Still young, yet it is impossible not to be awed by the wine. Intense, concentrated, complex, and filled with smoked, red fruits, charred wood, tar, spice, forest leaves, spice, and a farmers market of red berries, this is long, rich, mouth-coating and attention-seeking. At 24 years of age, this is only starting to display its greatness. Drink from 2024-2075.
Opens up very nicely in the glass. Perfumed nose of rose, violet, leather and wet stone. Lots of time left but also drinking too well to not enjoy now.
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(Chateau Haut Brion) Easily my second favorite wine of the vertical. This wine had it all. The nose was deep, brooding and ominous. I loved it. Certain nose of certain wines have this all encompassing aspect that also includes a shade of evil. This definetly had that. Lots of minerality with a wisp of deep cassis fruit and currants. That gravelly quality really starts to show itself. Long, firm and structured palate with great finesse. Enormously concentrated but never heavy with just perfect balance. Acid gives this great freshness. A stunner that easily has 40-50 years ahead of it. True first growth vin de garde. I love the 2000 vintage.
(Haut-Brion) Shitake mushrooms. gravel, raspberry sauce, earth, chocolate, nose is unreal!! Tobacco, tar, just singing in the glass. Every great scent that makes Haut Brion what it is is just screaming out of this glass as I type. This has to be the most unique of the first growths. Silky, seamless yet so elegant on the palate with unreal fruit. Concentrated with grainy tannins. Eternal on the finish. Little closed but man what a nose on this wine!
(Château Haut-Brion) Rich berry, perfumey, cassis nose; tight, seamless, berry, boysenberry nose with good structure; long finish 96+ pts.
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4/21/2024 - Bullethead Likes this wine: 94 Points
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3/22/2024 - Beachfan Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beautiful showing. Pnp.
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3/2/2024 - alexbhurst1678 wrote:
Just awesome; lively, balanced, with tremendous flavor.
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2/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
Still young, yet it is impossible not to be awed by the wine. Intense, concentrated, complex, and filled with smoked, red fruits, charred wood, tar, spice, forest leaves, spice, and a farmers market of red berries, this is long, rich, mouth-coating and attention-seeking. At 24 years of age, this is only starting to display its greatness. Drink from 2024-2075.
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1/13/2024 - doug374 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Opens up very nicely in the glass. Perfumed nose of rose, violet, leather and wet stone. Lots of time left but also drinking too well to not enjoy now.
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