2000 Château Cissac

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  3/30/2023 - HODL Likes this wine:

  Initiallly I decanted, poured back in the bottle, and let sit open for 2 hours. When I came back, it still needed time to open in the glass.
  It was garnet in color, and slight bricking at the edges. Vibrant acidity, and still firm tannins.
  Initially the nose was predominantly leather, and dirt
  Slowly as it opened in the glass, out came a component of smoke, and coffee, and cocoa, then finally after 30 minutes plus in the glass, some dried fruit of cherries and prune appeared. Virtually no sediment in the bottle, but a Durand was necessary to open the bottle
  I drank this next to a 1999 rubissow Sargent cab sauv from mount veeder opened the same way.
  The mount veeder fruit expectinly showed more fruit character on the nose and palate, and visually looked in better shape w a slight shade of purple to the garnet color

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  2/22/2023 - The Wine Monkeys wrote: 87 Points

  Notes of stewed fruit, tar, graphite, some earth. Fruit almost gone, secondary flavors dominant, still some grip to the tannins with a medium finish. Definitely past it’s prime but still enjoyable enough. 3 more to go that we will drink soon. Not one I’d chase down again but drink up if you got em’!

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  4/29/2021 - Fat cat wrote: 88 Points

  Very classic, very enjoyable and fully mature. Will probably last a few more years yet.

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  7/5/2020 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  No need for another detailed note. Given 5h to open, this is drinking beautifully, still. Last one, sadly.

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  5/30/2020 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I agree with Zazzaman - I won't repeat the detail of his note. I was surprised to see that it has been 4 years since my last note and, if anything, the wine has got better. I opened the bottle, didn't decant for once, left it for 4h before tasting, and was impressed by the deep, opaque colour with hardly any visible browning plus the freshness, fruit, and spice which not many 20yo wines could offer at this price level (bought en primeur). Some tangerine/orange pith notes on the mid/late palate in addition to the charactistics noted earlier. Elegant, with lovely balance, acidity, soft tannins, and length. Good on its own and even better after 5h (with a sirloin steak).
  This bottle reinforces my faith in Cissac and my firm belief that you need to wait for it to come round. I have altered the 'drink by' date which, at 2017, was too pessimistic.

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