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2000 Château Le Bon Pasteur |
| Vintage | 2000 |  Label 1 of 4   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Le Bon Pasteur | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | Pomerol |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 6 notes) | |
| Tasted by Trexler on 9/4/2009 & rated 92 points: WS 92 (645 views) | |
| Tasted by beezer6 on 6/6/2009 & rated 92 points: Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Freshy lively ruby color. Nice earthy rustic dark red fruit. Balanced finish. Classic vanilla and oak on the back end. (998 views) | |
| Tasted by Claudio161 on 12/8/2008 & rated 92 points: Lynch Bages Vertical Focused on Parker 91+ Point Reds (Sweets and Savories. Fullerton near Ashland. Chicago. IL): Sight: Dark ink of purple and black tones Nose: Heavy, lush, concentrated fruits - plenty of red bush and tree fruits. Chocolate notes as well. Roasted nuts and oak notes wisped in a supporting role as well. Palate: Tannins were still prominent, however at this point it is still a lush, seductive, oh so fruity and mouth coating wine. As elegant as it is - it's still a powerful wine. Overall: This is going to be a very great wine. With some additional age - I imagine it will increase 2 additional points. 92 Points. (1294 views) | |
| Tasted by Kdawg on 12/8/2008 & rated 92 points: Lynch Bages Vertical 1961-2005 (Sweets and Savories, Chicago IL): nose: like smelling satin. So utterly silky and seamless with just classic pomerol features and notes of blueberries, red cherries, cassis, spice box, and underlying tones of fresh garden herbs. This is just one wants to smell from a merlot and is so unbelieably sexy taste: plush, smooth, and young with a very sexy and smooth feel providing tones of blueberries, kirsch liqeur, red cherries, spice box, and cassis. Again, this is everything you want from a merlot and then some overall: a beautiful wine that is seamless and so smooth. Deft on the palate with nuance and delicacy like a refined woman. This just scratches me where I itch in every single way, and is a beauty that can turn into a stunner. This is the kind of wine that I want to drink all day and every day (1330 views) | |
| Tasted by mfkidd on 10/8/2006 & rated 91 points: Decanted for 1 hour. Big nose of smoked meats. Initially consumed with dinner (homemade lasagna). Pleasant, but slightly acidic at first. Next tasted 4 hours later. Initial taste of fruit gives way to earthy, mineral, silky blackberries. All leads into a nice, but short finish. Tannins still battling this one. I will wait 4-5 years to try my last bottle of this. (2708 views) | |
| Tasted by DChan on 9/12/2004 & rated 92 points: I enjoyed the 1998 Bon Pasteur a great deal, but this one is clearly a notch above. Whereas I found the '98 to be a classic Pomerol with its relative restraint, this version is more showy and open but no less beautifully balanced. The flavors and aromas of blackberry, roasted plums, caramelized figs, charcoal, and vanilla (from oak) are stunning, and while I have no doubt that I will prefer it in its maturity, it is very open and accessible right now, with very fine and gentle tannins. (3146 views) |
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About red wine
The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984. As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as: - sales price levels - national and international commercial distribution - the estate's reputation on the market Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville. The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas. By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case. Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths  category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?
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