2000 Château Bernadotte

Community Tasting Notes (192) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  5/11/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Some agreeable leafy greenness on the nose. Lovely blend of savoury meatiness with some suggestions of tart cranberry, a little cigar box and just a hint of vanilla fudge.
  
  Palate cool fruited with a pronounced peppery finish, tannins resolving but for a modest wine of this age amazingly not fully there it seems. The ripe damson fruit is just lovely.
  
  Haven't had one of these for some time but feel my final bottle could be broached in another year or two no problem.

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  11/20/2023 - The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Talk about bottle variation. This bottle was FAR better than our first. Much more in line with previous reviews.

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  5/4/2023 - The Wine Monkeys wrote: 85 Points

  This needs a minute and aeration helps. Really tart and somewhat sour out of the gate but it settles down after a bit. Little to no fruit left, some tannins still lingering, mild secondary notes of some tobacco and leather but that’s about it. Definitely drinkable but past it’s prime.

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  3/15/2023 - grossie Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My best of these yet (as far as I can remember). Medium/dark color. Alluring nose of red fruit and cedar, this is finally showing some age. Slightly smoky charred attack. Bright red fruit. Acidity is holding up. Tannins are soft. Finish is long- fruity and tertiary. This keeps me wanting to grasp for more. It is wonderfully aged yet there's no sign of it being "old". Yum. I wish I had saved more of these! $13!! What? No way. Fuck's sake.

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  11/18/2022 - kzkpt Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Dark ruby, no bricking. Nice but not abundant black fruits, with classic graphite, leather and blackberry notes. Modest but good tannins, slightly drying out into a 20 second finish. Quite enjoyable and not likely to improve a lot. More likely to get thin, and the acid to become astringent over the next few years. Lovely nose dominated by graphite and dark cherry.

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