinkable but it isn’t how I enjoy my Clarets. I’d revisit in a decade.
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2/21/2024 - BLam Likes this wine: 93 Points
P brought this bottle in the "Dragon Vintage" gathering and served it well. I guessed worng as a Barolo wine as it shown a pale red colour, bright nose of tobacco perfume, medium structure, smooth palate and long after taste.
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2/7/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 91 Points
Blind, 3 hour decant......
Medium garnet in the glass.....nose of confectioner's sugar and red fruit. Palate of tart red fruit, decidely Bdx feeling. I guessed younger by a decade. Still, the '00 vintage is probably my personally least appealing of all I've had. Looking back, I preferred this one about 7 years ago, less so 4 years ago and at best about the same now. Maybe the 3 hour decant wasn't in its sweet spot? The '03 Poyferre is still my fav......
Much thanks to Ken K for supplying all the wines for this blind event and putting it all together for our group of 10. Very instructive and enlightening.
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1/26/2024 - englishman's claret wrote:
Another excellent showing for the 2000 Poyferré, not really differing in any relevant way from my last note. Again, it doesn't seem to be holding anything back at 24 years of age.
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1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 Points
Not sure if this was simply a better bottle or the wine has come out of a dumb phase, but this was far better than the bottle a few years ago. This was beautiful. Ripe, sweet, with a mix of primary fruits and secondary notes. Some cedar and tobacco, cascaded with a counterpoint of currants and blackberries. The wine kept opening over several hours. Medium finish.
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1/8/2024 - wineforth Likes this wine: 95 Points
2nd bottle of 3 from a mixed case of super seconds bought from the Wine Society en primeur. Had the 1st in 2016 and had my doubts, wrongly, about its longevity. The slight gap in fruit mid palate is still there though and the fruit is outweighed by the tannins (would be better balanced on a warmer day). That said a fabulous blackcurrant and blueberry nose hit me when I poured a glass. This gained complexity with tobacco, cedar and pencil shavings and later sous bois when in the glass. Fruit is soft and plentiful despite my comment above about it being outbalanced by the tannins. There's a bit too much bitter cherry on the back of the palate. Finish is very long. Worth 95 points despite its faults. Still I generally prefer 2001's to 2000's especially on QPR. P.s. this will plateau for 5 or 10 years but won't improve so start drinking!
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1/5/2024 - Arcturus wrote: 96 Points
96. Three hour decant. Intoxicating, fragrant nose of graphite, forest floor, dried flowers and pipe tobacco. On the palate, smooth, textured, mouthfeel, black currant and dark fruits dominate. Silky smooth long finish. Excellent! Lots of life remaining.
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12/27/2023 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 2hrs. While I might have older vintages or older wines that might have more ceiling upside, this was probably the most anticipated bottle I have had over the longest period of time. Started getting serious in wine about 2001 – purchased this in 03-04. Hopefully this makes sense. Happy to report the 00 LP was lovely. Very expressive, XMAS-sugar plums (power of suggestion I’m sure) tobacco leaves and the trade mark No.2 shavings. Great energy but also very caressing on the palate. Feels like the early stages of maturity with many years of good drinking ahead.
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12/25/2023 - aultrawines Likes this wine: 95 Points
Stunning on initial opening and then let sit in the decanter for an hour. Wonderful and expressive, rich cherry finish with some spice and a perfect accompaniment to Christmas dinner, what an experience - 95
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12/8/2023 - TONOFBRIX Likes this wine: 93 Points
Best bottle of this to date. Nicely round, resolved, tertiary characteristics, but still slightly tannic. Better in a few years but near its plateau.
Enjoy, it’s a beautiful St. Julien.
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12/6/2023 - asiabear wrote: 94 Points
At Blanco’s for Pearl Harbor Day Lunch - sweet on the nose very handsome in the glass— deep garnet with legs. I thought it a tad short with strong hint of cherries. Drinking well now -/ unlikely to get better
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12/3/2023 - mclanew Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted one hour. This is drinking very well right. Full bodied. Early maturity. Notes of rich opulent black currant fruit, lead pencil, mocha and cigar box give this texture and complexity. Well integrated tannins and just enough acidity to rein in the opulence work to make this an excellent complete wine. Still has at least 10 years ahead of it.
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11/23/2023 - hkbob Likes this wine: 97 Points
At or near its apogee. Brilliant bouquet from the outset with waves of red currants, cherry, cigar box, cedar, forest leaf and earth gaining intensity with air. This was firing on all cylinders after an hour or so in a narrow-bodied decanter. Remarkably fresh, medium-bodied frame delivered earthy tinged red and dark fruits with a fine bead of acidity providing lift and a regal texture fanning out to a long cedar-infused finish. A superb bottle.
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11/22/2023 - Tao wrote: 98 Points
A nearly perfect experience right from the start to the finish, gigantic in size, extravagant taste, rich, round and lengthy, at the same time, so refined in texture, gorgeous aroma, don't want to put my glass down!
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10/23/2023 - hectic Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dark Star dinner. Hitting on all cylinders. Together with '89 Lynch Bages, '95 Ducru and '05 Rossignol Trapet Chambertin, this was the WOTN.
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10/9/2023 - rossi.wine wrote: 95 Points
Tasted next to the 1995. More generous, richer and more youthful in comparison. A bit more of everything really and still being well balanced and elegant. A great bottle - open, complex, generous, fresh with nice tannic grip. Very long. Drink or keep. 94-96
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10/7/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points
The 2000 Leoville Poyferre is showing very well today with a ravishing, effusive, plush blueberry nose, supported by cassis, cedar pencil, and mineral. The aromatic volume has really unfurled over the past few years though, as with my last tasting in 2020, the promise of the nose isn't quite fulfilled by the palate or finish. The tannins are well integrated here and this shows well as soon as it hits the decanter, so I'd have no compunction about tucking into these now. In fact, the wise move might be to enjoy these while the fruit is still so enchanting; the slightly clipped finish and lack of expansion in the mouth suggests that this may not develop profoundly over the next couple of decades.
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10/6/2023 - Vascular46 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fabulous wine with vanilla and chocolate as well as black fruit on the nose and palate. Plush and rich with soft tannins and a long and delightful finnish.
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8/24/2023 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 92 Points
Popped the cork 7 hours before and then gave this a 1 hour decant which wasn’t enough but certainly helped soften this up. Everything is present to make for a fantastic wine in another 5-7 years when this finally reaches its prime. This was enjoyed next to a 2000 Sassicaia which was much more accessible. Revisit 2030.
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8/15/2023 - stayhappy21 wrote: 94 Points
Drank this at Kai Garden with my wine mates. Theme of the dinner: Wines that start with T.
Decanted for 2 hours before consumption. Beautiful purple in the glass with some shades of garnet showing.
Fresh cherries, blue berries, and blackcurrants leapt from the glass. Sandalwood, cedar, cigar box, with a long finish.
The elements are working in harmony in this wine, like a fine-tuned, and well-rehearsed orchestra. Beautiful, simple beautiful.
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8/14/2023 - luHar1423 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wow- a very young and fresh beauty. If you like the typical Poyferre-Cherry taste - this one is for you.
10-year+ drinking window is open!
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8/5/2023 - ubercuvee wrote:
Nice enough, but this wasn't exactly a showstopping bottle even after a double decant: weak, slightly insipid fruit
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7/29/2023 - lvjohn wrote: 90 Points
Decanted and filtered to remove the plentiful lees. Let rest for several hours. Weak, but pleasant fruit. No obvious oxidation. Great color throughout. This may be a little bottle variation showing up or the wine in my cellar is fading early.
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7/28/2023 - luHar1423 Likes this wine: 97 Points
cherries, cherries and cherries - all over your palate and in your nose. A typical Poyferre entering slowly but surely the age of enjoyment.
Lucky you who have some bottles at home (else, it is hunting season).
1-2h air is enough to start your journey on the cherry train. One of my recommendations for the 2000 vintage as well as for a signature Poyferre.
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7/9/2023 - JCA49 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Purchased on futures. Stored at 57 deg. F and 80% RH. Decanted for 2 hrs. Upon initial opening and decanting the nose was restrained. Upon retrieving the decanter after 2 hrs. the nose of the wine had fully developed and filled the cellar. In the glass notes of blueberry, blackberry, and currant roared from the glass! No bret was present.
Similar flavor notes were apparent in the taste along with cedar and tobacco. The wine was nicely balanced with no tannins evident. The finish wasn't as long as I would like, but it is definitely drinking really well now.
It paired well with a bbq'd New York steak and grilled corn.
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7/9/2023 - redwhiteandrich Likes this wine: 90 Points
Despite the slight Brett this is pretty polished. While very good, I can think of a lot of chateaus that over deliver at half the price.
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4/27/2023 - ChrisR Likes this wine:
Powerful aromas of blackberry, tobacco and a hint of brett. Black fruits predominate, with a strong streak of green tobacco. Fruitier and a bit lusher than the 2000 Leoville Barton I had recently, but tighter and more structured than the 2003 Leoville Poyferre I also had recently. The flavor profile screams Bordeaux (particularly with the old-school brett), but in a rounder, fleshier style, albeit still properly dry. There's a lot on display, but without that something special to elevate it to the highest ranks.
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4/22/2023 - Édifice Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bouquet of ripe blackcurrant, blackberries, pipe tobacco, brown sugar, cedar, undergrowth. Wonderful palate, sweet yet refined, ripe berries, brown sugar, tobacco, some freshness, leading to long finish with resolved tannins, sweet, spicy, with a touch of cedar and crushed stones. Very stylish Bordeaux.
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4/20/2023 - ulyon Likes this wine: 94 Points
One of the best vintages ever in his peak.
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4/8/2023 - timewithwine Likes this wine:
On the initial opening, the wine appears translucent and red-bricked from core to rim. The bouquet is magical with cedar and dusty rose. As the wine rests and slowly awakens, you can almost see it darkening in the decanter. An hour later with dinner at the ready, the wine – still translucent and still with a red-bricked rim – displays a gradual shading to a plum core. Cedar continues to dominate the nose. Cassis, tobo, and saddle leather are the workhorses that carry the cedar to a finish of dusty rose. The mouthfeel is classic Bordeaux middle-weight. All in all, the wine is nothing short of wonderful. This is why we cellar Bordeaux. Sediment? So much so that the bottom is sludge. Decanted. 13% alc. With rack of lamb. 04.08.23. Highly Recommended.
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3/23/2023 - wabi47 wrote:
Did not live up to expectations; P/P which was a mistake; complex nose; oddly lean black currant, with a slightly bitter cedary finish; opens up over a few hours, but the mid palate/finish was thinner/shorter than expected. Would rate it a 89-92, but the provenance on this bottle is murky, so no score.
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1/23/2023 - HighPeaksWino wrote: 97 Points
I wish I wasn't so anxious and had planned better. I had my last half glass watching the Cowboys get beat and that was 2 hours after I opened it. It kept on getting better.
Best bottle I've had from my cellar in a year. First 97 rating ever from me.
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1/9/2023 - Sonoma Duck Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for one hour. Medium to dark ruby. Earthy nose. Started to open at 30 minutes. Really a fine wine. Went well with prime New York steaks. Very long finish. Might be still improving but no harm to enjoy now.
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12/31/2022 - llavoe Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened and let bottle sit for an hour, no decant.
Great balance, still lots of fruit, low acidity.
This wine still has a lot of life and is in full peak.
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12/31/2022 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
One of the New Year's Eve wines - opened and slow-oxed for maybe 2 hours before dinner. (I was too lazy to decant!) This was surprisingly open for no decant (probably an hour or so would have been even better), but this is a great wine from a vintage that somehow now seems overshadowed by '09, '10, '15, '16, etc. But the 2000 Bordeaux are simply outstanding and the Poyferré ranks highly.
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12/21/2022 - Invest wrote: 93 Points
Had it 2h in the decanter, high end natural cork, 13% Alc., deep purple red color, no age reflexes.
Nose: Classic Bordeaux perfume, deep red cassies and heart cherries.
Palate: Soft and smooth mouthfeel with structure, tannins not totally resolved yet, delicious dark pralines, red fruit - a bit diffuse, very good balance, a pleasure to drink but lacks necessary complexity, depth and length to be great. Needs two more years, but hardly a new 1990.
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12/11/2022 - Lcoppes Likes this wine: 98 Points
This was a perfect wine for me - deep fruit still alive with some freshness. Blackberry, strawberry jam, plum, violets, licorice, earth, mushroom, leather. Still has some tannins but they are melting and luscious. Texture is sublime. It's truly shinning on every level.
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11/20/2022 - niacchus Likes this wine: 94 Points
No formal tasting notes. Really enjoyed at the 2hr decanted mark. Took a while to come together but was enjoyable and a crowd pleaser.
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11/11/2022 - coal9 Likes this wine: 94 Points
I drank a 1995 one of these in 2005 (not decanted), and it was a beautiful wine. This 2000 had more age, so I decanted for 2 hours - it was also beautiful, and better integrated from aging. This was a good representation of the St. Julien terroir. Great bouquet of cherry and currant, with hints of oak and spice. Well-structured, balanced, medium-full bodied wine with robust flavors of red cherry, red currant, damp earth, and oak with hints of spice and cassis. Tannins were mostly integrated with a slight edge, meaning more to go before totally smooth. Long finish of cherry and cassis. This wine seemed to be nearing its peak, but I have no estimate of how many years of good drinking it has left in it - please check one of your bottles in the next 1 to 3 years.
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11/9/2022 - punter wrote:
Decanted for 6 hours, amazing nose and yet it never fully opened. All the components and attitude to be great in 5 - 7 years. Just not ready today regardless of airtime.
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11/8/2022 - Yako (New Haven Vino Club) Likes this wine: 96 Points
Incredible, with still beautiful acidity!
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11/4/2022 - Sperls Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted and drank over a 3 hour window and it is hard to imagine a Bordeaux red in a better spot. Excellent balance of dark fruit, lingering integrated tannins, some tar, graphite, pencil, musk and a chewy long finish. Still very primary suggesting another 10+ years. We drank this with an ‘82 Cos a friend brought expecting the Cos to blow it away and the opposite was true. An excellent showing.
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11/1/2022 - csimm wrote:
Bordeaux tasting - with a few pirates: I just could not get a feel for this wine at all. I wouldn’t even know how to score it. It really just offered next to nothing in the fruit department and was overly linear and strict. It wasn’t abrasive by any means, but it just never woke up. Whether it is dead forever or in some catatonic state, there was no budging here.
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10/30/2022 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
2nd of 24, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level, step up on first bottle in July 21, same flavours but beginning to unfurl on palate, volume and generosity of top vintage, adolescent with great potential, 30+ years. F+ (18) for now.
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10/30/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 94 Points
I’m a fan of this one. One of the more generous 2000’s I have had but not overdone. Deep ruby with a beautiful crimson rim. Opened and decanted three hours before dinner. Impactful nose of dark berries, herbs and wet tobacco. Robust and harmonious. The vintage suits this wine as it is fullish but also balanced with acidity. Long finish. Should drink well for a long time. Just entering prime drinking. (94)
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10/29/2022 - WineBurrowingWombat wrote:
Bordeaux tasting with some Napa outsiders (The Embrace of Silence): Nose of bright red fruits, funky barnyard, leather and a fermented note (minus the saltiness that may come with fermented stuff).
Flavors of cranberries, leather, earth and similar funk from the nose.
I don't know.. maybe it's shutting down. I have nothing against Bordeaux wine, I promise.
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10/29/2022 - sfwinelover1 wrote:
Bordeaux and Beyond (The csimm_M Estate): Brought by friend and former colleague dcrutcher to BDX night. Fairly muted nose and even more muted palate of dried dark berries, scorched earth, black currants and a trace of black plums. Medium tannins, light acidity, no heat. This was a head scratcher for me, after loving the ‘10 of this bottling on the trip to BDX in June. Unlike the balled up Montrose and Fig, but more like the seemingly inert ‘16 Ducru, this wine seemed to struggle to find a pulse. I don’t know if it’s in a dumb stage, finito or this was just an unfortunate bottle, but with this wine’s lineage and the quality of this vintage, it’s a mystery I won’t be seeking to solve with my wine spend. Rating withheld.
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10/29/2022 - bsumoba wrote:
Wine: the Gathering Old World, Bordeaux (Château de Chris et Melissa): unfortunately, not memorable at all. Not flawed and there was some fruit there, just fell short this evening.
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10/27/2022 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Mostly Bordeaux dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Expressive nose displaying sweet concentrated black and red fruit, crème de cassis, plum, black berry, strong lead pencil, cedar, caramel, sweet spices and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated black fruit, warm and round, very good balance, medium acidity, strong earthy mineral, and a long concentrated warm black and red fruit driven finish. This is drinking really well.
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9/5/2022 - moncherpierre Likes this wine:
Mioum mioum!
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8/17/2022 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points
not sure about this: it is certainly ready to drink but it does lack the complexity you would expect from a 2000 vintage - I am inclined to leave the remaining bottles for a couple of years more in hope than expectation
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7/31/2022 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
Exactly a year since last tasting the wine, and it has further evolved and without doubt is ready to drink. However, at this stage it really needs 4 or 5 hours in the decanter, and ideally 30 minutes in the glass to really come alive. It is starting to lose its youthful appearance and is showing early signs of bricking and has excellent viscosity. Blackcurrant, blackberry, tobacco and violet are prominent on the nose and palate with cedar notes now starting to appear. The nose is deeply aromatic with the depth and complexity of the palate excellent. The finish is exceptional and pushes past 90 seconds with a breathtaking depth, and in isolation merits a perfect score, and indeed has added an extra point to my rating. The tannin is compromising the mid palate, but is gradually resolving and year on year there has been significant improvement. Hopefully another year or two!
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7/2/2022 - levicn Likes this wine: 92 Points
波尔多红系列开始登场,中宝石红,闻香有明显的牲厩和皮毛味,山楂和莓果的香气,红黑果混合的味道,淡淡的石墨味,以及一些橡木桶充分融合的香料味,入口酸度中高,酒液咸,矿物感,单宁细腻如粉,石墨混合着酸梅果的香气,酒体偏瘦,漂亮的结构感,标准的波尔多左岸风格,后段稍微有些空洞,余味是烤面包的香气。
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3/27/2022 - mchern02 wrote: 95 Points
2 hour decant but really opened up at Hour 4
Stunning aromas of cedar, wet woods, dark red fruit, cool mint, smoke and tobacco, and faint flowers. Dynamic and deep palate with still evolving tannins, sweet red fruit, cool minerality and a very long, mouth coating finish. Better than a few years ago and even more upside from here. Absolutely delicious.
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3/26/2022 - Édifice Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wonderful bouquet of ripe blackberries, grilled peppers, pipe tobacco, undergrowth. Medium-bodied, sweet yet fresh palate, very balanced, good structure, leading to a long finish, dissolved tannins, spices, sweetness. Fantastic Bordeaux.
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3/21/2022 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Very smooth. Great balance with plenty of life ahead
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3/15/2022 - djdaqm wrote: 96 Points
Cedar notes on the nose. Earthy. Low alcohol, great balance. Fruit subsiding, but there is plenty of stuff to show. A bit of tannin but not too much. Long finish. Complex. Delicious to drink. Classical old school French Bordeaux. Wines like this is why I collect and age wine
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3/6/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
A quick splash decant was all this beauty needed to discover its rich, ripe, full-bodied, concentrated and ready to go character. The wine is supple, deep, dark and as I mentioned, for a 2000, it’s delivering a lot of pleasure with its multiple layers of lusciously-textured fruit. Most of the tannin has melted away allowing this stunner to shine.
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3/6/2022 - UFGators Likes this wine:
This wine is drinking extremely well. It is very youthful for its age yet approachable. Great to drink now with a decant or over the next 10-20 years. 97
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2/20/2022 - soyhead wrote:
tasted blind
vibrant cornucopia of dark fruits with good minerality and acidity. guessed to be Bordeaux but i mistakenly said right bank. really nice wine.
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2/10/2022 - carl.cornaglia@gmai.com wrote: 94 Points
This is a classic 2000 st julian. The nose alone is worth the price of admission. Dark fruit flavors and cedar with wonderful terroir. Great balance with a velvet and lingering finish. I have one more in my cellar, sure wish I had more! This should be great 20 years from now.
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2/10/2022 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was very restrained and muted at the start. Only gave this 1 hour decant. Was coming around at the end. So much potential. I recommend 4+ hour decant (go for 6). This has everything going for it but it needs time to open.
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2/5/2022 - pawine wrote: 96 Points
Firing on all cylinders. Great tobacco nose. Large generous fruit. Long finish. Great wine. Bought en premier and worth the wait. Will last years.
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2/3/2022 - MikePemulis Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really enjoyed this with dinner after a short decant (45 minutes or so). As others have noted, a really nice nose...more complex and bit less explosive than a 2010 we had in the fall. Super enjoyable now with what feels like plenty of room to run.
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2/1/2022 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 30 minutes. A 98 point nose. I could have stopped and lingered there all night. Blackberries, boysenberry, cassis, Black cherry, blueberries, raspberries with plenty of graphite, other minerals, cedar, dried herbs and flower petals. On the palate the darker fruits come through first and after a couple hours the red fruits dominate the finish - all of which is enveloped with graphite, minerals, sweet Oak, dried herbs. Smooth with tannins still slightly firm but long and elegant. The palate does not match the nose and if I had no nose I'd probably give it only 93 points, but you can't escape the nose.
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2/1/2022 - onboisduvin Likes this wine: 93 Points
20220201 First day of Lunar New Year 2022 at Sister' house. The wooden aroma stands out while other characters are rounded by time. Great reward of 22 years' waiting.
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1/17/2022 - Ibetian wrote: 95 Points
Decanted just before dinner. Fabulous, complex nose of red fruit, some black fruit and the beginning of secondary elements of fresh mushroom and new leather.. Red fruit on the palate, plus a little ripe, plump blueberry (I’ve been eating a lot of blueberries recently), with a lingering finish iincluding a bit of sweetness.
Many 2000 top Bordeaux are still dormant, but this is ready to rock, and will provide pleasure for many more years. Plenty of fruit, but plenty of classic Bordeaux style. Great wine!
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12/26/2021 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 91 Points
Showing inflections of brett, which is indicative to the era in Bordeaux, in general. Otherwise, classic example.
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12/12/2021 - rcg62 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great color. Decanted for 2-3 hours. Big fruit on the nose. Maybe a little dry on the palate, and still was feeling the tannins — enjoyed it more paired with dinner (grilled steak) than sipping afterward. Good wine, but I have preferred Poyferre from lesser vintages.
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12/8/2021 - rrscellar Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow. Drank from magnum. Not decanted. Singing right now, but would love to try again in 5 years. Easily has the stuffing to go much longer. Great mouthfeel and finish. Well integrated, a great wine.
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11/28/2021 - RussK wrote: 91 Points
Russk. Juan and Laz brought to CDC at Mustang. The WOTN. Blind we know it was either Margaux or St Jullian. 91+ pts.
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11/28/2021 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is getting better and better. Decanted for three hours and had with a steak. Beautiful fruit and complexity
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11/14/2021 - 559Cheers Likes this wine: 96 Points
Great bottle, but will be better. 2nd night open and expressive. Last night little tight and subdued. Top notch everything in the right place. Tonight soil, forest floor, beets, fruit and nori. To me, it will be even better 5-10 years later. Great bottle, already expressive for a 20+ year cuvée. Drinking extremely well now.
*4th night open. Strong, aromatic and drinking well.
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10/31/2021 - Lipsman wrote: 91 Points
A different bottle from previous tastings. This never opened up, remaining tight. Still good, balanced fruit and plenty of it, but lacking the luxurious texture and palate.
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10/22/2021 - jkwoodward Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still young, but excellent. Fantastic nose, so classic. Very nice mouthfeel. Should continue to evolve.
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10/22/2021 - neilsforest Likes this wine:
Opened and then decanted over 3 plus hours. Still a big wine. My guess it’s got some years before it reaches its peak Lots of good structure but not loved by all of the group.
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10/16/2021 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Paired with the 2003 Poyferré. Both wines were decanted for about 2 hours in the afternoon and then poured back into the (rinsed) bottle for transport to dinner at a friend's. Surprisingly, the 2000 was more approachable than its younger and somewhat tighter sibling (typically the '03s have been drinking better than the 2000s). This was an outstanding bottle and drinking beautifully.
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10/16/2021 - HammerJones Likes this wine: 95 Points
20th anniversary, served with Beef Bougenion and mashed potatoes.
Cork was in fantastic shape.
Great color, no brickiness at all!
Vibrant nose with stewed prunes, dark cherry, pine, vanilla, peppery.
Great power on the palate, wonderful balance! Great mouth feel, solid fruit, acid, and tannins. Tastes like a wine 10 years younger! The perfect time to open it in my opinion.
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9/17/2021 - canan wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux 2000 Horizontal (KOGS): 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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9/13/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Almost there, the past few years have added a lot of softness and roundness to the texture, allowing all the sweet ripe, dark red currants and blackberries, accompanied by tobacco, cedar, espresso, forest floor, and smokey nuances to shine through. Full-bodied, with the right touch of polish to the tannins giving the wine an elegant finish.
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8/30/2021 - Eriklainen wrote:
DVI at Forslundska
More fruit than Margaux 82 and Ducru-B 89. Evident already in the nose. But falls apart a little during the evening. Not sure this one is for the long haul. But lovely sleek St julien fruit, tannins super velvety. Enjoyable!
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8/25/2021 - Beachfan wrote: 91 Points
A bit too much briar took away some of my pleasure. My buddy loved it.
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8/20/2021 - Old John Likes this wine: 96 Points
Has improved a couple of points since my note in 2014, and did not require much decanting. All I need say is that if you like St. Julien you will love this one.
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8/9/2021 - rinnocenzi wrote: 94 Points
Tasting great !!! Drink over next 5 years
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8/1/2021 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is moving through its early drinking window at a glacial pace, but with a day in an open decanter and an hour in the glass it allows you to see what a special wine it is. It has definitely moved forward from 14 months but my note of tannin mid palate needing to resolve still stands. It is possibly not a wine for some tastes as it is a "big" old style Bordeaux. Blackcurrant, blackberry, plum and tobacco notes drive the nose and palate with wafts of violet on the former. The depth is phenomenal with layers of complexity and the finish pushes 60 seconds with a perfect balance. This is a hair's breadth away from its prime drinking window, but the question is when will this happen. It is certainly potentially up there with the 1990 and the 2003 which are both drinking at peak. If you have a few there is no problem in having a bottle, but at this stage you will be disappointed if it does not have extended aeration.
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7/14/2021 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
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: I didn’t like the nose much or found it overly expressive and interesting but on the palate there was a nice red and dark berry-driven fruit expression combined with lots of minerality and a nice creamy texture. The structure will need a bit more time to soften further. This was one of the more open left bank wines but no comparison to the more recent vintages which boast much purer fruit expression and a touch more sexiness and finesse (but a more modern style).
Decanting: This would have certainly gained from 2h+ in the decanter.
Group average: 93.0 pts
Group rank: Shared 20th out of 48
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7/12/2021 - LiteItOnFire wrote: 89 Points
2021 Bordeaux Tasting Trip; 7/12/2021-7/16/2021 (Bordeaux): A tasting in Bordeaux of 71 wines, some of the best I have ever had and others, umm, well were disappointing. If you read the Tasting story (and my grading history) I think it will do a much better job putting this in perspective.
This was tasted at the chateau immediately upon arriving in Bordeaux after a long day of travel. Our host at the Chateau was very gracious and accommodating with my agenda. As with many wines from this trip, I was previously unfamiliar with the chateau but thanks to JG, I added this to the itinerary and it didn't disappoint.
Some notes of value, at least to me anyway, we tasted 2000, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020 are as follows:
a) quality greatly improved in the most recent vintages
b) added quality improvement equipment and processes
c) the style is on the more opulent side but not over the top or jammy
The 2000 was enjoyable to taste but I left feeling they could have made a better wine and was concerned the chateau was not a wine I wanted for my cellar (which I love finding those as it saves me money). This trend continued until 2015 vintage...
Wine came off a little tired and the overall complexity for a 2000 did not pull through as I would have hoped. This was previously opened which may have a played a role but this was a consistent impression until after the grape sorting equipment and processes were improved.
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7/10/2021 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
1st of 24, pnp, perfect cork and level - dark, quite dense, ruby, purple rimmed; cassis with sweet beetroot and liquorice element, a blockbuster without much nuance; fullish, good length, persistence and concentration, tannins well covered, notably more material if clumsier and much less layered than Latour 04 on same night, early days and with considerable upside to judge from others' notes on this wine. F+ (18) for now..........probably needed decanting for a couple of hours particularly as wines from my cool cellar tend to mature more slowly than what appears to be the norm.
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7/4/2021 - Euoinos wrote: 96 Points
Cassis, tobacco, and a slight touch of barnyard. Lovely dark fruit with a silky elegant texture. Long finish. Vey drinkable now and will continue to drink well for a long long time.
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7/4/2021 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Turned out just slightly better than the 2002 Leoville Barton opened next to it. Needed a couple hours open to really balance and smooth the tannins. Very complex and serious wine without much noticeable fruit left. I slightly preferred the 2003 that I opened a couple weeks prior but this one is no joke at all. A few more years may balance it, although I worry that the fruit will go even more.
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7/4/2021 - boillatm Likes this wine: 95 Points
Totally agree with the previous notes: all that you can expect from a 20-year-old Bordeaux. In a great spot right now for sure.
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7/1/2021 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding! Complex bouquet of red and dark red fruit. Much more subtle than a typical higher end California cab or cab blend. The lower alcohol is really nice too. A mouth-filling wine with a persistent aftertaste. After almost 20 years in the bottle, it's starting to show off!
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6/26/2021 - Klugi Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Truly magnificent Pauillac with a bouquet of Brazilian rosewood, some blackberries, cassis, tobacco leaves and some pencil shavings. Also some umami and slight truffles indicate first tertiary notes. This is probably at the peak right now, but the smooth but crunchy tannins indicate that it should stay at this level for at least another decade or longer. Overall its medium to full-bodied with a 45+ seconds finish. Quite a treat.
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6/21/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 95 Points
Grand Bordeaux 2000 horizontal tasting; 6/20/2021-6/21/2021: Grand Bordeaux 2000 tasting with ~60 wines from the vintage hosted by a private collector. All wines were poured directly from the bottle with no decant and served in flights of 4. As general observations I would highlight: 1/ Today the 2000 is, without a doubt, a right bank vintage with Pomerol the star, 2/ the vast majority of wines are still going strong with hardly any past their peak 3/ On the left bank, St Estèphe was most ready to drink with a lot of wines in a closed stage right now, 4/ On the left bank, 2nd to 4th growths were generally more open for business than the 1st growths which almost all closed, only hinting at their full potential. 5/ If you must open a left bank bottle, Margaux is the safest place to look. Complete scoring overview and additional commentary included in the tasting story.
Tasting note:
Fine, refined and detailed nose with layered fruit, sweet spices, a bit of menthol and light cigar box notes. Vibrant palate with fantastic acidity and impeccable balance. Even though in my mind Poyferré usually trails Las Cases and Barton, the 2000 didn't just outshine its cousins, but also most others in Saint Julien.
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6/4/2021 - j30 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted for an hour and the wine continued to open up and evolve for next 2-3 hours. Just a hint of bricking around the rim. Irresistible complex aroma of deep dark fruits, cedar, olive, soy sauce, spices etc. The wine was still young with a hedonistic, mouth-filling, fruity palate. Long finish. The deep dark fruit lightened up eventually which made the fruit profile more complex. It was marvelous.
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6/1/2021 - gsomers Likes this wine: 96 Points
Magnificent bottle of wine. Good cork, moderate amount of sediment. Would recommend decanting and allowing one or two hours of air. This wine has so much flavor, finish, complexity, and wonderful mouthfeel throughout. Simply marvelous. Opened and tasted compared to the 2000 Lagrange, which was also excellent, but the Leoville Poyferre was the clear winner - classic, complex, and 100% delicious. 96+
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5/27/2021 - tbabes wrote: 96 Points
Perfect fill and cork; popped, poured and consumed over the course of four hours. Purple core turning to deep garnet at the rim. Classic and complex bouquet of dried plums, blackberry, crushed stones, bramble, black truffle; hints of roasted herbs and sautéed mushrooms. Medium bodied, with ripe and velvety tannins, great depth and balance, with a long and savory finish. Really impressive, and will surely improve for at least twenty years.
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5/27/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
Brilliant color, heavy weight on the palate, long lasting. Of the 3 (Barton and Las Cases) this was the best. BUY.
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4/18/2021 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 94 Points
terrific. This has 5-10 years in front of it likely at its peak as this does not show its 21 years of age IMHO. Dense red fruit - lots of raspberry, some sweet wild flower notes, some bell pepper notes. Not a lot of secondary nor darker nuances here. I really loved this and it stood well with my grilled rib eye. good acidity, length and a very pretty nose. Lots going on here - brighter red fruit profile St Julien that punches above its price point.
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4/5/2021 - Jakob Freudendahl Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is drinking beautifully, super classic St. Julien. There is still dark fruit, but it has moved into secondary layer as pencil shavings and peppers dominate both nose and palate. The tannins are super smooth at this point, only slightly grippy after the second glass, which could indicate that this could age for a little while longer. Reminds me of a 1986 Latour I had a few years back.
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3/13/2021 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted for 4.5 hours.
Dark red color. Cassis and herbal Cabernet Sauvignon notes with vanillin nuances in the bouquet. Full-bodied and big structured Bordeaux whose tannins only completely resolve with 4+ Hours of aeration. Very Cabernet Sauvignon dominated flavor with cassis and vanilla flavors. Medium-long finish. Mature., though should hold another 5-7 years.
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3/7/2021 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
The fill was into the neck and the cork was pristine; double decanted 1.5 hours before dinner. Purple core turning towards garnet at the rim. Confident bouquet, with scents of cassis, roasted game, crushed stone, black truffle and cigar box. Medium to full bodied, rich, ripe but noticeable tannins, good acidity, savory mid palate, impressive balance and depth. A great wine that is still an adolescent; this should continue to improve for at least 20 years. Great stuff!
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3/2/2021 - Frank Schneider wrote: 97 Points
Gave him 4 h of decanting and enjoyed an amazing bordeaux in its first drinking window. Room for improvement !!! Great stuff !!! 97 +
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2/26/2021 - overkloud Likes this wine: 97 Points
Finished rest of bottle from coravin pours. Very consistent notes as last tasting. This time gave it more time. Very ripe fruit notes later turned to the tertiary tea and spicy notes, the tannin smoothened further. Superb wine!
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2/20/2021 - Édifice Likes this wine: 97 Points
Bouquet of ripe berries, raspberry jam, roasted peppers, cigar box, subtle spicy and minty elements, incredibly nice. Lush and silky palate with quite some tertiary elements intermixed with more fruits, spices, some nice freshness counterbalancing a good amount of sweetness, dissolved tannins that guide a long tingling, zesty and spicy finish. What a wonderful wine. Was on first night without too much of a decant, and similar the second night, being at an early peak.
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2/13/2021 - wernicke Likes this wine: 85 Points
Classic smelling bdx cab. At a good state of resolution. Average palate
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2/7/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Showing just beautifully tonight and the most open wine in the 2000 second growth tasting as expected. Simply gorgeous purity with wonderful flavors of blackberry and black cherry fruit and a floral perfume that is just so enticing. The finish is ultra-smooth and complex with notes of graphite minerals and sweet tobacco. I would drink this now and over the next 5 years while waiting for the Las Cases and the Barton to come around.
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1/28/2021 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 1 hour.
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1/26/2021 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 93 Points
Elegant, classic bordeaux, cassis, black currants, hints of cedar, well integrated tannins, long finish, a real pleasure
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1/25/2021 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted the majority of the bottle for a few hours and drank over the next several. Delicious and wonderful. This wine benefits from patience because it took a long while to open up. When it did it was great. Delicious red fruit with a cab/merlot spice note that filled the mouth. What a treat!
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1/15/2021 - overkloud Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drink out of coravin, first pour.
Opaque dark Ruby in color with a purple hue. Ripe blackberry fruit notes , mixed with mushroom, cedar, pencil shaving and hints of chocolate on the nose. Very smooth mouth feel, velvet texture. Long finish. Beautiful wine! It's just entered it's prime drinking window at 20th birthday, should last effortless for another 20.
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1/14/2021 - svdheijden wrote: 95 Points
Consistent with previous bottle less than two years ago. From a case which is in my cellar since primeur-delivery. This is a very good classic Bordeaux just entering its maturity platform. Opened 8 hours before drinking, decided not to decant. Generous nose with dark, ripe fruit with a very nice hint of mint, classy wood (cedar) and tobacco. Asian spices, mint and lavender. Medium to full bodied, Almost Pomerol-like velvety mouthfeel with ample acidity. Long finish proving that the (softened but still very present) tannins will carry this wine effortless beyond 2035.
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12/31/2020 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
Nez classique, de cèdre, tabac et cassis. La bouche montre une bonne concentration, le vin est encore tannique, assez salin, mais plus austère qu’à mon souvenir. Il va très bien avec le canard mais manque un peu de charme à mon goût. Un bordeaux classique , qui semble avoir besoin de temps encore (malgré deux heures de carafe). Par contre la structure et l’équilibre sont impeccables. 91 (+?) pts
Une relative déception sur cette bouteille, mes notes précédentes étaient de 94 et 95 pts.
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12/30/2020 - Bordeaux 2013 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Great nose, well balanced and ready to go. Elegant wine. Only thing missing for a higher score is a stronger fruit core and longer finish.
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12/25/2020 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 4 hours. Drank with a 2000 LLC. This is very pretty right now. 13%
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12/20/2020 - cephomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP last nite just for the hell of it. Generous aromas of black fruit, cedar, spice box, leather and pencil shavings. There's mostly black fruit here, though I found it to be somewhat less obvious and intense than in previous tastings. Indeed, I tasted mostly tertiary notes, conforming to what I detected on the nose. This wine has all the qualities one seeks in a top-notch Medoc, but I honestly don't get all the superlatives being lavished by other CTers. I bought a case of this wine long ago, and I've been following its evolution. I find this wine to be very good, not great. I also think it might have peaked, and possibly even beginning its decline. There is no disputing the dissipation of fruit here. Bad bottle? Perhaps...But I've never thought this to be among the elite growths from 2000.
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11/19/2020 - Tree512 wrote: 91 Points
On its way to maturity, but still has a way to go. Much more 2000 than any other descriptor, its a complete wine that is harmonious with medium fruit and structure. Nothing amazing but very satisfying and will continue to improve/mature for at least another decade.
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11/7/2020 - D'Yquembe Mutumbo wrote: 94 Points
Lovely young wine just entering its early drinking window for me. This was bright, balanced; the nose alone took me straight to the Medoc, with earthy barnyard, cedar, and leather while still brimming with sweet fruit. Could not have paired better with duck in a cherry sauce and mushroom soup.
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11/3/2020 - alamoave Likes this wine: 93 Points
Impressive fruit, subdued tannins. Not likely to get much better so I would drink over the next 3-4 years.
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10/17/2020 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great bdx. Flamboyant and expressive, with a plush feeling on the palate—probably from a substantial merlot component. Black fruited, refined and elegant. Would expect this to continue to evole but pretty fantastic now.
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10/10/2020 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
Had a bottle a few months ago and it was so good I felt I needed to revisit to make sure this was consistent. Great news is that it is! Terrific Bordeaux really at its early prime. Primary fruit just fading to give way to truffle, liquorice and sous bois. It takes 2-3 hours in the decanter to show at its best now. I really love it and am surprised by how good it is. One of the best Bordeaux I have drunk over the last year actually. It is of course personal preference but this just strikes the right notes with me - aristocratic, polished, moderate alcohol, superb nose and nice acidity. While not cheap it's one of those that wines are actually very good value considering what deliver. Fantastic and then some. Bravo Leoville Poyferre for turning out this classic. Drink now with decant - 2050.
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9/28/2020 - dfcrutcher Likes this wine:
Great fruit with classic Bordeaux rusticity. Deep and full, still at the top of its game.
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9/20/2020 - shifter wrote: 89 Points
Lots of life left in this one. Well integrated tannins are still very prevalent. Nice acidity.
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9/16/2020 - Wine Diplomats Likes this wine: 96 Points
63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
Cork in very good condition. I've seen 5 year old wines with corks in worse condition.
Just after popping the cork, it has a smoky tobacco, caramel, spice and tangy fruit nose. The palate glides on the attack and the mid-palate with ripe dark and red fruit, good acidity and some mouthwatering saline minerality and mint on the back end. Also some of that spice and cedar. Nicely balanced, but the tannins are still quite present, but it should be fine with food and little more air. Plus, it makes you want food like a nice steak or maybe some grilled duck. What puts this above your middle of the road Bordeaux is the length. It just lingers in your mouth over a minute. Can’t wait to see how this evolves over the meal.
After 2.5 hours breathing in bottle, it softens up a bit with added meaty and vanilla notes. Slight tinge of mushroom but still feels rather young for 20 years of age with more tertiary notes to come. After an hour+ thru the meal, more obvious mushroom notes while keeping the fruit and elegant structure.
Overall, it’s a wine just entering maturity. Drink now with a short decant or hold 10+ years.
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9/10/2020 - Marc wrote: 95 Points
Stunning, dark, rich, and meaty example of a 2000 St. Julien. Fabulous fruit, with ripe plum and currant character. Earthy, tobacco, and smokey. Serious wine that is in maturity, but will continue to improve over the next 20 years. Close to extraordinary for me. 95++
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9/2/2020 - LWI wrote: 94 Points
Aske og (overraskende) blomster, lakris/fennikel; stor mørk fruktkjerne, flott og lang, strukturert, og meget lovende. 93-94p
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8/29/2020 - pakabear Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drinking very well right now as a PnP, the tannins are still very much alive, but they are well balanced with the fruit. Dark cherry, cassis, loads of tobacco, clove, cinnamon, cocoa powder, lead pencil, amazing nose and perfect balance. A good amount of sediment, but was easy to filter out.
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8/16/2020 - awever Likes this wine: 92 Points
Sehr gut, aber nicht groß, es fehlen die dunklen Früchte
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8/2/2020 - dbg wrote:
Drinking well, not shut down, no real complexity.
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8/1/2020 - mjdixon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank after 30 mins in decanter.
Lots of red fresh fruit and lingering taste - perfect place
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7/31/2020 - johneagle wrote: flawed
This one a bit corky and rejected - drank Clos des Papes and Telegraphe 01s instead
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7/20/2020 - englishman's claret wrote:
Perhaps an odd bottle, and odd stage in its evolution, or inadequate air (followed over a couple of hours starting after ~30 min in decanter) - but although this provided a supple, rich cassis attack which promised quite a lot, it didn't really deliver on the palate or finish. I'd like to try this again, but I rate it because the bottle wasn't flawed, although it might be a 5th percentile bottle for all I know.
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7/19/2020 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is showing very well. 3 hours decant. It’s very fresh, balanced, good acidity, nice blueberry fruit, feels low in alcohol, no heat whatsoever. It’s a wine the isn’t missing anything and has nothing too much. Positive to very positive surprise vs expectations. Miles better than Leoville Barton 2000 which is a wine that I do not like. Drink now till 2035 plus. Beautiful! 96-97
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7/18/2020 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 Points
Commanderie Bastille Day dinner. Double decanted for 2 hours which was about right. Crimson, no sign of bricking, little bottle variation. Nose and firsts notes are of graphite. After a time, secondary notes of red fruits emerged. Shortish finish. This was a nice wine, but less complex and nuanced than I expected. A comfortable, classic St. Julien. Over time, it actually started to dissipate and so the last few sips after 4 hours were almost not there.
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7/8/2020 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 Points
From a magnum
Although this was not WOTN, it was a real treat and grateful to Mark for sharing it!! Absolutely amazing nose and classic St Julien. Not as pronounced on the palate and I think this 20 year old probably wasn’t near its prime yet. Mark had decanted 4 hours and then we drank over the long evening, but it just wasn’t enough time to open up completely.
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7/7/2020 - Mark1npt wrote: 92 Points
Was really looking forward to this one for the "Jennapalooza", perhaps so much so that anything less in performance would prove disappointing. And to me, it wasn't as good as the last bottle 2 years ago. The 92 is for the beautiful BDX nose more than anything else. Decanted nearly 3 hours and enjoyed over the next 4. The dark red/black fruit was nice and still fairly strong but not especially layered and there was some tart cherry on the somewhat short finish. We saved some for the next day, but time did not help it improve in any significant way. In fact, the short ending was maybe even shorter, maybe a 90 the 2nd day?
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6/21/2020 - no leashes wrote: 93 Points
Black fruit, mineral, smoke and pepper flavors, smooth and well integrated. Long smooth finish. From half bottle, paired with gilled ribeye and was perfect.
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6/20/2020 - Arcturus wrote: 96 Points
96 Potpourri, leather, stone tertiary accents on the nose. Palate bursts with sweet fruit, blackcherry and tons of energy...fantastic finish. Drink or hold.
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6/19/2020 - WetRock wrote:
Covid Cassoulet (Robin Stark's, Cardiff-by-the-Sea): I didn't realize I've had this before until I looked in here. Almost ten years ago and this has come into it's own big time. Slightly poopy, reduced nose. That fades with air. Classic graphite Cab noses. Hints of wood. Still juicy. Very young seeming still. Very balanced. This seems like it's JUST getting there in terms of opening and giving up secondary notes. I was really digging it. Tied as a favorite on a night where all wines drank quite well. Terrific. And ya gotta know it's probably only to get better over the next ten years plus. I neglected to note the decant time.
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6/17/2020 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very deep color, maturing nose, great palate feel and with short ribs this was really great.
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6/16/2020 - Romol Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 2 hours. This bottle seemed still pretty young but it's worth to pop a bottle now. The 2000 Chateau Poyferre will only get better with more age. 94 pts. at the moment.
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6/10/2020 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Just a bit more age
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5/30/2020 - tbabes wrote: 96 Points
The fill was into the neck and the cork was sound; double decanted an hour before dinner, and served in Grassl 1855 stems. Purple core, turning towards garnet at the rim. Notes of cassis, ripe plums, blackberry, forrest floor, graphite, crushed stone, and hints of roasted herbs. Medium bodied, rich, ripe and velvety tannins, but great balance, depth, and grip; long and well delineated finish. The 2000 Château Léoville Poyferré has evolved and improved considerably over the last decade, and promises even more delights in the years to come!
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5/27/2020 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really elegant and refined but did not have the boldness that I expected. Had with a steak but think the wine would go better with a more subtle dish.
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5/19/2020 - dbg wrote:
Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Dark red to rim. Rich nose of cherry, cassis, leather, cedar, earth. Maybe a hint of sharpness - VA or alcoholic heat? Label says 13%. Medium-full body, excellent balance, moderate tannins, medium long finish. Excellent in its adolescence, still waiting for significant aged complexity even at age 20. I think it will get there.
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5/17/2020 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is a spectacular wine right now. It provides a near First Growth experience at a fraction of the price. Decanted for two and a half hours which to me was adequate. Also.....the tannins seem largely resolved. The bottle was consumed with a fairly spicy entrée. I had picked this wine as a good option to stand up to the spice.....and, it did. I expect this wine to last, but there is no reason to keep looking at bottles. I am not sure it will improve.....and if it does, not by much.
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5/17/2020 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
Last tasted 20 months ago, this has moved forward and is firmly in the start of its prime drinking window. It still needs a day in the decanter to blow off the rougher edges of the tannin and allow the secondary notes to show. Perhaps this lack of aeration is why there seem to be a number of average reviews for the wine, as at this stage it really comes alive after extended time in the decanter and also in the glass. The tannin still needs to further sweeten and this is is particularly noticeable mid palate. However, there should be no guilt in starting to drink this now if you have a few bottles. It is magnificent, and the 1990 and 2003 are the only rivals from the estate which are already drinking well. It is deeply perfumed with aromas of blackcurrant and plum, with floral wafts of violet which linger and linger. The tannin and fruit have a perfect balance, and the palate is complex; as mentioned the tannin still needs to develop further. The depth and length on the finish are almost worthy of a perfect score, but similarly the tannin is still slightly inhibiting. I am trying a bottle every 18 to 20 months at present and I would not be surprised that the next one could be nudging a point or two higher. 97+
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5/14/2020 - KV04 wrote: 94 Points
Another great Bordeaux , I typically like my boredeaux wines older but the 2000 are drinking so nice right now. Tons of blue fruit on the nose and palate , cassis, blueberry black berry, wet foliage on nose but not in an offensive way, crushed black peppercorn. Palate is full bodied, grippy tannins that are holding all the fruit and acidity together . Great wine. (Paired with plain cheese pizza)
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5/11/2020 - PDiddyWine wrote: 95 Points
Elegant, refined, eminently drinkable. A rounded, classic Poyferré. Tannins are smoothed, and still has at least another decade to go.
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5/9/2020 - Badfish Likes this wine:
Decanted for about four hours and followed over an additional two. Deep garnet red core with some bricking at the rim. The aromas are powerful and earth driven with notes of pencil shavings, currant leaf, cigar box, violets, and creme de cassis. The palate shows similar earthy brilliance with great balance between the supple tannins, restrained fruit density, and crisp acidity. This is drinking beautifully with complex character wafting out of the glass. I have to say this is in beautiful spot and should continue to drink well over the next five to ten years.
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5/9/2020 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points
this has a lovely balance and the tannins are largely resolved - not for the very long haul but should improve in the short to medium term
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5/8/2020 - mchern02 wrote: 94 Points
3 hour decant
Classic nose with dark red fruit, anise, mint, cedar, and tobacco. Fresh palate of with sweet, velvety mouth feel with balanced structure, young tannins and feels like it’s built for the long haul. Early days of a long and fruitful drinking window, and will only get better with time. Delicious
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3/31/2020 - explorer 1016 Likes this wine: 90 Points
2-hr decanting would help.
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3/19/2020 - mjdixon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Amazing nose of red fruit and berries
Ready to drink after 30 mins decant
Lovely fruity Bordeaux
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3/18/2020 - RayOB wrote: 96 Points
Drank at Home
Still at a beautiful place
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3/8/2020 - Dehrmann Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great nose, somewhat acidic
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3/7/2020 - Glauberlp Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wow! Long life ahead
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2/25/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 94 Points
A peek into some 2000 Bordeaux (Margeaux Brasserie, Chicago IL): Nose: This nose is straight up pretty and refined. I wish I had a bottle of this on my own to just spend time with as there is a lot of depth and class with red cherries, raspberries, cigar wrappers, rose petals, cedar, herbs, pencil lead, currants, spice notes, and a lot of perfumes.
Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky (but youthful), medium+ tannins. There is a lot of poise and refinement to the feel that is backed up by deep tones of red cherries, raspberries, currants, cigar wrapper, herbs, and cedar.
Overall: This is gorgeous and beginning to find itself in a real great place. There is an immense amount of depth and balance that comes with the age and while it's getting into a great place, it feels like there is plenty to go.
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2/22/2020 - Édifice Likes this wine: 97 Points
Ripe berries, undergrowth, earthy notes, cigar box, vanilla, roasted beet and peppers on the nose. Palate is lush, silky, juicy, with balanced sweetness and acidity, like ripe grapefruit with powdered sugar on top, some secondary and tertiary notes. Long, sweet finish, with nice minty, bitter elements. Still requires some air to fully flesh out but getting in a great stage for drinking. Last glass was fantastic!
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2/16/2020 - Philippe_C wrote: 99 Points
WOW WOW, very gamey nose, roasted meat, BBQ sauce, exotic wood... Very fresh polished tannin, ripe fresh strawberries, meaty, leathery, great great wine!!
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2/8/2020 - Arcturus wrote: 96 Points
96. Blind tasting- 2.5 hour decant, drank over next 2.5 hours, peaked at the 3-4 hour period and seemed to fade after 5 hours. Color- garnet with bricking at the edges. Fragrant nose of potpourri, tobacco, clay and sous bois. Palate- vibrant, clean blackcherry cobbler finish. Great showing. My #1 of 5 bottles- groups #2 behind the Pontet Canet 2000 (rated 93 and was my #2).
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2/5/2020 - devraj Likes this wine: 94 Points
2020 Feb annual tasting hosted my me. Detailed notes later
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2/2/2020 - wineappreciation wrote: 93 Points
Cigar box, blackberry, cedar, mint, cumin; pure, silky, lively, sensuous, slightly thin, long finish, delicious
After 3 Hours: Very similar but both nose and on palate, the wine after time is more integrated, thicker, richer, and more intense; excellent
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1/12/2020 - RussK wrote: 91 Points
Russk. Iron, iodine, decent acidity.
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11/14/2019 - gastonduhart wrote: 94 Points
With Ricardo Pravda
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10/19/2019 - Jamie Manley wrote: 94 Points
This needs another decade at least, but the goods are there. I don't see it rivaling the mind-blowing 1990, but it will become a fantastic wine. Right now, one is presented with aromas of cassis, oak, some earth, faint graphite, and tobacco. The palate has rich fruit and a wonderful mouthfeel. It's a little frustrating because you can feel the potential, but it's just not there yet. It improves with air, but if you only have a few bottles I would strongly recommend against opening one for at least 5 years, preferably 10. Patience.
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10/13/2019 - KeyMaster Likes this wine: 93 Points
Souper "à la bonne franquette" Octobre 2019 (Jean-Pierre et Jannick): Decanted for several hours, complex animal and earthy nose, long finish, very enjoyable. At its peak now and for at least a decade.
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10/12/2019 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 92 Points
A teaspoon of sediment. Took about an hour to open. Graphite, cedar, black and slightly sour red fruits. Near silky smooth.
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9/10/2019 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drinking beautifully. Decanted to remove solids and to promote opening. Big, lush Bordeaux flavors that persist in the mouth. Great mouthfeel and persistence. A real bargain comparatively!
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9/1/2019 - Life At Your Leisure 🍷 wrote: 96 Points
Opaque purple color turning crimson at the rim with a reflective edge. The nose gives off seared meat, cola, and warm dried herbs. The palate is full-bodied, dry, and intense with lively acidity. Flavors of blackberries, cloves, asphalt, black pepper and river stones form the intense core. Finishes long and sumptuous with hints of forest floor and charred fat. Drink now until 2035.
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8/24/2019 - GuWin wrote: 95 Points
Dyp mørk, svakt utviklet kant. Aromatisk, sødmefull duft av mørke bær, og særlig solbær, et hint av blyantspiss.Sødmefull, mørk frukt i anslaget, sval og leskende, fantastisk flott midtparti med solbær og et hint av eucalyptus. Stor konsentrasjon. Ultradelikat og med avslepen, lett støvete tanninstruktur og fast finish. En utrolig flott St. Julien som kanskje er i sin beste alder akkurat nå.
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7/26/2019 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 95 Points
Huge darkened aromas of tar, earth, peat, dark chocolate, smoked meats, and yet a bit of that minty liftiness. Largely savoury notes over a red-fruited background and a dark chocolate bitterness. The mellow blackberry and cassis fruits showed at the finish, and boy what a finish - lasted for minutes. Thoroughly enjoyable!
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7/21/2019 - khybner Likes this wine: 98 Points
This is a very nice wine. Decanted it ca 2 hours. It is classic left hand notes on the nose. The body is slim yet well defined rounded tannins.
A monster wine
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6/12/2019 - UTPK wrote:
One hour decant was enough. This is singing. Wonderful classic left bank nose of graphite, leather and leaves. Tannins are mellow but present and gives real lift to the wine. Long finish riding on the mild tannic backbone. Great wine!
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6/9/2019 - cephomer Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank last nite in Montauk. Didn't decant but should have. Warm, silky smooth wine with good fruit level, with a touch of sweetness. Plenty of leather, cedar and earth to go around, but with a solid fruit core and good acidity level. Complex, and long. The wine opened up in the glass, and improved over time--hence decant this wine for at least an hour next time around. Lovely wine.
If I were SW, I would def get the wine out from behind the radiator, and then decant!
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6/2/2019 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Hour decant and the wine still seems very young. Black and red fruits, pencil shavings. A soft and understated wine that still has time to develop more and likely flesh out a bit.
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5/29/2019 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Served blind. Subtle wine in all respects for me. Cedar, spice, fresh berry that comes across pure and clean. This drank great, and was quite a contrast to the 2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet that followed it!
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5/28/2019 - Curtis Chen wrote: 90 Points
"Casual" Weeknight at Viet's: Served blind.
A generous nose of red berries, anise, tobacco, wet forest floor, lead, and earthy aromas.
The nose on this wine felt distinctly Bordeaux, but the lighter flavor profile threw me off and left me a bit hesitant to make the call. It also drank more youthful than a 19 year old wine. Still, lighter color and body, nice acidity, and some resolved tannins. My mind did not go to Saint-Julien, so this was another surprise!
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5/19/2019 - Fid Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lineup was a 2009 Pol Roger, followed by the 2000 Leoville Poyferre, a 2015 Opus One and finally a 2001 Rieussec (750ml).
The LP needed about 30 minutes in the decanter and then 15-20 in the glass to really show its stuff. An excellent Bordeaux, coming off much, much younger than a nearly 20-year-old wine. Dark to the rim, nose of cedar and black fruit, just smells like the heart of Bordeaux. Deep and medium-full bodied with a great earthy quality with enough fruit to balance it nicely. Went great with pasta and veal piccata. This is why you drink Bordeaux—in my opinion.
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5/7/2019 - bmag Likes this wine: 94 Points
Finally showing some fruit that matches a gorgeous nose of cedar and berries. Double decanted and it was showing beautifully after 30 mins.
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5/7/2019 - gouldcampbell77 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Part of the 2000 bank holiday horizontal.
Decanted 1 hr. Very dark purple with not much sign of age. Just a classic nose of dark black fruits, cigar box and a hint of menthol or spearmint. Serious, grown up and savoury left bank claret but warmer, rounder and riper than both the Leoville Barton and the Montrose. Doesn't seem to be taking itself as seriously as the Barton and is sweeter and more playful than the Montrose. Of the three it is easily my favorite both for its outright deliciousness now and potential for future development. Interesting to note that the cellartracker scores agree.
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4/30/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 92 Points
Best bottle (Restaurant Waldhorn, Kirchheim, Germany): Glass: Gabriel Standard
Popped and poured. Deep, ruby color. Nose a bit muted with some barn. On the palate beautiful texture, silky and velvet. Black currant, fine tannin, salty mineral core. Very young with a good potential. 92+
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4/25/2019 - Plabella Likes this wine: 95 Points
beautifully crafted wine great dark fruit full body and balanced.
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4/11/2019 - Poisey wrote: 98 Points
Roses, leather. ceadar, plumbs, red berries, leather and pepper notes. So complex. Concentrated with a medium elegant frame. Perfect balance with a long textured silky smooth finish. Loads of sweet fruit that keeps you wanting more. Near perfection. Drink now-2026.
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3/8/2019 - GuWin wrote: 96 Points
Helt nydelig duft av solbær, cedertre og søt tobakk. En fabelaktig vin! Veldig rik og kompleks. Sødmefull smak, kompakt med kjølig frukt. Tanninene definitivt tilstede og veldig godt integrert. Alle komponenter i harmoni. Vanvittig lengde.
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2/23/2019 - Kevnzworld wrote: 94 Points
One hour decant before enjoying over the next two hours.
A great balanced blend of dark berries, stewed fruit, tobacco with some current and mushroom
A good blend of fruit and umami and ready to drink
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2/9/2019 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
UWS; early spring dinner (@ CdW and KvdK): Modern bouquet with beautifully ripe dark berry fruits, vanilla and beautiful oak. On the palate ripe and sweet dark berries, beautifully dosed oak, fresh acidity and beautifully round tannin.
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2/2/2019 - Édifice Likes this wine: 97 Points
Fine bouquet of secondary Bordeaux aromas. Great mouthfeel balancing ripe but fresh blood orange and grapefruit with fine spices and tobacco and smooth, sweet tannins. It is far away from the jammy end of the spectrum but still hedonistic, elegant, flamboyant in a fresher way. With time the sweetness grows. Great wine!
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2/2/2019 - brihprivat Likes this wine: 95 Points
Was a bit nervous about this since the last bottle I had was corked, but After a 3 hour decant this was firering on all cylinders. Classic Saint Julien In the beginning of its optimal drinking window. Will save the remainkng bottles for 5 years.
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1/24/2019 - Renevin Likes this wine: 96 Points
Très beau vin, encore beaucoup de fruits. Nez écurie, terre. Beaucoup d arômes. En bouche, tout est en rondeur, très ample et de belle longueur. Beaucoup de fraîcheur Excellent
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1/20/2019 - Blauweiss Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sweet fruits, licorice and leather. On the palate this is rich with loads of sweet fruits, firm. This needs food, but this is delicious!
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1/18/2019 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Chateau Leoville Poyferre vertical with Sarah Cuvelier (Le Cafe Descartes at the French Embassy): Beautiful harmonious nose displaying warm red fruit with a hint of black, plum, cherry, a hint of green, cedar, leather, caramel and earth. Nicely integrated palate, nicely layered red and black fruit, warm and round, medium acidity, earthy mineral and a medium to long warm cherry fruit driven finish with cedar and leather at the end. This has reached the youthful peak. The current auction price of around $170 is not as attractive as other vintages.
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1/9/2019 - Lipsman wrote: 96 Points
Lush and sumptuous as ever. Tannins melted away leaving complex fruit and mature elements. Long on the palate. Wonderful wine.
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1/4/2019 - Javachip Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted. Clear dark inky garnet color. Lovely notes of blackberries, cherries, currants and their liqueurs, green tobacco, humidor, salt marsh, leather, cardamom. Full body, beautiful balance, seamless, outstanding. Starting to pick up some secondary qualities. Thanks ShaneT! I only have 2 bottles of this, so will wait another few years before opening the first.
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1/4/2019 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 95 Points
I had the fortune of having this in Sept. '18 and again now. As before, this is an intense, deep, and complex wine. This is the type of wine that you just smell to enjoy. Thanks ShaneT for opening.
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1/2/2019 - cnichelson wrote: flawed
Not sure if this was corked or just not adequately aerated/decanted. A little mushroom:mustiness in the nose, and very muted fruit on the palate. Disappointed. Have more though...
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12/15/2018 - advinm41 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for 3 hrs, it became its best on the 3rd hour. Dark ruby in color, big legs, quite aromatic. Great nose: blackberry, currant, cassis, earth, truffle, leather, chocolate, violets Note of minerality/graphite. On the palate medium to full body, quite opulent, smooth, silky texture, tannins still quite present but mellowing down. Notes of currant, boysenberry, cassis, leather, truffle on the palate. Finish is long >45 seconds and chewy. Amazing wine. 95 pt. Drink now or can age for for 5 more years. I suspect it will be at peak in 3-4 years, potential 96-97 pointer at that time.
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12/9/2018 - fastcar888 wrote: 99 Points
One of the great wines of the world. Drink now!
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12/8/2018 - JazzManWine wrote: 94 Points
Very pleasing nose with complexity. Full dark fruit flavor spreads in the mouth with viscous feel but has an appealing lightness. Tannins are still very present. Tastes like more will be revealed with more time in the bottle.
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11/22/2018 - hfindlay wrote:
A bruiser of a Bordeaux. Full-bodied, but with amazing complexity. Strong graphite notes on the nose and in the mouth. Great structure, with a supportive tannic envelope and inner richness. I kept thinking: this is a complete wine.
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11/8/2018 - bmag Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still tight knit and tannic, but opened up after an hour to reveal classic fruit and mineral with decent but far from perfct balance. Hoping the fruit will out last the tannins and if it does, will be superb with atleast a few more years.
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10/12/2018 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 Points
Open last night. Dark red ruby with big tears. Pretty knows, with plum and cassis. Big-bodied wine, with forest floor and minerals most apparent on the palate. Gritty tannins. Still seems quite young. Many years of life ahead. Not especially charming at the moment. 5-13-16-8: 92/100.
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10/12/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Just beautiful. The wine has concentration, richness, elegance and layers of sweet dark, earthy, fresh, spicy fruits. There is a purity to the fruit and softness to the tannins that allows this to taste and feel great. Drink now with an hour of air, or age it another decade for more secondary charm.
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9/30/2018 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is starting to drink well, albeit with 10+ hours in the decanter, and is a magnificent wine. The nose is incredible with heady aromas of plum and blackcurrent, and seems never-ending. It really needs the extended time in the decanter at this stage in order to blow away some of the rough edges of the tannin, which is still in evolvement. However, the depth of the palate, and a 60 second finish, means that this is a potential 100 pointer in the future. If you have a decent amount of stock do not hesitate to start enjoying this with sufficient aeration, but it is going to get a lot better over the next few years.
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9/29/2018 - Plabella Likes this wine: 96 Points
great wine great dark fruit well integrated tannins
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9/26/2018 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Exquisite! Starts with such deep, dense aromatics of ripe plum and cassis along with musty leather and funk. The body is unctuous and loaded with intense flavors of dark fruit, cocoa, and earth. Long lingering finish to.... finish.
Thanks to Mrs. SD-Wineaux for sharing.
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9/18/2018 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 96 Points
OMG.....what a nose! After the barnyard blows off, tons of lead pencil, red rose petal.....still dark in the glass, no lightening at the rim, still a dark ruby edge. Intense classy refined red/black fruit on entry, you cannot confuse this with jammy-ness. Nope nada....., with just a slight hint of tart cherry to the fruit which carries all the way through to the beautiful integrated and ever so slightly moderately acidic ending which goes on for a good 30-40 seconds after you finally swallow. Decanted over 3 hours before dinner of pan charred prime ribeye and enjoyed with and after dinner over 2 more. This certainly can go longer, but I prefer my BDX in this window right here....fantastic job, Didier! Thank you for this LP legacy......
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7/27/2018 - jmoon wrote: 95 Points
Pop n pour
Took an hour to open up
Lead pencils and armchair
Then... after an hour sweet delicious red and dark fruit, softer than ever, have had 5 bottles over 7 years and finally everything is falling into place
Spectacular!
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7/15/2018 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 94 Points
From a half bottle. Nice dark rubis-black colour with no bricking at the edges. Upon uncorking, quite present aromas of raspberries and blackberries. In the glass, discrete red and black fruit as well as cedar and more specifically, raspberries in cream. On the palate, wow! Frank attack with a core of concentrated fruit on the mid-palate. Lots of tannin, but polished. Very good length up to a minute of raspberries, cream and blackberries all surrounded by the tannin with a touch of graphite and black olive. Frankly, a very nice wine. After 15 minutes in a decanter, secondary aromas start to appear - leather and damp forest floor. The core of concentrated fruit is intoxicating et promises a good evolution for this wine. Today, I would give it 93-94 but this may improve to 95 with extra maturity. Very good today from a half bottle, but will likely improve for another 2 years and then hold a plateau for 12-15 years (H-B). Beautiful wine!
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7/2/2018 - UFGators wrote: 95 Points
This bottle was a little shy at first but opened nicely. This bottle may be closing down. Tanins seem still pronounced and fruit closing down. I will visit this again in a couple years.
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5/28/2018 - Dehrmann Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bordeaux Dinner ME/CB...’02 Leoville (92), ‘90 Baron (93), ‘90 Lynch Bages (91)...Magnien ‘02 Clos de Beze (90)
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5/24/2018 - brihprivat wrote: flawed
badly corked
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5/21/2018 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points
Really beautiful bottle just entering it's window. I like very mature Bordeaux so I can't help but feel this will be more to my taste in 10 years, but today it's still enjoyable. It pours dark purple/ruby with little bricking. The nose is powerful from the initial pop. It blasts toast, charcoal, fresh cut pine, wet forest, maduro cigar wrapper, spice box, blackberry, cassis, plum. Pretty typical bordeaux aromatics, albeit polished and clearly from a 'big' vintage. So polished I might blind this as California with a Bordeaux sensibility. Loads of fruit on the palate with velvety tannin and good acid. Medium plus finish. Thoroughly enjoyed this bottle.
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5/20/2018 - Mssmith5 wrote:
Supper club with lamb kebab - fabulous
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5/13/2018 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Loving 2000s now
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5/3/2018 - UFGators Likes this wine: 99 Points
Simply amazing. Loads of freshness and tons of complexity. Wine seems to have lots of life left. Every sip gets better. Please give an hour to decant if you can. I believe this wine and vintage highly under appreciated. Glad I have five left! This wine outperforms the higher rated Leoville Las Cases of the same vintage IMHO.
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4/29/2018 - Luvwine1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really lovely. Ripe yet elegant. The 2000 vintage is so lovely to drink now. This is ready to go but will last so no rush but no need to wait.
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4/11/2018 - UTPK wrote:
Straight out of bottle. Wonderfully open and complex nose with green herbs and pencil shavings on top, beef stock in the middle and cassis and tobacco on the bottom. The 35% merlot shows through with blueberry notes, not unlike a well defined Napa merlot. Sweet attack, full body but with elegant refreshing acidity. Very well integrated wood, taking into account that this has seen 80% new barrels. In the beginning of a 30 year long drinking window!
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4/1/2018 - winemaker Likes this wine: 92 Points
Double decanted 5 hours prior to tasting. This was sort of rich, but very clean. Black fruits. Fine tannins. Long finish.
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3/29/2018 - UFGators Likes this wine: 98 Points
Pretty much as good as it gets for French Bordeaux. Despite almost twenty years of age this one is full of life. Fruit flavors fully developed and juicy with a extremely pleasing acidity. Tastes great with no decanting but decanting three hours really brought out more body. I would drink now it is simply amazing.
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3/28/2018 - Markus IWC wrote: 91 Points
Bordeaux 2000 tasting, wine #2: blue fruit, plums, cassis, raisins, coffee, cookies, cedar, led. Inviting creamy nose, early maturing. Fresh mouthfeel with high acidity and sharp tannins. Modern style Bordeaux, almost Napa-like. Still slightly closed. Drink in 5-10 yards. BV=1, WV=4
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3/13/2018 - Stevere Likes this wine: 93 Points
On March 13, 2018, this was included in a tasting of nine 2000 Bordeaux. it is a big wine with and amazing balance of dark berries, rhubarb, and tannic structure. Good length and it pairs very well with red meat.
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2/20/2018 - jmoon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Getting better and better with a very long life in front of her
Classic dark fruits, leather, soil, lovely old school Bordeaux that needs at least 2-3 hour decant if not 5-8 ideally
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2/14/2018 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pretty nose of dark fruits and a hint of menthol. Fairly full in the mouth with beautiful black currant fruit still prominent along with a lovely eucalyptus note. Tannins are still present but beginning to soften and this is drinking very well now with food. The finish is smooth and complex with notes of tobacco, gravel and dark spice. 92+
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2/6/2018 - cephomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank at Mistrals last nite from decanter. Very similar experience as with the last time I had this wine, though I didn't love it quite as much this time around. Medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. Not much in the way of any tertiary aromas here. Soft, silky, elegant wine, with smooth tannins which were still fairly evident. The fruit was fairly well extracted, but didn't come off as particularly. The finish was also a bit short.
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2/4/2018 - AJCowen wrote: 96 Points
Opened four hours before consuming but did not decant. Drank with tasting menu at the Modern. Paired with red pear and black truffle, lobster and yuzu and chicken breast with champagne sauce. Wine worked everything. Gravel, currants and a little mushroom and smoke. Classic terroir bordeaux with fruit underlying. Will be great for another 10 years.
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2/3/2018 - Grinner Likes this wine: 95 Points
Random Vino and Beef at the Woody's; 2/2/2018-2/3/2018 (New Home of the Woodwards): Surprise find in my cellar 2 weeks ago and a hit on this night. Did not take notes, but this was spot on for location, duration, intensity, quality, and provocation! Now- 2030.
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1/27/2018 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Occasional dinner group; Bordeaux 2000 (@ Merlet): In the bouquet red berries and spiciness and beautiful oak and cedar. On the palate ripe dark and red berries, vanilla, beautiful acidity and tannin. Also a touch of pleasant sweetness. More classical than modern impressions in this vintage. For some more expressive complexity and finesse it is probably wine to wait until 2024+. 94+
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1/27/2018 - bonedoc wrote: 94 Points
Decanted and drank over 3 hours. Classic left bank Bordeaux in the old world style, minerality, perfumey, great structure, drink now w decant or over another 10 years.
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1/14/2018 - Empirate wrote: flawed
Corked
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1/5/2018 - Romol Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 2+ hours. Very good bottle. Wonderful nose and intense palate. Drink now and the next 10 years. 94+ pts.
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12/29/2017 - anthroman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gave this a 90-minute decant and followed for 4 hours. A rich, expressive nose of cassis, cigar box, and dark fruits. With time the nose became more foresty alongside richer cigar notes. Cool but full on the palate, moving into a focused, tobacco-laced finish. Did this wine blow me away? I don't think so. But was it excellent with plenty of years to go? Absolutely.
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12/24/2017 - Turn Likes this wine: 96 Points
One of the best bottle of this wine I opened so far. Seems to improve. Complex nose, great length.
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12/13/2017 - Vino Me wrote: 96 Points
From magnum purchased for $95 on futures. 4th time I have had this wine. Decanted and poured back into the bottle 10 hours before drinking. Deep crimson color and lightly sedimented. Solid cork. Earthy aromas. Notes of oak, leather, cassis and berries. Firm tannins and a long finish. Well rounded at 17 years old. 1 mag left which I will hold for another 10 years or so. 96 points.
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12/4/2017 - LJD Likes this wine: 96 Points
After a 90 minute decant, this drank beautifully over a 2 hour period. One of my favorite Bordeaux's of recent memory.
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12/2/2017 - jimyeni Likes this wine: 93 Points
2017 Holiday Season Wine Tasting Party; 12/2/2017-12/3/2017 (Our house): In a word... silk. So silky smooth with a beautiful nose of lavender, cherry and slate. Beautiful but I would actually wait a bit in these
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10/26/2017 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gave this a three-hour double decant based on previous feedback. The fresh, fruity nose jumped out at me as I was decanting. At the restaurant, took another hour for it to develop beautiful fleshiness. St.-Juliens suffer in my comparison to Pauillacs because I always miss the earthiness, but this wine wowed us despite being unabashedly feminine. It's definitely ready to drink, with great integration of fruit, acid and tannins, and it held up well to New York steaks. I was happy to pop my only bottle of this now although I suspect it has a long life ahead.
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8/25/2017 - dougie Likes this wine: 95 Points
Time to try the better 2k Bordeaux. Started to sing after two hours in decanter. After 4 hours- stunning!
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7/2/2017 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opaque in color, no bricking. Deep aromas of plum that comes through in the taste. Dark fruits, a shade of anise, complex flavors ripple across the palate with good length. Supple, mature and balanced. A wonderful wine. Twenty minutes in a decanter or glass is all that's needed. Drink now through 2022.
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6/25/2017 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Uniquely St. Julien with finesse
It is purple and has some observable sediments. It reveals cassis, forrest floor and leathery notes. It has a relatively light body and fruity acidity, with notes of spice. The palate is well supported by the generous minerality, which is full of St. Julien quality.
The body is richer towards the end of the bottle, but it is still quite thin among Bordeaux wine from other appellations.
Ready to drink now
P.S.: My father does not appreciate this wine for its light body and weak tannin. He says it is rather diluted. Perhaps, St. Julien wine of finesse is not for everyone.
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6/14/2017 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 97 Points
Stunning wine. I cautioned against opening as so many B2K's are slow to come around. Not this one. Drinking great. Purple in color. The nose is great with cassis, Bordeaux funk, char, slight chocolate and spice. On the palate, this is lush but open. Black cherries, cassis with nice forest floor and a bit of barnyard. Slightly drying tannins but just slightly. Nice finish. Really gorgeous wine right now.
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6/10/2017 - sevo wrote: 92 Points
Opened approximately two hours before drinking. Luscious stewed plums and cranberry notes on the nose. The taste covers the palate. Silky tannins and slight acidity. Very lovely wine. Paired with braised short ribs.
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6/9/2017 - overhill wrote: 91 Points
Bordeaux Second Growths Lunch (Capital Grille NY): Menthol, chewing tobacco, and plums on the nose. This was elegant and somewhat smaller-scaled than other wines at the table.
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5/27/2017 - Shrages wrote: 93 Points
Pretty, with accessible, pure fruit and a round character. Still some oak on the nose and substantial acid on the finish. Give it 4-7 years more.
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5/22/2017 - Lord Rodney wrote: 95 Points
This - my last bottle was an absolute stunner! Just a bit more fruit and power than the last two it felt!
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5/7/2017 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pretty awesome, and incredibly expressive upon opening, only gaining depth with air. Cedar spice and tobacco nose. Palate is quite polished and smooth, without much tannin at this point. Finishes with smoke and cedar and some dark fruit. Polished, still fruit forward. Really nice bdx that is drinking just fine now.
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4/22/2017 - larsth wrote: 96 Points
This wine is so balanced and harmonious to drink. Dark fruits, licorice, cedar and earthy flavours. Power but soft tannings. Still young with upside but very delicious and drinkable now.
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4/9/2017 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Second Sunday Group: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Still a fairly youthful dark color. Notes of dark fruit and plum with tobacco and violet undertones- I could have kept my nose buried in the glass all night. Has some tannin to shed but what's there is not obtrusive. Plummy dark fruit, herb and tobacco with a lengthy finish.
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3/23/2017 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Slow oxed for 2 hrs. It surprisingly opened up tonight with dark fruit, oak, and licorice. Palate is balanced and expressive. Its not a blockbuster wine but its drinking nicely tonight. I still like the Leoville Barton 00 over the Poyferre 00.
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3/17/2017 - jonnyoro wrote: 96 Points
Too young. Still. Black fruit BIG tannins. This bruiser needs another 5-7 years to smooth out those tannins but it's a classic.
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3/16/2017 - sevo wrote: 91 Points
Upon opening, luscious tobacco aroma. Decanted and consumed almost 4 hours afterwards. Nose evolves into abundant red fruits, almost Burgundy like. Taste is fulfilling, tannins are not soft, yet not too overwhelming . Enjoyed this wine and will try next bottle in three to four years.
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3/10/2017 - Romol Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 2+ hours. Very good bottle. Ready to drink with enough air. I am sure it will iprove with more age. 94+ at the moment.
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3/8/2017 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #117; Bordeaux St. Julien except Léoville wines.... (By VD and @ VD): In the bouquet beautiful oak and cedar, cigar box and all the ripe dark forest fruits you can think of. On the palate concentrated and ripe dark berries, vanilla, beautiful acidity and tannin which still has a lot of future. Beautiful and harmonious wine, already open for business, but in 2025+ this will still be great and probably even more refined. Thank you Vincent :-)!
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2/18/2017 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 95 Points
Still drinking quite young. Very dark purple color. An earthy nose with an obvious barnyard component. Full, complex aromatics of dark plum, blackberry, barnyard, licorice, tobacco, and espresso. An elegant mouthfeel. Smooth tannins that are incredibly silky. Acidity a bit low. This will only get better with age.
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2/9/2017 - Bob Sacamano Likes this wine: 95 Points
2017 GFGWTC Red Wine Red Meat Dinner (Ruth's Chris Minneapolis): Now this, my friends, is everything I love about Bordeaux. Shows its terroir beautifully. Lavender, sea breeze, graphite and cedar on the nose. Raspberry and pomegranate on the full, but elegant and floaty palate. Finishes with mostly sweet tannins, but also some lingering hints of dry grip that remind you it hasn't always drank so nicely. Finish sings on for 30+ seconds.
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2/2/2017 - Lord Rodney wrote: 94 Points
Great showing again!
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1/25/2017 - Sonoma Duck Likes this wine: 95 Points
Served this wine on the spur of the moment. Decanted and poured. Medium ruby, nose closed initially but opened to a bit of cedar and dark fruits. Delightful from minute one. Improved over the one hour we enjoyed it. Delicious to drink now and may even improve a bit. 4 down and 8 to go.
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1/11/2017 - devraj Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fifth bottle of the tasting and served alongside the 1996 LP. Dark red with purple highlights. Aggressive aromas of black fruits, cassis, graphite, leather and hint of licorice. Quite full bodied in the mouth revealing sweet crushed black cherries and cassis liqueur, dark chocolate, medium (-) acidity, fine tannins still present, well integrated wood and a long cedar/tobacco filled finish.
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12/31/2016 - Nohedes wrote: 92 Points
Decanted 1hr ahead of serving - should have bee much longer. Still quite tight but already drinking very well. Lots of dark fruit on the nose and a powerful semi-developed palate, silky tannins and a medium-long finish. I'll hold my other two bottles for a good while yet but if you're tempted to try it now, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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12/27/2016 - bonedoc wrote:
all 2000's: none blockbusters, all good and enjoyable w/ prime tenderloin xmas eve dinner. pontet canet was inferior to the other 3 with regard to concentration of fruit.
malescot exupery: lighter, pretty and elegant, ripe tart cranberry. 92-94
pape clement: lead pencil, minerality, darker fruits. 92-94
leoville poyferre: biggest of the wines, and more structure than the first 2, long finish. 92-94
pontet canet: least favorite, most austere/acidic/structured of the bunch, wanting for more fruit compared to others. 90
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12/22/2016 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points
Fruit forward, a little simple.
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12/18/2016 - guido23 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was a slow burner. We popped, decanted, and then consumed over six hours. It started out tasty but muted: pencil shavings on the nose and murky red fruit on the palette. Over time it opened up to much more expressive red fruit, like overripe strawberries with a metallic edge. My wife described it as twizzlers without the sweet and I agree.
Not quite the blockbuster that I expected but, when we finished it at six hours, it was very strong and possibly still improving. Next time we'll try a longer decant. Either way, this wine is still quite young and probably on an upswing.
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11/5/2016 - MikeATL wrote: flawed
Mostly Older Bordeaux: Slightly corked.
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10/29/2016 - Redguy wrote:
Grand Bordeaux Tasting - K & L Wines San Francisco (San Francisco): Bold and brash on the nose. Black fruits, eucalyptus, black licorice. Offers a real sense of both power and elegance, where the fine silky texture plays a perfect feminine counterpart to its masculine stuffing. While relatively low in acidity, there is a welcome sense of freshness as well. This is fine enough to drink now but should age well for 2 decades or more. Not really my style but clearly a great wine!
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10/29/2016 - wcchang Likes this wine: 96 Points
Outstanding profound and elegant aroma with great complexity and balance that's so appealing. 16 years and this wine still feels youthful. Rich and full body on the palate. Low acidity and sweet tannis makes it ready to drink now. Yet, it definitely still can be aged for another 20 years or so. Double decanted for 3.5 hours before drinking.
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10/29/2016 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points
K&L 2000 Bordeaux Tasting (K&L, San Francisco): Youthful color without bricking; aromatic but elegant and subtle nose that requires a bit of concentration, slight minerals; palate is full bodied, youthful tannins with a bit of grip, youthful ripe black fruit; medium finish. Needs a lot of time, and I actually prefer the grand puy Lacoste today. This comes across as a bit simple. 90
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10/22/2016 - wineforth Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big nose of dark fruits and liquorice, lots of soft fruit on the palate. Still plenty of tannins on a long finish. The fruit is so soft compared to the tannins I doubt this will improve and is on its plateau of maturity.
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9/29/2016 - kenv Likes this wine: 94 Points
WCC Blind Tasting of Red Bordeaux 2000-2009 (Home of Chef Andy Plummer, East Greenbush, NY): Exquisitely complex floral nose. Rich and expansive in the mouth. Easily the wine of the flight. My #2 WOTN. Still young, but closer to its window of drinkability than the first two.
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9/15/2016 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for 90 mins, poured back into the bottle. Served it in a 2 hr dinner. Nose had chocolate, purple fruit, dark fruit and vanilla. Palate is fresh with round and deep dark fruit. Its very expressive and structured. Long life ahead. Very good value to money. 92+
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8/21/2016 - Sonoma Duck Likes this wine: 95 Points
One hour decant, medium ruby, cedar nose, stained bottle and throwing a lot of sediment. Very nice, elegant with a long finish. Can be enjoyed now with a long decant but the wine is still improving.
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8/17/2016 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points
Really a wine for the future but is drinking now with a long decant. Deep aromas of plum and cassis explode on the palate before being arrested by good firm tannins. This is going to be a potential 100 pointer in the future
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8/12/2016 - wineguy75 Likes this wine: 96 Points
3 hour decant. Well balanced, leather and earthy notes but not in your face. Really enjoyed it.
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7/26/2016 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux 2000 tasting (at my home): dark opaque red-purple
elegant dark ripe fruit nose with quality leather notes
full bodied, firm tannins, excellent earthy-lether flavours, excellent structure & complexity, stylish & elegant, excellent finish and aftertaste
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7/15/2016 - mrmikemtr Likes this wine: 94 Points
Barnyard nose upon opening and throughout. Dark black color. Totally enjoyable. Camphor, Dry cherries on the palate. Strong tannins. Super Long finish. Exactly met my expectations. Can't wait for my 03 and 10 to mature! This is great QPR. Buy this over Gruad.
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7/4/2016 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
a bit austere for my taste
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6/12/2016 - toineton wrote: 96 Points
2000 finally starts to show itself!
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4/10/2016 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
Plenty of Bordeaux and a few other bottles: Garnet with transparent rim, rich, lush fruit, clearly Cabernet dominated, very accessible with integrated tannins, good length. Was missing a bit the complexity but that is likely still to come. Guessed double blind left bank Bordeaux 2006 or 2004. 93+
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4/9/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
During a wine dinner, tasted blind. Nose of blue fruit, spices. Very soft on the palate, lush but fresh, a bit of whole in the mid mouth. I was guessing right bank. Having tasted this wine a few times, this is the first showing where the tannins were fully mature and integrated. A good showing.
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4/9/2016 - bonedoc wrote: 92 Points
Dark Ruby, elegant fruit profile with good structure and medium concentration. Delicious, but not a blockbuster.
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3/7/2016 - Lord Rodney wrote: 94 Points
Really juicy and lovely :-)
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2/20/2016 - VinoMax wrote: 94 Points
Soft tannins, light cherry, red currants. Drinking near peak.
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2/12/2016 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Wow, super concentrated nose of cèpes de Bordeaux, bacon, leather... Loads of ripe red cherries and strawberries, laser sharp freshness and sappiness, long long life ahead!
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1/21/2016 - Lord Rayas wrote: 93 Points
decanted for an hour. showing a bit more than last time. plenty of stuffing. long life ahead.
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1/14/2016 - Yagil wrote: 95 Points
Special dinner - post Oct-2015 Bordeaux wine tour (at Ety & Hanan Shahaf, Lehavim): dark opaque lively red-purple
high quality ripe dark fruits aroma with earthy-leather-tobacco notes
full bodied, soft round firm integrated tannins, excellent acidity level, outstanding structure and complexity, rich dark fruity flavours, liquorice, earthy-chocolate, graphite, mouth-filling, lingering aftertaste, a seductive finish!
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1/12/2016 - LFCHALA Likes this wine: 95 Points
Young. Do not touch in the next 5-10 years
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1/7/2016 - redmancge Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pulled from cellar decanted 2 hours. Glad because decent amount of sediment. First taste a tannins tight but great fruit. Bottled back up for BDay dinner out. Opened nicely with cherry and dark fruits and a bit of leather and paired nicely with steak. QPR ? for this wine. Maybe opened a little early but not disappointed after all it's my Birthday!
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1/4/2016 - JOsgood wrote: 94 Points
This is a killer young Bordeaux. Classic flavors of pencil lead and dark berries. Plenty expressive and should continue to improve. Delicious wine.
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1/3/2016 - johnh1001 wrote: 96 Points
Outstanding nose of red and blue fruit, wet stone, touch of earth and graphite. Round and rich in the mouth. Still sorting itself out on the finish but this is great today with plenty of upside.
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12/31/2015 - cos82 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured at BYOB for New Year's. I think many times I do a wine a dis-service by not decanting in advance of the many BYOBs I go to in and around Philly, but not in this case. Dark purple plum in color with no sign of maturity. Lovely nose of plum, cherry and nice floral elements. Started out with a mostly fruity palate of cassis and cherry with some leather and earth. By the last glass fruit subsided and it became somewhat rough with lots of charcoal. I think if I give this wine 5 more years and a good decant it could become something special.
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12/16/2015 - Cheungtp Likes this wine: 95 Points
The 2000 Poyferre still needs quite a bit of aeration time to open up. Sports a deep ruby color and a youthful look. The bouquet is loaded with many goodies, black and red fruits, spring flowers, earth, vanilla oak, spice and a touch of herbs. Smooth, velvety palate coast your mouth with energy, beautiful structure with good grip and refreshing acidity. Rich, layered flavors last for great length. Excellent wine.
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12/11/2015 - Indybond Does not like this wine: 83 Points
For me, consistent with my earlier disappointing experiences with Leoville Poyferre (97, 04 and 07) and in line with my modest expectations. The nose is good, but the palate does not offer much. To me, there were more similarities between this and the 2000 Terrey Gros Cailloux (fellow Saint Julien wine with a price tag of $30) than differences. Furthermore, I do not think that this wine will go anywhere as it appears to be already going on a downward slope. At $160, there could be few wines that have a worse QPR than this one. I would go with the 2000 Talbot (at $80) rather than this even at the same price every time. The only bright spot for me is that, now, I have one less Chateau to worry about.
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11/19/2015 - Yagil wrote: 95 Points
Wine-Nona post-Bordeaux trip meeting (Messa Restaurant, Tel-Aviv): double decanting 2 hours prior to consuming
dark opaque lively red-purple
high quality ripe dark fruits aroma with earthy-leather-tobacco notes
full bodied, soft round firm integrated tannins, excellent acidity level, outstanding structure and complexity, rich dark fruity flavours, liquorice, earthy-chocolate, graphite, mouth-filling, lingering aftertaste, a sedcutive finish!
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11/16/2015 - Philippe_C wrote: 95 Points
WHOUAW, 100% cuir de Russie, bacon, roasted meat... very very primary, red fruit, nice tannins, good acidity, this wine is open for business but still in a primary phase, I much prefer the 2003!
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11/15/2015 - yukoner Likes this wine: 97 Points
Tasted at a Poyferre night vertical, along with a 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011. All exceptional wines! The 2000 stood out from the pack. Extremely smooth & elegant. The 2009, 2010, 2011 will surpass the 2000 vintage in about 10 years.
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10/15/2015 - Romol Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted 2.5 hours. Still pretty young. Superb nose, good complexity. It had a bit too much acidity, the only reason why i don't give a higher rating. 93-95 pts.
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10/10/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 92 Points
K&L High-End Bordeaux Tasting - October 2015 (K&L): Moderately concentrated dark ruby with lots of garnet.
A bit tight on the nose - it seems as if the fruit is not expressive on the nose, but on the palate there seems to be a density and weight of fruit. This is extracted and long, but the fruit hasn't unfurled yet. The most tannic of the lineup (m+ tannins - papery). This is really nice though - it's that magical combination of Brett and new oak, with cabernet character.
Score: Between 9 and 9.5
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10/10/2015 - aagrawal wrote: 95 Points
K&L Bordeaux Tasting (K&L, Redwood City): Youthful ruby color; complex nose with red fruit, cedar, leafy mulch, blackberry; palate is full bodied, high acid, well integrated and approachable tannin, dense black fruit; long finish. Superb, drinking very young but nicely with decades ahead. 94-96
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9/25/2015 - Empirate wrote: 95 Points
Outstanding St. Julien fruit in early maturity with brilliant balance and kiss of cedar.
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9/22/2015 - dfcrutcher Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking very nicely. Great fruit for a Bordeaux. Still lots of leather an tannin, but subtly so. Nice wine.
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9/21/2015 - ehodin Likes this wine: 98 Points
At Ripple DC - beautiful wine - sl tannic but easily resolved with food - among my top 5 of the year
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9/5/2015 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Needs an hour in a decanter to open up. Supple and creamy, anise, mocha, some cedar, absolutely balanced, delicate, with sumptuous fruit. Completely melded tannins. What a sexy wine.
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8/30/2015 - olalar wrote: 94 Points
Bottle left open for about 3 h after taking a sip. No decant this time. The wine is very open. Lovely smell filled with dark fruit with mature notes of forest floor. Still ample of tannins. Fruit is very focused, well defined but still juicy and welcoming. Complexity is good with mature notes in the back. Very long taste and good balance. Nice viscosity. Oak seems to be fully integrated at this time. Quite a wine to follow over the next 10 or so years.
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8/24/2015 - Eric Becker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Textbook left bank 2000. Dark, youthful color. Definitely more black than red.
In the nose sweetness, cabernet spice, leather and earth. In the mouth sweet, full and generous. But also fine grained tannins and structure. This will go another 15 years! The wine retains a superb balance.
I refrain from scoring it higher as it does not display a lot of complexity. In its current state it is more about good winemaking and a great vintage than about its famous vineyard.
All in all this offered prime drinking pleasure.
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8/1/2015 - Wine_lvr Likes this wine: 96 Points
Reinterpreted Paris Tasting 'Best Bottle Circle' Style (Emmen, Switzerland): Deep color. Nose shows leather and strawberry yoghurt. Nice sweetness but at the same time very classical and highly elegant. On the chubby side but not too much. This is now at the beginning of its (long) drinking window. Great stuff which actually needs to go on my buying list. Drink now - 2035
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7/6/2015 - WineCPA wrote: 95 Points
Maturing beautifully. Still has tons of fruit and is taking on more dried fruit character. Plenty of earth. Shows hints of tobacco and graphite. Outstanding now, but I see how this can go much longer.
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6/14/2015 - UTPK wrote:
Decanted 2 hours. Wonderfully open and complex nose suggesting a big vintage with plenty of fruit and many layers. Green herbs and pencil shavings on top, beef stock in the middle and cassis and tobacco on the bottom. The 35% merlot shows through with blueberry notes all over. Medium body, quite elegant with refreshing acidity, extremely well integrated wood taking into account that this has seen 80% new wood. Overall very very nice now, albeit just a tad shut down. Will blossom into something akin to the great left bank 1990's I think. 10 years more...half a case left.
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5/9/2015 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 92 Points
Brisket, Bordeaux, and Rhones: An excellent combination of ripe and savory, and the wood has integrated well. It is drinking nicely, but still has a lot of life left.
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5/8/2015 - Lipsman wrote: 94 Points
No sign of bricking. Dark garnet to the edge, but plenty of sediment Deeply saturated flavors of dark fruits, anise, fresh acidity to balance. Long on the palate. Needs at least an hour in a decanter to open up. Tighter than the last bottle, which was delightful right out of the bottle.
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5/6/2015 - nortonnose wrote: 95 Points
Review: I'm disappointed to see I never posted on this years ago! We had this in Chicago in Aug 2012 to commemorate our anniversary year. At that time, I thought it was waaaaayyyyy too young - completely impenetrable, even after hours of air. Tonight this was absolutely beautiful. From 750ml, decanted for hours in the morning, resealed then served 10 hrs later. Elegant. Complex. Vastly superior to the sum of all its parts. Truly worth seeking. Thanks, JW!
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5/6/2015 - Roger Davison Likes this wine: 96 Points
The first of my case, and wonderful. Better even than the '96. Still young, but smooth tannins with fresh acitity and aromas too complex for my descriptive powers. Not cheap anymore, but still worth buying.
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5/5/2015 - rwstorer wrote: 95 Points
Popped and decanted for 1 hour. Pure black fruit aromas with a dark red color. Complex flavors of black current, black cherry and earth. This wine is in a nice place and drinking beautifully.
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5/4/2015 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 Points
Terroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux 2000 Vintage (Groot Constantia): (Tasted Blind): Mid ruby in colour, the bouquet squire shy but slowly opens to reveal lemon, blackcurrant and blackberry. However, there is a hint of volatility that creeps in too.
The entry is elegant with some lemon freshness, firmly texture and linear shape. It lacks depth and concentration but has a muscular, sinewy feel to it with some flesh. The tannin is quite coarse, and there is a sharper edge from the acid (this may be some VA, too?) but a classic older-style Claret.
Score: 88-89/100"
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5/2/2015 - DarinC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still youthful in color, aroma, and flavor. Having said that, it's open for business! The oak has integrated to the dark cherry, black currant, clean tobacco, and soil tones. Fresh in the mouth with no hard edges. Fine tannins coat the finish. This will age long and well. Enjoyed by a wide range of palates. 92+
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4/18/2015 - Sonoma Duck Likes this wine: 96 Points
This wine was decanted for one hour. No bricking, rich nose of cedar and organic compost. At the beginning of its drinking period which should last for many years. Fabulous wine with a long finish.
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4/18/2015 - joshbryer Likes this wine:
From magnum. Very shut down nose, giving little. Quite concentrated fruit, some iron and earth, obviously going to be excellent. Very tight right now, so needs a long decant or quite a bit more time in bottle, I'd go for the latter.
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3/23/2015 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 96 Points
No bricking. Ripe tannins. Wonderfully complex with a multitude of flavors fluttering over your palate including ripe spicy tannins, cherry, black cherry, smoke, anise, a hint of tar, all anchored by a deep palate saturating earthiness. A fabulous wine. Well worth opening a bottle now.
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3/21/2015 - Rockoroberts Likes this wine: 98 Points
Wonderfully complex and elegant. Fruit core still present, but complimented by forest floor, cedar, toast, cigar box....you name it, it had it.
In all honesty, I think that another year or 3 might improve it further, as the fruit dies away a bit....but this is subject to taste. The tannin is perfectly integrated and barely noticeable.
This wine is suave, classy, and above all; top, top quality. A proper Bordeaux in a mature classic style (no Parker super fruit here).
A pure delight in every sense of the word.
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3/19/2015 - mellison wrote: 95 Points
A fine bottle of wine. Drank side by side with a 2003 Quilceda and a 2007 Leonetti. The Leoville was noticeably more complex with nice balance and a multiple of different flavors. Just way more interesting then either of the Cabs.
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3/9/2015 - ctjared Likes this wine:
Tremendous. Fruity and well integrated tannins.
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3/6/2015 - Lord Rayas wrote: 93 Points
sadly didn't have time to decant properly. still tightly wound but plenty of underlying goodness. at least an hour in decanter next time.
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2/24/2015 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 93 Points
From a half bottle. Nice dark rubis-black colour. Upon uncorking, aromas of raspberries and blackberries. In the glass, discrete red and black fruit as well as cedar and more specifically, raspberries in cream. On the palate, wow! Frank attack with a core of concentrated fruit on the mid-palate. Lots of tannin, but polished. Very good length up to a minute of raspberries, cream and blackberries all surrounded by the tannin. Frankly, a very nice wine. After 2 hours in a decanter, secondary aromas start to appear - leather and damp forest floor. Though the nose isn’t as “beautiful” as the Léoville Las Cases 2006, the core of concentrated fruit is intoxicating et promises a good evolution for this wine. Today, I would give it 93 but this could likely improve to 95 with extra maturity. Very good today, but will likely improve for another 5 years and then hold a plateau for 15-20 years. Beautiful wine!
Demie-bouteille. Belle robe rubis-noir. Lors du débouchage, des arômes de framboises et de mûres. En verre, le vin a des arômes discrets de fruits rouges et noirs et une touche de cèdre - framboises à la crème. En bouche, wow! Attaque franche et fruitée d’une superbe concentration. Il y a comme un noeud de fruits bien compact et concentré au centre en bouche. On y retrouve encore beaucoup de tannins, mais aussi de la framboises, de la crème, de la mûre et une superbe longueur d’environ une minute. Après deux heures d’aération, le nez s’ouvre et des arômes secondaires supplémentaires apparaissent - cuir et humus. Franchement, un beau vin. Sans avoir la beauté au nez du Léoville Las Cases 2006, il a ce noyaux de fruit concentré au centre du palais qui est enivrant et promet encore une très belle maturation. Aujourd’hui, je donnerai 93, mais ça pourra monter encore un peu vers 95 avec la maturité supplémentaire. Très bon maintenant, mais pourra encore s’améliorer sur 5 ans et ensuite être excellent pour encore 15-20 ans. Beau vin!
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2/2/2015 - rossi.wine wrote: 94 Points
Still a bit restrained on the nose with ripe fruit, graphite, spices and tobacco notes. Great mouthfeel, quite silky, still powerful. Lovely depth of flavours, good grip, ripe, but elegant. Very fine length. 93-94+
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1/31/2015 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 95 Points
From Coravin. Developed in the glass over 1.5 hour. Fantastic nose. Plum, cassis, toasted oak, leather, and damp forest floor. Full-bodied and dense. Straddles power and elegance. Round with silky tannins. Long finish. I feel this is in a nice place right now, and should remain in its drinking window for at least a decade. The structure is there. The style here seems to be in the middle of the '03 and '96 Leoville Poyferre.
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1/17/2015 - Oskiwawa wrote: 93 Points
popped and let breathe in the bottle for 60 minutes. Very approachable 2000 that is ready to drink but will improve over the next 5 years and will last for 10+ more years. No harm at all in drinking these now. If I had several I would certainly open one in the near future.
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1/16/2015 - d'Artagnan wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux 2000: dégustation horizontale (Restaurant Tandem): Un superbe vin, mon 2e préféré de la soirée (après Lynch Bages).
Large et ample, juteux, un peu mentholé, droit comme un Pauillac, un brin austère mais envoûtant. Un vin plein et complet, excellent! 94 (+) pts
Sur l'évolution, en fin de soirée, six heures après l'ouverture, il se referme, restant frais, aristocrate, avec une formidable armure tannique. À mon avis il est à encore au moins 5 ans de la maturité.
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1/2/2015 - pakabear Likes this wine: 92 Points
Not as good as some previous bottles
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1/1/2015 - fastcar888 Likes this wine: 99 Points
If you can deal with a 2 minute finish that is incredibly complex, then I suggest you purchase or drink this wine. It is the best wine I have tasted from Bordeaux 2000. It appeals to the palate and intellect, holds my interest and I want to go back to it for more. And its unique. Each and every drop gets better. Had it for New Year's Eve with a 2001 Phelps Insignia, and 2002 Cristal Champagne. Although different, three holes in one!
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11/29/2014 - Vino Me wrote: 96 Points
Opened by Otis. Decanted for several hours before dinner. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. 3rd time I have had this wine (on release, in 2010 and now) and it has always shown well. I'm not sure if this wine ever closed down. Smoother and more elegant now than previous bottles. Notes of cherries, creme de cassis, plums and minerals. Solky tannins and a long lingering finish. I have a pair of magnums which should easily hold for another 20-30 years. 96 points
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11/27/2014 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 97 Points
2000 Poyferre
Color: deep red
Nose: super complex, haven't had this beauty for the last 2 yrs and boy has she blossomed into a beautiful young lady whom I have no doubt will mature into a classy lady in a few years time, I can't even begin to describe the perfume of this Poyferre, it's that good
Palate: long, sophisticated, ripe fruits with perfect equilibrium with the v8 Bentley tannins, if the 2000 weren't so pricey this is worth getting a case and track the evolution of this beauty, for me the best Poyferre in the last 20 years, absolutely stunning, this wine has the X factor - that small but rare quality that differentiates a good wine from a truly great wine, stunning
Rating: 97+
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11/15/2014 - jinks Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pop/pour. Youthful garnet appearance, no bricking.
Aromas of an old wine cellar, morbier cheese, oak, leather, figs.
A mature yet still youthful palate, with harmonious balance of dark berry fruit, earth, soil, and integrated tannins.
Lingering, pleasant finish.
A very traditional left bank style from a great vintage, this will improve for years to come.
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11/15/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 95 Points
Richer, fuller, more generous nose compared to the 2005, more concentration, a little bit less elegant maybe, but good acidity, wonderful mouthfeel and structure, very well balanced and complex. Lingering finish. Excellent. 94-95+
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11/11/2014 - walkerjfw wrote: 94 Points
At a dinner arranged by David S at the Lotus Club NYC, fantastic evening. One of the guests was from the chateau - pouring the 2000 and 2009 to drink side by side.
Dark garnet/red color, no signs of aging. Gorgeous nose of red and black fruits, perfumed floral notes, oak, cloves. Palate repeats - full bodied Bordeaux with a long finish.
Seems to be entering its drinking phase, best guess is it will be here for 10+ years.
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10/25/2014 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
The best showing yet for this fantastic effort. The nose absolutely explodes, with vibrant perfumes of red and black fruits, red floral and oak spice. Decanted for aeration at 10am and served at 8pm, this was completely in the zone and just as good or better on night 2. The bottle I opened last month just didn't see enough aeration prior to service, so if you want to see this wine's true potential, 10 hours in decanter is strongly advised. An absolute thing of beauty, with the type of structure and purity that haunts the mind. Drink thru 2030; 13,0% abv. highly recommended
Served double-blind, alongside 2000 Calon-Ségur, 2000 Opus One, 2000 Lynch-Bages, 2001 Verite Le Desir, this was WOTN by a landslide.
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10/25/2014 - europat55 wrote: 91 Points
K&L's Grand Bordeaux Tasting (K&L Wine Merchants, Redwood City, California): Some heat, a little bit fruity (B++/A-). Nice, well integrated fruit on the palate (B++/A-).
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10/25/2014 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Stunning, beautiful Bordeaux now entering the early phases of maturity. Stunning nose with red and black fruits, smoke, leather and spices. Big, well delineated structure and terrific concentration makes for a great wine that will become more fleshy and complex overtime.
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10/10/2014 - Javachip wrote: 96 Points
San Diego WineSpectator.com Offline, 10/10/2014 (Solare Restaurant, Liberty Station, Point Loma, San Diego CA): Decanted 1 hour. Clear dark garnet. Powerful bouquet of black fruit, cocoa, cloves, charcoal. Full body, massive wine with acidity and tannins providing superb balance and structure. Still tight and tannic. Several years ago I wrote this is "still a baby" and to give it at least five more years. Today, it has grown into a toddler named Bam-Bam. Remember The Flintstones? Please wait five more years. My #2 and group's FOURTH PLACE (tie).
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9/18/2014 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Chicago: wine, food, friends...cigars!; 9/17/2014-9/20/2014 (Blackbird, Les Nomades, Naha, with lunch at Shaw's Crab House): An absolutely delicious wine. But its life in the winner's circle is very short lived as the '00 Pegau Capo and '98 l'Ermite are poured directly afterwards, which made this a very distant memory in no time at all. Full-bodied, chewy at times, this has a good amount of depth and considerable purity, but the acidity may not be enough for the long run -- perhaps best over the next 10 years or so. Delicious, and not too serious, so have some fun with it. 13,0% abv., recommended
Served non-blind. Slow-O 6 hours.
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9/16/2014 - cephomer Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank at STK in Vegas from decanter. Very similar experience as with the last time I had this wine, though I liked it more this time around. Medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. Not much in the way of any tertiary aromas here. Soft, silky, elegant wine, with smooth tannins which were still fairly evident. The fruit was fairly well extracted, but didn't come off as sweet as the last time I had this wine. A bit more complexity and concentration than I recall. Overall, a very pleasant, elegant wine that appears to be improving. I look forward to my next bottle.
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7/30/2014 - JulianSkeels Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank a whole bottle myself at Brasserie Lipp in Geneva. Pop n pour - was excellent! Very sweet with lots of viscosity. Some alcohol and oak still to integrate, tannins are there but masked by huge concentration, sweetness and low acidity (note: although low, I found this much easier to drink than 03s). Absolutely lovely now, but needs another 5-10yrs to reach peak. Less of the cedar and usual notes, much more cassis, some charcoal, etc (but this may change in time). I am loving St Juliens in 2000 (imho it's the best vintage since 1985, a notch above 1996 and better than 1990), and this seems one of the very best. Great potential relative value here - esp compared to 03 Poyferre and recent vintages.
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7/13/2014 - Lipsman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Ruby color with no bricking. Tastes of tart licorice, cedar, black cherries, plum, long and lingering on the palate. Wonderful and just a bit early; the tannins are resolved. This will gain in complexity in the near term. It is entering a narrow window of perfection. Best between 2015-2019.
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7/9/2014 - falp wrote: 95 Points
outstanding! ready to drink
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4/26/2014 - pakabear Likes this wine: 95 Points
Cedar, Lead Pencil, medium red fruits, chewy tannins that have started to come into balance but need another 5-10 years. Medium acidity and body, this is a very good and will someday probably be profound wine.
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4/26/2014 - Grand Amateur Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bottle purchased En Primeur and perfectly kept. Immediately after opening: Nice fruit and acidity. A bit short. Decanted and drunk immediately, 7 hours later. A superb wine, with vibrant fruit. Great now. Will evolve nicely. Complex.
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4/25/2014 - T.E.D. wrote: 92 Points
Unversity Club selection. This bottle was tighter then previous experiences. Nose portrayed more green and hard cellar elements, slowly blowing off to reveal classic black fruit, tobacco, herb and earth. Palate is extremely structured and layered. Green pepper, young fruit, tobacco dried and some spices. Not my best wine but nonetheless will be a stunner over time.
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4/19/2014 - Old John Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decided to crack this one for family dinner based on recent CT comments. I'm glad I did. Very smooth and elegant for a Bordeaux of this age, and I think there is room for further improvement over the next few years. Great balance here.
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4/15/2014 - wineduggery wrote: 92 Points
Classic Bordeaux. Dark red fruits, cassis, and lead pencil predominate with tobacco and vanilla in the background. Not sure why this wine is getting such high ratings. It's good, but still quite simple.
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4/3/2014 - MWiking wrote: 97 Points
Detta vin är bara så bra. Det är ganska lätt i stilen och redan tillgängligt trots att det är ungt. det finns nån grönhet i vinet som jag gillar. Svårt att sätta ord på vinet men detta är världsklass!
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4/2/2014 - Ramberg wrote: 96 Points
Horizontal blind tasting of 10 Bordeaux wines from the 2000 vintage tonight.
The Poyferré 2000 sports an impressive and rather fully packed young nose with hints of alcohol/heat, jammy sweet dark fruit, vanilla, tobacco, some green herbs and toasted oak.
Still, it’s not overdone, more like young and in need of time.
The nose settles somewhat in the glass with time and more swirling, but is still very young and undeveloped.
On the palate this is very supple and graceful, with perfectly ripe fruit, nice structure and balance, really long and caressing with nice fine tannins to balance the sweet velvety fruit.
A hint of vanilla present on the palate too, but I’m sure there is more than enough material in this wine to eat those last traces of wood within shortly.
A really great wine, from a really great vintage.
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4/2/2014 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 96 Points
Jag tycker att vinerna från Leoville-Poyferre under 2000-talet blivit så otroligt bra och gått om både Las-Cases och Baron. Årgångarna -00, -03, -05 är alla helt fantastiska. Årgångarna -09 och -10 är ju helt magiska men skall givetvis ligga länge till i källaren.
Årgång 2000 har helt underbar doft med körsbär, vinbär, plommon, läder, rostade kaffeböner, cigarrlåda och allt som skall finnas där. Koncentrerad fin smak med söt frukt, underbara tanniner och en lång och fantastiskt balanserad eftersmak. Det här går givetvis att lagra massor av år men är otroligt gott och tillgängligt redan idag.
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4/2/2014 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 96 Points
On the nose, vanilla, oak, black pepper, liquorice, stable and black currant.
on the palate, Pepper, vanilla, a hint of chocolate and liquorice.
Long and nice finish
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3/31/2014 - dbg wrote:
One of the 6 blind wines, and the winner by a large margin over Pichon Baron and Calon Segur. Perfect cork and fill. Dark purple to rim. Intense nose of ripe cassis and dark berry fruits, earthiness, hints of oaky/mocha notes. Full bodied with layers of dark ripe fruit, good balancing acidity and tannins, not yet showing any significant aged complexity. Moderately long finish. Outstanding now but should improve as it develops complexity over the next 5-10 years.
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3/30/2014 - jmoon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Double Decanted 5 hrs. Beautiful. Dark, deep, pencils and black fruits. Fresh and great line and length
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3/12/2014 - yofog wrote: 88 Points
Maturing fast, and not getting rid of its oak.
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2/11/2014 - Gabriel Geller Likes this wine: 96 Points
(Historic vertical tasting of all Léoville Poyferré's kosher cuvées 1999-2005, Savyon, February 11th 2014) Deep garnet towards purple, a touch of Brett and barnyard funk, with dusty black fruit such as cassis and blackberries. Very full-bodied and fleshy with on the palate blackberries and black cherries, black truffles and pencil lead with a touch of sweet oak and dark chocolate, very nice acidity and integrating tannins on the long and luscious finish. Broader shoulders than the '99 with enough power to develop further layers of complexity for 10 years. Drink now-2025, possibly longer. 96+
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2/7/2014 - brohn wrote:
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle.
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1/24/2014 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep, rich, and delicious.
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12/28/2013 - Rani wrote: 85 Points
Tasted blind. Lots of green bell peppers on the nose, but on the palate sweet and disjointed. Disappointing.
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12/27/2013 - bonedoc wrote:
Popped cork and drank over 4 hours. Paired w prime rib. Delicious but reserved, somewhat restrained wine. Parker wrote that this was jammy and opulent, which I can't agree with on this showing. But, with some air and coaxing there is some nice dark fruit w classic st julien structure and minerality. 92-94.
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12/18/2013 - T.E.D. wrote: 92 Points
Drank at University Club, NY. Black fruit, gravel, hint of evergreen and menthol on the nose. Well formed with more fruit coming through upon decant. Palate was structured as expected, with some tannin, good mouth feel. Black fruit, cedar, stone and more evergreen on palate. Medium finish. Plenty of age left.
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12/15/2013 - soyhead wrote:
5th Annual Best of Bordeaux vs Kings of Kalifornia (Yan's China Bistro): muted nose
round mouthfeel, smooth, dark fruit
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11/22/2013 - anonymoose12345 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark red fruit. Noticeable oak. Silky mouthfeel. So young still.
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11/21/2013 - salil wrote: 88 Points
Bottle of Pain dinner (Ibiza, New Haven, CT): I quite liked this a couple of years ago, but this bottle didn't show all that well for my taste - the oak here is quite prominent and heavy handed, and it doesn't show the more savoury earthy/herbal flavours I recall. Very good, but this really struggled following the old Northern Rhones, and poured alongside the PLL.
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11/20/2013 - Wineosseur Likes this wine: 93 Points
Needed more air-was still opening after 3 hours. This 375 showed young and tight with plenty of tannins yet to resolve. Fruit was red and black with hints of spice and earth, plenty of graphite, and a menthol note that emerged after some air.
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11/17/2013 - JPF16 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still young in the glass, no hint of bricking on the edges, deep opaque. Nose was a straight forward without any real complexity but solid, nothing off at all. Seemed just a bit flat and dry but the fruit is still there. Excellent finish. teetered between 94 and 95 points but settled on 94 for lack of complexity... that could be just me. Beautiful Bordeaux none the less.
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11/7/2013 - millesime66 wrote: 96 Points
Le meilleur de la verticale des 5 millésimes. Ce vin a un équilibre exceptionnel: tannins, acidité, alcool, fruit, bois, etc. Le nez est complexe (cassis, mûre, cèdre, tabac, sous-bois, poivron), la bouche est grasse, longue et tellement raffinée en même temps. Dans mon Top 3 des vins de 2013 sur des centaines de dégustés.
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10/24/2013 - Rani wrote: 91 Points
Blind. Textbook nose of graphite and cedar. Blackcurrants, underbrush. Still feels young and lacking complexity. I think it's not at its best right now.
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10/16/2013 - joewangprc Likes this wine: 95 Points
nose very nice, very smooth, a little acid, still have medium tanning. Enjoy it in a dinner with old friends, really nice.
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10/5/2013 - JMLoree Likes this wine: 96 Points
Outstanding bottling from this outstanding vintage. Still very early but a four hour decant brought out the refinement and complexity of this St. Julien, which has a strong mid-palate characterized by red fruit notes and classic but somewhat understated lead pencil notes in the finish. We had it with homemade cassoulet including duck confit and it was a perfect complement.
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10/3/2013 - kenv wrote:
WCC 2000 Bordeaux Blind (Dorato's Resturant, Guilderland, NY): [Double decanted at 11am.] Smoke and chocolate nose. Interesting but something metallic in the mouth that puts me off. Group WOTN. Go figure.
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9/20/2013 - Nutty08 wrote:
HDH '90 vs '00 BDX Comparative Tasting (Chicago, IL - Spiaggia): Not at closed as the LLC, as this was showing a nice core of fruit, but it was still backward with plenty of tannins. Not quite as polished as the LLC, but probably on same quality level as the ’00 Ducru. A-/A
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9/18/2013 - Cheungtp Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is a true beauty! No decant, about 4 hours slow areation, this gem opened up surprisingly well. Certainly its youthful, but seems like it's getting ready to spread its wings. Crimson red core, with just a touch of lightening on the rim, long legs. The bouquet is packed with cassis, floral, spice, dark / blue fruits, pencil lead shavings, tobacco, vanilla and green pepper. You wouldn't want to smell anything else in the surrounding, just glue to the wine glass. Palate matches the bouquet, layered, complex, creamy, opulent, rich, plush with excellent balance of fruits and acidity. Tannins are sweet, soft and extremely fine. Finish is long and expansive, cigar smoke, jam, plum and tobacco leaf. Simply marvelous!
This wine will keep developing more complexity and secondary nuances in the coming years or decades, and will become an outstanding elixir.
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9/18/2013 - TexasBob Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Incredibly mediocre as compared to others I have tried. Lovely bouquet, however. Concerning.
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8/17/2013 - petitblanc wrote: 92 Points
Very deep color. A little muted, showing generic red fruits and tobacco. Lots of juicy acidity, firmish tannins, and alcohol that came into reasonable balance with air. Very long, sweet, fruity finish. This needs perhaps 5 more years to shed some structure, and may mature into an excellent wine, although a slightly green undertone may grow bothersome. Recommend a decant of 6 hours or longer if drinking now. 13% abv
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7/25/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Showing some lightening at the edge, the wine is silky, soft, polished and developing, spicy, earthy, tobacco and truffle characteristics. Still young, but beginning to open and display its qualities, the finish is long, supple, concentrated, fresh and clean.
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7/22/2013 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Smells like there is some kind of scrumptious holiday fruitcake baking in the oven as I'm pouring this into the decanter -- such sweet, enticing aromatics that I wonder if the wine will end up packed with jammy sur-maturité, but in fact it turns out to have all its coloring inside the lines. In fact, while I often find Poyferré deep-pitched and black-fruited, this is red in complexion from beginning to end, starting with those red-currant fruitcake aromatics but eventually shedding the immediate sweetness and showing more fresh berry flavors with air although with a reduced, saucy intensity. The fruit is saturating on the palate and you only occasionally notice that the tannins still have some underlying grit, but it still comes across on a fairly slender, feminine-proportioned frame. I don't notice any remnants of the oak anymore, not even a light whiff of cedar, but there is an iron-like earthiness running through the fruit that shows that this is about more than just scrumptiousness.
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6/21/2013 - TexasBob wrote: 92 Points
Deep, dark, luscious violet. Sweet violet perfume. Violets, blackberries, and solid tannins that nicely complement the principal notes. The finish lingers forever and showcases the intense blackberries. Not overly nuanced, but with a velvety texture, this elegant wine should have another 10-15 years of fine drinking ahead.
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6/16/2013 - MicklethePickle wrote: 95 Points
Open 24 hrs. Superlative wine. Very dark and dense ruby. Legs galore. The perfume coming out of the glass is special indeed. Ethereal, deeply fruited, dense-packed violets and iron. Huge mouthful, reaches every corner and spreads out to a broad swath of cedary cherry fruit. Still a relative baby though, with many years of life ahead. Only just showing its potential. Wow. 5-14-17-9: 95/100.
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6/12/2013 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points
Medium Ruby. Reserved nose of dark fruit, earth and some oak. On the palate the wine is still quite closed as well not revealing lots of aromas. The structure is good though with still very present tannins that need further shedding. Probably a wait till 2015+.
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6/12/2013 - cephomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wine Aficionados Tasting - Westchester Wine School (Mamaroneck, NY): Drank blind at a Ned WWS tasting, matched up vs a 2003 Ducru B. Both were decanted for at least 1 hour b4 pouring. Firstly, the Ducru had an overwhelming nose of coffee, and dark, perhaps even burnt fruit. Full bodied wine, dark red to purple coloring showing no signs of age to my eye. Still fairly heavy tannins, good minerality and earth, hints of tar and nice spices. Quibbling, I found this Ducru to be much shorter than I would have preferred, and the fruit somewhat stilted. Still, a very lovely wine drinking great right now. The crowd preferred this to the Leoville 11-2. I was in the distinct minority, preferring the latter just slightly more than the Ducru. The Poyferre showed a medium ruby color, nose of red berries and some wood. I picked up no tertiary aromas which I found surprising. Also, the Poyferre wasn't particularly complex and had no extraordinary or unusually memorable qualities. The wine was softer, with smoother tannins which were still quite evident. The fruit was more extracted than the Ducru, and hence it showed fruitier & sweeter on my palate. Still, I guessed this, correctly, to be the older wine as I found it more subtle, and its elements more integrated than the Ducru. I gave this wine a 92+. Reading Parker's superlative review of this wine--which helped me to choose it to match vs the Ducru--I am at a loss to comprehend his findings. Though I agree on some of the elements of this wine, this is no 97 point wine and never will be in my mind. I liked it but I've had many, far more memorable bordeaux of many vintages.
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5/25/2013 - jmoon wrote: 92 Points
Day1 s 2 hr decant
Still quite hard and tight. Sour grapes and lead pencils. A little austere for me, it felt even more so next to a voluptuous 09. 91
Next day
Wow, liking it now. Great w steak. My pick of the 3 bdx open. Upgraded to 92
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3/13/2013 - Roughl Likes this wine: 93 Points
Approachable with some secundary flavours, but would benefit from another 5 to 10 years. My god i really like mature bordeaux, and this is going in the right direction. Second growth quality, surely. Glad to have some bottles left. Next bottle in 2018?
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3/12/2013 - EMichels wrote: 93 Points
Nice nose; Beautiful; Great balance; Tastes a bit hot but only 13.5%
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3/12/2013 - JOsgood wrote:
Really enjoyed this. Big nose. Nicely balanced wine. Drinking fairly young but giving some secondary flavors. Tobacco, spice, cinnamon, pencil shavings. Long on the finish.
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1/22/2013 - ChinonRouge wrote: 91 Points
Very nice Bordeaux nose, but just not giving quite the elegance I hoped for. A 91 point wine right now, but needs more finish. Score might be higher in time. Hold, I think.
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1/5/2013 - Tim Heaton wrote: flawed
Now this is just a shame...on PnP, some thought it corked, but after a night in the cellar, the nose said no to TCA but yes to an overdose of oxidation. Sadly the wine was dead. I'm still sobbing. 13,0% abv
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1/1/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine: 95 Points
2013 New Year's Day Tasting (Marietta, GA): Delicious; ripe red and dark fruits, perfumy violets, sandalwood. Tannins are smooth already. Was considering supertuscan due to the exotic sandalwood. Really tasty and balanced. Could see Cali Cab drinkers liking this, too.
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12/30/2012 - sdwineguru wrote: 92 Points
(65 CS, 25 Merlot, 8 PV, 2 Cab Franc) Still a great color, young dark purple; complex tobacco, cedar, earth, wood, chocolate nose; mid-body to big; round, good fruit; berries; wood; good tannins; long finish. Still has life left.
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12/29/2012 - BillyT wrote: 93 Points
This wine was purchased at Veritas - NYC from the owners personal cellar. Cork was in the best condition I have personally seen in a 2000. Purchased direct from winery and stored impecably. Deep dark purple to the rim, great aromatics of dark fruit. Full bodied, strong legs. Palate was very complex with layers of dark fruit, cassis, some sweetness, integrated tannins. Actually somewhat youthful so I will be interested to see how my remaining bottles at home develop. Finish with spice and fruit lingered. Went exquistely with Veal chop which was the best Veal chop I have ever had. Highly recommend wine and restaurant.
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12/25/2012 - CyroW Likes this wine: 93 Points
nice evolution, great colour, love it, the aromatics are now (dec 2012) stronger right away. Great finesse, and red fruits are nicely present, balanced, making this wine fantastic for both food or stand alone. One wonders how much better this wine will become with more years. it feels ready to go for long long time!
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11/23/2012 - d'Artagnan wrote: 95 Points
Souper Bordeaux 2000-2003
Nez similaire au premier, cassis (rouge), cèdre et tabac.
Bouche un peu plus austère que le précédent, droite et classique, très racée, avec une ampleur et une longueur fascinantes. Wow! 95-96 pts
Poyferré est toute une découverte pour moi, j’ai pensé avoir affaire à Montrose tant le vin me semblait racé et profond.
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11/18/2012 - lvjohn wrote: 95 Points
Pure pleasure in a bottle. No formal notes, but it was decanted before our party drank it. This beauty spent over 2 days in the decanter and still tasted great till the end.
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9/23/2012 - TexasBob wrote: 91 Points
Wonderfully aromatic bouquet and notes dominated by black raspberry. Nice intensity of flavor, however, nowhere near as good as the last bottle I tried a year or so ago. Dissapointing in that respect.
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9/21/2012 - S2 wrote: 93 Points
My contribution to the Cellar Tracker! Charleston Offlineorama. Too much going on in the room for me to pay close attention to the wine. This is a massive wine that at this point is still relatively closed. Lots of interesting things going on behind the "I'm not ready yet" door. Has lots of promise with plenty of fruit and tannins to make this a long ager. I would definitely wait another 4-5 years before opening this wine and I would not be surprised if it did not hit it's maturity for another 10 years and then drink well for another 10 years after that. The main notes that stand out to me were the graphite and stones. Be patient!
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9/3/2012 - AtoZ wrote: 92 Points
Nice. Kept changing. Not a blockbuster. No danger of going oth soon. Lots of encil lead and mint. Fruit too. Would be grest without food. Charred beef was too much.
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8/8/2012 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Tobacco and leaf, sweet cherry, darn this is beautiful stuff. With some grip but whoa-ah! its all there.
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8/2/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Birthday Celebration (Perennial Virant - Chicago IL): Big black fruit with lots of structure. Tonight it came across to me as very one dimensional. Decanted for a couple of hours, but this wine obviously needs lots and lots more time.
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7/26/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful attention grabbing aromatics filled with licorice, cherry, smoke, coffee, truffle, cassis, earth and spice pair perfectly with the rich, supple textures. Still young, another 10 years will add a lot to the long, concentrated, silky, round, black and red, spicy fruit filled finish.
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7/15/2012 - dpat1000 wrote: flawed
Corked
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7/5/2012 - Goldstone wrote: 90 Points
Shane's Birthday Dinner (Greg & Sayo's House, Hong Kong): Decanted for 2 hours before serving over cheese behind a 1985 Ch. Haut Brion and a 1982 La Rioja Alta Gran Riserva 890 that had been served with the main course. Black-red totally opaque in colour. Nose is young purple berry fruit and fresh-sawn new plank wood. Palate is monolithic but very pure cassis fruit but the tannins are still way over-dominant......like cold black Typhoo tea. Quite closed....er, that's an understatement and hence no length. Revisit in 5-7 years or give it a much longer decant (8+ hours) if you must try it now. One day this could become a superb St. Julien. Really rather unfair to score it after the two older and exceptional wines that preceded it.
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6/10/2012 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Sunday Group: 2000 Bordeaux (Barb's): Deep color. Red currants, lavender and floral notes, black currants as well. Full-bodied, with black and red fruit, underbrush and herb flavors. Nice finish with balanced acidity. 91-92+ pts.
My #1, Domino's #5
Group #5, 49 pts
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6/10/2012 - Philip Yang wrote: 93 Points
Nice aromas of black fruits. Medium bodied, round and smooth, balanced with some fats, in a style which was as elegant as its nose. I could have drunk this bottle all by myself. I left some in the bottle, and it was still good the next day with the beef briskets at Jade Palace, Forum. Good solid effort which changed my mind about Poyferre, and perhaps other St. Juliens to come. I will buy more.
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5/31/2012 - Empirate wrote: 94 Points
Opened bottle ~8 hours prior to decant. Another 4 hours before enjoying 2 medium sized glasses over 1.5 hours. Exuberant nose of clean dark fruit, a mineral note definitely detectable. Cassis and black berry with strong but pleasant cedar on the palate with rock/mineral on the finish followed by a return of the cedar but more cigar box as well as earth. Terrific balance. Finish is long. Delicious.
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5/28/2012 - UTPK wrote:
Had the 2002 and 2000 after eachother. The difference was smaller than expected. The 2002 had a lovely nose of green herbs, some cedar but less so than in a Pauillac. Also some red berries. Good body with mature fruit, albeit some greenness and more acid than the 2000. The 2000 had another notch to offer both on the nose and on the palate. More dark berries, less green herbs and another layer of fruit. Deeper fruit on the palate. But as I said the difference is smaller than the vintages would suggest.
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5/25/2012 - DCornutt wrote: flawed
CORKED!
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5/21/2012 - pakabear wrote: 95 Points
Great nose, loads of pencil shavings, cigar box and cherry cassis. Great balance, chewy tannins that are now starting to dissipate but still there. I'd give this another 3-5 years.
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4/13/2012 - Barbalax wrote: 91 Points
This wine is more mature and elegant than I had expected. I have a feeling that this wine was made with another intentions than the more recent Poyferrés which are more fullbodied and "new worldish". I guessed than this was Las Cases from the mid 90-ies (maybe can give a hint of the style). Beautiful wine that is ready to drink already.
Interestingly we had the Poyferré 2001 in the next glass, and it felt more dense, younger but also more oaky. Did we see Poyferré shift in style here? The 2001 was not so far away from the 2003....
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4/9/2012 - santosh wrote: 94 Points
Sorry, I am biased towards all Leovilles; brilliant Bordeaux...
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3/24/2012 - cos82 wrote: 88 Points
3rd time tried from my cellar and least favorite to date. Popped and poured. Odd strong funkiness on the nose on 2 separate pours. After half hour in the glass, each time funkiness subdued with cherry, licorice and earthiness showing. Big wine with not a lot of fruit on the palate. No tannin to speak of, but leather, oak, spice and minerality. Needs a few more years to lighten and integrate. Hopefully, the fruit will emerge. I am a Poyferre fan, but this was a disappoinment considering the vintage.
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3/20/2012 - Dokken wrote: 93 Points
Garnet leading to an evolving nose offering black fruit, roses, cedar with well blended in oak. Very elegant on palate with some vegetality present and firm fine-grained tannins. Refreshing and harmonious with a long-mid palate and complexity starting to reveal.
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1/18/2012 - dbg wrote:
Dark purple to rim. Nose develops significant intensity over 2 hours to show ripe cassis and dark berry fruits, oaky/mocha notes, bit of earthiness. Full bodied with layers of dark ripe fruit, good balancing acidity and tannins, not yet showing any significant aged complexity. Moderately long finish. Outstanding now but should improve as it develops complexity over the next 5-10 years.
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1/15/2012 - galewskj wrote: 91 Points
Vibrant fruit and strong tannins suggest a long life for this wine. A little tar on the mid-palate.
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1/15/2012 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 95 Points
Minneapolis Wine Club Year End Event (Shari's House): Wonderful wine and improve throughout the night. Decanted 3 hours. Dark purple. Intense nose of oak, blueberries, funk, spice and minerals. The fruit on the palate was ripe and the wine is still quite tannic. This should have 25 years or more on it. Long finish.
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1/14/2012 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
Mpls Wine Club: Highly Rated Rhones: Chave, Guigal, Usseglio + Poyferre & Cos (Shari's house): Very dark red-purple color. Decanted for 2.5hrs. Drank 1 glass over 3+hrs. The nose is not fully open, it shows spice, oak, creme de cassis, blackberry, moist earth, graphite, subtle chocolate and about 2 hours in started to show that floral perfume. While the nose was slightly muted, the palate was intense. The palate shows great depth with full body, layers of rich black fruits, graphite, mineral, soft and lush in the mouth. Long finish. As good as this was, i have to say I was a bit disappointed in the overal showing. I predicted this wine and the '05 Chave would battle for WOTN, but I was only half right. This wine is still very young and I fully expect it be considerably better in a few years. I would suggest decanting for at least 4+hours if drinking now.
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11/19/2011 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Showed some leather and tar on the nose along with sweet cassis. It was dense, rich and chewy in the mouth with excellent balance and a long finish carried by its sugar coated tannins.
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11/18/2011 - RayOB wrote: 96 Points
Drank at Davies
Black red, paling on the edges but not yet bricked.
Red cherry and cassis with vanilla, oak and some nutmeg and pepper spice.
Wonderfully smooth and coats your mouth with a very long length.
Still a lot of tannins and will develop over the next 5 years and will probably get better but still lovely now.
The wonderful thing about this wine is that it changes moods in your mouth starting with a very fruit forward and then going into spice.
I wonderful wine that truly shows how good a St Julien gets. You need to drink a couple of bottles of it to truly see its nature. I will crack open my next case in a couple of years time and see how it has evolved.
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11/10/2011 - Papies wrote: 94 Points
Five Decades of Leoville Poyferre with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark youthfull red colour as expected from a 2000. Nose (not as open as the 2001 that we tried before this) cedary, smoky with some sweet fruit elements. Very elegant, not overdone. Still restarined but feels so structured and well made, classic wine. Deep, lots of fruit and with lots of length. A lovely sweet core too. This is among the most fwd 2000s and justifies the hype behind it. 94+ for the moment but given at the moment this is holding back we can only but imagine how lovely it will be in the future. Lots of life in this.Could well follow a similar path to the 1990.
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11/7/2011 - RayOB wrote: 98 Points
Drank at Davies
This time decanted for 3 1/2 hours. That really made a difference.
This baby has an amazing nose, still fresh and vibrant with a huge Cassis and red berry nose. Really strong and rich - lovely, more like a shiraz full fruit nose.
The taste is beautifully smooth rich in tannins with a length that I can still taste now 2 hours after drinking.
If you have a bottle of this you are a lucky person. Be selective whom you drink it with :-)
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11/5/2011 - RayOB wrote: 94 Points
Drank at Davies
Decanted for two hours but amazingly it was still quite closed and only really started to open up after another couple of hours.
It is a wonderful complex nose of cassis, wood and tobacco. It has a rich full taste and a great length.
This really is a lovely wine but still quite a lot of tannin's there and should go on for many more years.
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11/1/2011 - Owasco wrote: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully. Lots of classic Bordeaux notes of graphite, cassis and leather--with some barnyard creeping into the background as the wine warmed. Silky texture, and that nice acidity that many fruit bomb cabs tend to lack. Quite enjoyable.
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10/7/2011 - Zweder wrote: 97 Points
A beautiful and luxurious bouquet with beautiful French oak, smoke, cassis, graphite, cigar box etc. etc. On the palate the same impressions. Classical as well as modern and so luxurious. Beautiful soft and round tannin, acidity, bitterness and full bodied. Already a great pleasure in its adolescent stage. Will probably even improve a bit with approx 5 years of ageing and will still be great in 2020 and well after that. A great wine. 96-97 for now.
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10/4/2011 - Barolo Raymond wrote: 88 Points
EK 211 Dubai to Houston: DXB -> HIA. Clear, medium ruby, slow moving. Medium (-) complex nose of black fruits, cooked fruit, black pepper, eucalyptus, toffee. Dry, medium (+) acidity, high in ripe tannins, aromas of cherries, cedar, eucalyptus, little smoked meat, reasonably complex yet not overwhelming. Medium body with glycerine texture (the wine does not melt on the palate). Well balanced and elegant with medium (+) finish, despite the acidity leaves sweet aftertaste. Elegant yes, but fails to make a real impression. Is this an example of the Bordeaux-austerity or is the wine in a sleep phase when the fruit aromas are in decline and the structure and tertiary flavours are not developed yet? Wait.
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8/1/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
With an explosive perfume of coffee, black cherry, black berry, truffle, tobacco, spice box, smoke and cloves, this wine takes off and keeps on going. The texture is plush, opulent and fleshy, but there is the right amount of acidity to allow the wine to feel fresh and lively. With a long, pure, plum and black cherry finish, this beautiful expression of Leoville Poyferre leaves a great impression. This is the third time I’ve tasted this wine in a month and every bottle has been great. With prices for 2009 and 2010, this is the wine to buy and cellar.
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7/31/2011 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 98 Points
Wine from my LA Vacation; 7/23/2011-7/31/2011 (Los Angeles): This was a wow wine. It was popped and splash decanted for about 20 minutes IIRC. The best bottle from this estate I have had. Purple in color. Lush texture. Aromas of cassis, boysenberries, black licorice and vanilla. This is opulent and rich. On the palate, the fruit follows thru. Firm tannins, but so much fruit as to almost overwhelm the tannins. Enough acidity to drink now, but this wines best days should be ahead. The only glass I refilled during the evening.
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7/27/2011 - paulst wrote: 94 Points
Rich blackberry and some pencil in nose; structured with noticable astringency; rich fruit; long finish.
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7/9/2011 - kaptainreboot wrote: 93 Points
vegetal and oh so silky. a wonderful wine. curious as to how long it can age.
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6/19/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Leoville Poyferre Jammy berries, boysenberry, coffee, smoke, chocolate, black raspberry, spice, black cherry and earthy aromas pop from the glass. With opulent, round, silky tannins, this full bodied, concentrated, ripe, fruit filled St. Julien wine is developing perfectly. With another 5 years of bottle age, this plush Bordeaux wine should improve while offering the sublime 1982 Poyferre a run for the money.
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6/19/2011 - etherscreen wrote:
consumed for fathers day with a beautiful local 45 day dry aged ny strip with argula salad with buttermilk bleu cheese, candied pecans, shallots, and balsamic vinaigrette.
the aroma of this bottle pours into the room during a double decant. divine and harmonious nose of cassis, violets, cherries, gravel, and a bit of mineral. soft mouth feel of pure cassis and earthy elements. good concentration. a little drying on the finish and the acid pokes through a bit. overall, this is a fantastic bottle. i think the '03 edges this out, but i may be splitting hairs here.
my wife asks why we don't drink more bordeaux. gulp....
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6/15/2011 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Leo's Blind Tasting Group - June '11 edition (Restaurant Saul, Brooklyn): Fantastic. This is in a great place right now, still showing plenty of primary cassis and dark fruited flavours, but augmented by cedary and herbal notes and the start of developing leathery/earthy flavours. Quite rich, conveying power with a sense of restraint and great balance.
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6/4/2011 - TexasBob wrote: 96 Points
Deep violet. Highly perfumed bouquet of overripe plums, almost cloying sweetness, and violets that is typical of the best years of St. Juliens. Notes of sweet blackberries and some blueberry in the front palate that undergoes complex changes before cranberry and raspberry notes emerge at the mid-palate. Very muted spice notes are present as well. Blue fruit dominates at the end and on the finish. Complex and layered with a finish that dances across the tongue. This is an amazing wine - I couldn't stop smiling while drinking it. Caveat: tasted aboard an Emirates flight from London to Dubai, but I did not feel my taste was impaired.
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5/18/2011 - cos82 wrote: 92 Points
Opened, but not decanted, 3 hours prior to pour. Still dark purple. Nose, at first, mostly cassis and earth. By second glass, beautiful sweet cherry with anise and earth on a non-expansive nose. Heavy sediment. Good thing bottle was stood up for 2 days before bringing to BYOB. On the palate, light tannin which disappeared by second glass. Blackberry, earth and some minerality on a balanced palate. Still looking for some more fruit in this wine. Just an impression, but 5 more years before the next one might be just right for this wine.
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4/16/2011 - johnh1001 wrote: 95 Points
Open and drank over 5 hours. Surprisingly open nose. Sweet red and purple fruit. Great concentration, but not over done. Definitely more forward than the 2000 LLC, but with structure to last. I will wait a couple of years before trying the next one, but it is clear this wine has a great life ahead.
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3/25/2011 - Time4Wine wrote:
So we opened this about 1 hour ago. Nice bottle but I think "too young" is the issue. It is also "too expensive and not at all what I had expected. I am not an expert but we drink nice wines and I am not satisfied, even given the age. Money can be much better spent elsewhere. It is a nice bottle but, as some other wise consumer said, "you cannot get around the age of the wine by decanting" or something like that. It is true. Lite tannin, grainy after a while, and nothing very interesting later either. Not often that I "dis" a wine, but this is the time.I am considering the cost, although the 2007 Silex that we tried first was excellent.
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3/23/2011 - Tree512 wrote: 91 Points
Way too young, huge amounts of purple & red fruit, good balance, lots of oak, decent acidity and tannins. Tastes a lot like 1990's did in about 2000, which makes sense. Not enough complexity to ever be great, but extremely enjoyable if you like that sort of thing.
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3/20/2011 - CyroW wrote: 90 Points
nice colour, a bit closed still, the aromatics were limited, needs (much) more time. Red fruits are very vivid, very young still in march 2011. We tasted it in 2004 and then was showing great potential, so we were a bit disappointed then. Maybe it needs major decanting (more than few hours), to get the most of it.
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3/8/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
While this is not as expressive as the 1996, the aromatic profile is deeper, broader and better complexity with violet, coffee, wood spice, blackberry fruits and earth. Remarkably freshness, classy and great transparency is what this full-bodied, youthful juice to offer. Intense, complex with layer and layer of fruits, earth, grounded coffee and floral all nicely framed by the fine, silky tannin and lively acidity, gorgeous mouth feel and texture. Though the finishing is quite tight, but this is a lovely Poyferre! Buy - Yes.
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3/1/2011 - mwanasheria wrote: 92 Points
Very nice and ripe Medoc nose. Much less developed on the palate. Classic, tightly knit St. Julien, cassis, tobacco, vanilla.
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1/30/2011 - LG1009 wrote: 90 Points
Simply not ready yet. All the elements are there but still knitting together. Pleasant enough but just felt it should not have been opened yet.
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1/14/2011 - slaughterer wrote: 92 Points
From a Magnum during the family Christmas dinner, paired with turkey and diverse traditional side dishes. Please take note that I love Poyferre, and have wide experience with the chateau, as it is easily the most stocked wine in my cellar. This is the first time I have opened the 2000, and it was a clear case of stupid infancticide: it is still too early to drink this young wine. Do not think, as I did, that you can get around the youth of this wine by decanting. You cannot. The wine is classic, and extremely reserved, merely a suggestion of what it might be in 5 years time, which is when I will open the next bottle. Will be a wonderful wine in 2015, but now it is still putting on muscle and training its moves. Like a dancer still in the 2nd or 3rd year of lessons with no professional concert experience.
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12/24/2010 - PFra wrote: 92 Points
Very closed right now, tried it over two days and it did not show more than some intense mineral and black fruit. Seems like there's lots of potential in there but not much now.
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12/19/2010 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
cONRAD’S: Classic, leather, under stated, very silky, elegant, nice med. body & structure.
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12/19/2010 - WetRock wrote:
EWG Celebrates Y2K (Conrad Green's Abode): Ripe red fruits and cedar on the nose. Juicy and lean feeling with strong tannin though a bit disjointed. The acids seemed tart like, artificial in nature. Needs more bottle time.
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12/11/2010 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
The fill was into the neck and the cork was pristine; popped, poured and consumed over the next 2 hours. A very youthful appearance. Aromas of blackberry, cassis, flower and hints of tobacco and fennel. Medium-bodied and very opulent (low-acid) in style, with a velvety texture, fine grip, good concentration, and impeccable balance. This wine is drinking wonderfully at present, but I think it will continue to improve.
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12/4/2010 - rjlud wrote: 98 Points
Wow. This was my wine of the evening at our 2000 them dinner @ Beddington's in Amsterdam. Lovely, soft. balanced tannins, perfectly drinking now. A purpley crimson color. Cedar and sandalwood nose with a bit of leather. Some vanilla and mocha also. This is a fantastic wine, and re-set's my expectations on the 2000 LP. This is right up there with my '03, '96 and '90 Poyferre experiences in terms of being a top wine and showing much better than 3 years ago at Frit's "Leoville" blind tasting where we did Lascases, Barton, and Poyferre, '90, '96, and '00. Poyferre came out top on '90 and '96, and the pirate wine of the night was the '03 Poyferre. I may not have enough of this in the cellar. Forgot to add the word "fantastic" from my notes that night.
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11/7/2010 - Grinner wrote: 95 Points
14th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retro Tasting (Eugene, Oregon): Really showed well, w/ pencil, sweet tobacco notes adding to the layers of black fruit. Goes on and on. 92 on day 2.
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10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote: 93 Points
Dark purle/black in color. Nose of dark chocolate, jammy dark fruit, cassis, and earth. The wine is young but it is drinking quite well. Silky palate with very good weight throughout leading a very good finish.
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9/30/2010 - soyhead wrote: 94 Points
2nd Annual Best of Bordeaux vs Kings of Kalifornia (PRIMA, Walnut Creek): Nose - celery, coca, dirt
mouth - my initial notes simply state 'drinking amazing'. very suave, velvety, dark cherry, cocoa, with good minerality. A big wine, though with a feminine twist, and much more approachable I think than the 2000 Gruaud Larose.
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8/21/2010 - Søeborg wrote:
Dark purple inky color. Strong black currant with cigar box and coffee notes. Full bodied and long with mature chewy tannins. Drinks nicely now but clearly a wine that is in the very beginning of its drinking window.
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7/23/2010 - InternationalWineReport wrote: 93 Points
Super fresh and clean, soft, silky red, with a currant and dark berry character, underlined by mineral, tobacco, pain grille, and subtle hints of herb. Lighter on the palate, but the tannins are well structured making the finish really carry on. (Drink 2009-2018) - JD93
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6/12/2010 - cos82 wrote: 92 Points
Popped cork @ home 2 hours prior to taking to Byob. Open another hour prior to drinking, but not decanted. Dark cherry red. Nice, but non-expansive nose of plum, cassis and earth. Earth, crushed stones and subdued fruit of blackberry on the palate. Velvet finish and slight tannin. I like Poyferre, but expect more fruit from this vintage which continues to disappoint me. Maybe my expectations are too high due to the hype. Seems ready to drink, but a few more years or a good healthy 4+ hour decant wouldn't hurt.
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5/4/2010 - gportilla wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux Left Bank 10 year evaluation; 5/2/2010-5/4/2010 (Detroit Lakes, MN): Powerful wine with some tannins to resolve. Dark and concentrated with a great finish. Just didn't have the classic expression of the top two wines (but it was a close top three) A group favorite but my number 3 wine of flight 2
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5/1/2010 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Very concentrated nose of red fruit, ceps de Bordeaux, bacon... in the month, ripe red fruit, silky tannins, reglisse, earthy taste, very ripe almost sweet
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4/17/2010 - Klugi Wine wrote: 94 Points
Still a very young claret, but what a outstanding wine this is. The bouquet consists of cassis and other red fruit. There are some tobacco leaves and a little leather, also some bitter notes (lemon or orange zest). The tannins are still pretty firm and suggest a very long live ahead. The wine started closing down after 2-3 hours.
I will wait a couple more years, untill I open my next bottle.
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4/11/2010 - dwoody wrote: 93 Points
Another stadout wine from a night of great wine. Fullbodied, fresh, yet mature. But probably still not at its peak yet. Secondary flavors and components beginning to show. Hold if you can a little bit longer.
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3/24/2010 - Javachip wrote: 95 Points
Still a baby. Do not touch for at least 5 years. Inky purple, with huge backward nose of black cherries, bittersweet chocolate, and earth. Exceptional now, and will only improve.
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3/23/2010 - Vino Me wrote: 96 Points
2000 St. Julien Tasting Dinner (5 wines) (New Buffalo, Michigan): 2nd time trying this wine. Last time was at the UGC tasting in 2003 and it was a highlight back then. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Decanter wrote that the drinking window on this wine would start in 2008 and they were correct. I have 2 mags and will hold off on them but this was the best and most approachable of the the 10 2000 Bordeaux from the weekend. Decanted for 7 hours. Lightly sedmimented. Some licorice on the nose. Ripe berry among the red fruit with dark chocolate and creme de cassis as well. The fruitiest of the 5 St. Julien's. A round wine with a supple long finish. 95-96 points.
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3/5/2010 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Filled with smoke, spice, black fruit, cassis and caramel. This Bordeaux is rich and concentrated, the tannins are ripe and round. This is a very plush, opulent and stylish Leoville Poyferee.
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2/21/2010 - austinwinesalon wrote:
Definitive Bordeaux (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): This wine and this flight did not bring much light to the longstanding competition between the Poyferre and the Barton for dominance in a vintage. In the 1980's Leoville Barton seemed to dominate (except in 1983), then in the 1990's Poyferre started a move up, and now into the last decade it might be a tie...... It probably was in this flight on this day. The 2000 Leoville Poyferre showed more fruit and elegance than the 2000 Las Cases and Barton, had good structure, and paired oh-so-well with the short ribs and mashed rutabaga dish..... but it doesn't seem to have the weight of the Las Cases nor the dark and promising character of the Barton. I think it will be the first of the 2000 Leovilles to hit stride, probably in 6-8 years.
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2/19/2010 - Arcturus wrote: 91 Points
Bordeaux 2000 - blind tasting: Muted nose (this was not decanted), not picking up on anything. Good structure with acidity and fruit in balance. Dry but lingering finish. 91 My #4, Groups #3 ( I had this in Nov 2009 and scored it 94, after decanting for 6 hours...)
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1/23/2010 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 95 Points
Minneapolis Wine Club Does Bordeaux; 1/22/2010-1/23/2010 (Kevin's House): Dark purple. This wine was not decanted and I highly recommend against it. It is a really delicate wine that will show its best in the first hours. Sampled 3 other times. Tonight Wow! Nose revealed impressive aromas of leather, gravel, charcoal, spice and raspberry. The palate was really interesting with a ton going on. A medium finish with perfect balance. No flaws on this wine tonight. I would highly recommend consuming this wine young as a sample 2 hours later did not reveal the pleasure of earlier in the night.
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1/22/2010 - Mattshank wrote: 92 Points
Minneapolis Wine Club 1/22/10 (Kevin's House): Nose: Explosive sweet plum with gravel, leather, and cedar. Incredible nose. Palate: Excellent acid and fruit (plums) interplay. Firm tannins and a medium to lengthy finish. More feminine on palate than the nose alludes, and as good as the palate is, the nose is pure rock star! Was my WOTN but as the night went on the palate broke down, and the Leoville Barton improved, thus this was a very close 2nd. This wine is fantastic and more open for business than the one drank almost a year ago.
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12/24/2009 - How wrote: 94 Points
Served immediately upon opening. Perfume floral scents noticed right away, with a taste to match. Integrated fine tannins but subtle and sweet.
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12/4/2009 - Rani Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very tightly structured. Blackcurrant, pencil lead, thyme. Really superbly structured, fiercely tannic but with great balance, fruit and acidity. Very long. Needs 10 years to peak.
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11/27/2009 - PatrikO wrote: 94 Points
See last note, slightly more evolved now. very good indeed.
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11/24/2009 - godx wrote: 92 Points
WineFanatic Bordeaux Offline (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind – Darkest wine yet, slight purple hue throughout. Sweeter nose, ripest so far, but in a good way. Lots of cedar notes and blackcurrant on the palate. Silky and round in the mouth. Great balance for such a young wine. I’d love to try this again in 5-10 years. Hold. Excellent. 92+
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11/24/2009 - dmalcolm wrote:
Wine Fanatic Bordeaux Offline: Double decanted 2 hours before arriving. Classic bordeaux nose. Rich, dark fruits and tannic, but nicely balanced. I found it a tad hollow, but hopefully will fill out with more time.
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10/17/2009 - ricknat1 wrote: 94 Points
Fruit forward nose, cherry and leather. Very well balanced, medium sweetness with a taste of raisins and leather. Tannins still a little strong, but drinking nicely. Will get better. On the nose dark fruits with a cherry undercurrent and hints of cedar
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8/26/2009 - Chisato wrote: 93 Points
Not decanted. Opened at 9:45pm
Nose: Brilliantly attractive yet complex bouquet of sweet figs, honey and licorice. This was only a few minutes after opening!
Color: Dark ruby edge, almost back core. Deceptively young looking
Palate: Surprisingly open. Good concentration of subtle fruits with the tannins almost completely integrated. This is a stark contrast to the bottle I had last year, which was very young, closed, tannic and unready. An hour later, it was still relatively forward with subtle floral and decadent perfume nose. Very sexy wine which I really enjoyed. Need to get more of these as I am down to my last bottle after this one.
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3/8/2009 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux Tasting from 2009: Amazing effort. Minerals, cherry, raspberries, floral and cigar box. Medium to long finish and super complex wine. Wine of the night for sure!
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3/8/2009 - Mattshank wrote: 90 Points
Bordeaux Tasting at Cafe Levain: Nose: Subtle with some inky qualities. Palate: Very soft with the ink qualties showing and dark fruits. Well balanced wine.
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2/16/2009 - stevek54 wrote: 92 Points
superb bottle. Opened two hours before drinking. wonderful balance, strong bordeax character. Perfect with rack of lamb.
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2/7/2009 - DamienT Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nez portant sur les fruits noirs.
Bouche également sur le fruit. Vin assez gras.
Des notes de cerise en finale
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1/15/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
With a complex perfume of tobacco, cassis, herbs and blackberry. Big, concentrated and filled with ripe, lush fruit. Great concentration and everything was in balance. The finish was long, clean and fresh.
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12/31/2008 - peterp wrote: 92 Points
Opened and decanted 3 hours to drinking. A little sediment seen upon decanting. Nice purple color, tannins nicely integrated after 3 hrs. Nice nose of black fruits, tar and a little menthol. Very nice fruit, started to fade after another 2 hrs or so. Maybe lacks a little weight. Very enjoyable wine....drinking very well now. Have 2 bottles left maybe I'll revisit in another year.
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12/21/2008 - mellison wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding bottle with a lot of life left. Decanted for over and hour then drank over another. Continued to open up through the entire bottle. Nicely balanced with tastes of cherries and black fruit. Still plenty of tannin but not so to detract from the wine. Great balance of acidity tannins and fruit.
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11/10/2008 - pian0_player wrote: 93 Points
Perhaps the wine is just too young, but I found the oak to overwhelm some of the fruit. A solid, well crafted wine. The fruit died after a few hours in the decanter, and the strong tannins were unrelenting. Full bodied and frustratingly backward. Give it a few years and it will be lovely.
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10/31/2008 - BIlgen wrote: 90 Points
Very dark red, bright red on the rim
Nice cherry, fruit nose
Tight, high acid, body, needs further development
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10/17/2008 - nomadfromcincy wrote:
This blind tasting included '95 Muga Reserva, '00 Grand Puy Lacoste, '00 Haut Bergey, and '00 Leoville Poyferre.
Purple magenta color, no bricking. Classic Bordeaux nose - pencil lead, plums, floral, and some dark fruit. The palate was broad, tannic, and had great acidity -- this wine will age. Even better 24 hours later with less tannins and still retaining the fresh fruit.
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10/9/2008 - TheKel wrote: 93 Points
We opened this bottle for one of our now-famous "Steakhouse Nights". Alongside dry-aged Niman Ranch beef the wine showed beautifully. Dense, rich black fruit up-front with the typical damp leaves of Leoville-Poyferre, there was also a lilac-y sort of floral lift to the nose sending the wine to wonderful heights. Still has a tightly-wound core of tannins and will most certainly continue to drink beautifully for years to come.
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6/7/2008 - Niagara wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful, lush, and ready to drink with soft tannins and incredible, almost over-the-top fruit. This is big and jammy enough to please lovers of California Cabernet, while retaining the subtlety and complexity of fine Bordeaux. Silky smooth with a long finish of blackberry preserves.
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6/2/2008 - AzorianMatador wrote: 90 Points
Drank with friends over roasted Goat. Delicious wine, very well balanced with a solid core of black fruit, cassis, graphite and coffee; medium long finish that never quite fills the back of the palate.
I enjoyed this but its no powerhouse; hopefully there is more to come with time--wait 3-5 years.
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5/3/2008 - brogie62 wrote:
Doing very nicely. Aromas of tobacco and cassis opening up to blackberry. Good minerality. Long finish. Needs more time. Glad I have more.
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9/21/2007 - PatrikO wrote: 95 Points
Lovely - Popped and poured, lovely notes of lead pencil, coffe and tobacco, Lots of smooth tannins and acidity making your palate slightly dry.
Once it has sat in the glass for a while it continous to improve. Complex wine that is drinking well now, but will be utterly delicious in a few years.
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9/8/2007 - Wineosseur wrote: 94 Points
From 375. Showed fairly well upon opening, but developed more complexity with air over 4 hours. Lots of dark fruits and minerals with earth and licorice emerging later. Tannins have mellowed but are still present. I imagine this needs another 4-5 years to really start singing.
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8/7/2007 - espia wrote:
Drank with Pedro and Nacho along with '00 SHL, rich, deep, brooding wine, could use more time to develop aromatics. Sorry I didn't buy more!
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9/8/2006 - otisabdul wrote:
I opened one of these to try alongside an '03 L-P and it was a mistake. This wine is completely closed for business right now. Never budged an inch despite 2 hours of decanting and a few hours in an open bottle. Hold.
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7/1/2006 - Danny Joe wrote: 92 Points
Dark red fruits. Opens about two hours before we drank it with some prime new york strip steaks. Smokey and rich. This will just keep getting better - but I don't regret opening it now.
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5/11/2006 - Patrick wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for maybe an hour; huge nose of blackberry/raspberry, plum jam and cream; on the palate it's hard to find the fruit behind the tannin and acid but it's clearly there; very structured wine with a looong way to go; delicious now but not showing anywhere near potential.
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1/15/2006 - Wineosseur wrote: 95 Points
Opened a 375 to go with lamp chops, and it was rocking right out of the bottle. Great notes of dark, concetrated fruit and earth with minerals and a hint of lead pencil. Tannins are quite smooth and overshadowed by fruit, though they do become a bit more pronounced with air. Long, smooth finish. I should have bought more of this before it jumped so much in price!
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8/9/2005 - Pacherant wrote: 92 Points
Decanted four hours before drinking. After 6 hours it seemed fully aired. Gorgeous ripeness and depth. Garnet/ruby colour and a rich nose of plum and blackcurrant with a hint of coffee/ chocolate. On the palate rich and gylcerin with strong but fine tannins. In a few years this will be even better.
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6/24/2005 - TashNYC wrote: 93 Points
Incredibly dark color. Deep fruit (blackberry) and some mineral, but tightly wound. Needs 2-3+ years. Tasted at Wine Club (San Francisco)
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12/11/2004 - How wrote: 95 Points
Amazing stuff here. Not as awesome as the '00 Leoville Barton, but who is complaining? I expect it will develop more character and complexity with time.
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2/24/2004 - Eric wrote: 95 Points
I saw a stack of 750ml bottles at Esquin, and I had to give one a shot. I actually have 6 magnums stored away for the long haul, but I was wondering if maybe I need some in 750ml? I still have haunting memories of 4 bottles of the 1982 LP enjoyed over the past year...
Clearly I am drinking this at least a decade early, but I am stunned at how approachable this is with less than 20 minutes in the glass. Tasted without food, just sipping on its own, and the poise and balance of this are breathtaking. I expected this to be far more closed and tannic! The nose shows ample char/toast with a huge dose of minerality, some early signs of tobacco and roasting coffee in the background. On the palate this is just oozing minerals and structure and at the same time dripping with sweet, dusty, black fruit, cocoa and black cherry. It is quite primary and perhaps a touch monolithic right now, but having seen what the 1982 can do with 20 years I am a believer in the complexity that I know will eventually emerge. Hoobaby! After 90 minutes the palate started to clamp down, so I am going to let the remaining 2/3 of a bottle sit overnight.
DAY 2: After sitting overnight this was showing even more minerality with a strong graphite component (but of course no cedar yet). In time this is going to gather a delicious aroma of lead pencil I think. There is still tons of sweet, black fruit, and the wine is showing impressively deep color. There is also a LOT more structure on display than on day 1, as all of the luscious primary fruit has come into focus, and this wine is showing more of its underlying power. I was also surprised at the amount of sediment this has already thrown.
Delicious, I need to track down some more for the long haul.
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2/22/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 96 Points
Dark red. Somewhat alcohol heavy on the nose. There are also notes of mustard and dark berries. Excellent definition and degree of detail with a confident, precise delivery. Very powerful, yet sweet to the core - like a modern day version of the 1990. The flavour echoes coffee and moccha, and the width is superb - structured and symmertrical with no flabbiness at all. The complexity was very nice and the finish faded slowly on chocolate notes. After tasting this wine I have traded a case of Montrose for this. Love it, love it, love it.
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1/21/2003 - R2-D2 wrote: 96 Points
2000 Bordeaux Tasting (Chicago, IL): My second favorite wine of the tasting! Knockout nose of super-concentrated raspberries! It literally blew me away! Super quantities of jammy blackberries with smoke, oak, leafy tobacco and earth. The tannins are amazingly sweet here! I'm salivating over my futures!
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1/20/2003 - otisabdul wrote: 95 Points
Sampled at the Union des Grand Crus trade tasting of 2000 Bordeaux. Awesome raspberry coulis nose. Intense dark berry fruit flavors, shaded with lively black pepper. Dense, but velvety. Lots of solid structure for aging. Here's my favorite wine of the tasting. I bought a case based upon its showing at this event.
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1/17/2003 - Vino Me wrote: 94 Points
Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux (2000 Vintage) (Intercontinental Hotel Chicago): 2nd Growth. Decanter 4* with maturity of 2008-2030. Tried this in Jan 2003. 86% Cab Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Quite a unique nose of lavender and rose petals with secondary nuances of wet earth. Silky tannins upfront. Notes of toasted oak, earth, chocolate and cassis. Medium to full bodied with a good moderately long finish. 93-94 points.
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