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2000 Château Grange-Neuve |
| Vintage | 2000 |  Label 1 of 5   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Grange-Neuve | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | Pomerol | ||
| UPC Code | 033293130000 |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 86.4 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) | |
| Tasted by EricBe on 10/1/2009 & rated 70 points: Undrinkable swill - possibly bad bottle. (764 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 12/15/2007 & rated 90 points: Decanted for two hours. Brought out the fruit/berry flavor in the wine. Smooth, great with a steak. Nice, although not long, finish. (2468 views) | |
| Tasted by incident on 8/20/2007 & rated 87 points: Decanted approx. 1 hour, consumed over the next 2 hours. Ruby red, clear throughout. Nice nose of stewed plums, tobacco, cedar. Fairly light weight wine, not much going on. Light-medium finish, medium acidity. Decent, but lacking fruit on the palate. (2722 views) | |
| Tasted by J-Sho on 6/4/2007 & rated 85 points: Sweet chocolate on the nose with some fruit in the background. On the palate had soft fruit. Body was medium. Lacked complexity and seemed dilute. Finish was short to moderate. Only 30 dollars so you get what you pay for but would have liked to have seen more extraction and depth of flavor. (2969 views) | |
| Tasted by Paul-Richard on 2/11/2007 & rated 90 points: Nice Bordeaux, perhaps a little simple and somewhat unfocused but rich fruit and good minerality (3334 views) | |
| Tasted by jmp on 3/18/2006 & rated 89 points: I enjoyed this wine for what it is - a resonably priced 2000 bordeaux. Devloped some in t he glass over an hour or two. (4233 views) | |
| Tasted by mls on 11/10/2005 & rated 88 points: Classic Bordeaux. Decanted for 45 minutes, could have used a bit more but very good none the less. It's a real bargain. Should defiantly stock up before word gets out. (4887 views) | |
| Tasted by CSteefel on 10/23/2004 & rated 90 points: Retasted for a second time, this wine is dark red with the slightest hint of an orange hue. The nose is reticent, but offers up aromas of dark chocolate and espresso and very rich dark fruit. In the mouth, similarly closed at this stage, with substantial tannins combined with dark fruit of good purity. Previous bottle I thought was a bit more accessible. This one was enjoyable at this stage, but it is clear the wine would benefit from some more age. Still, the potential for a fine Pomerol is clearly there--admirable dark fruit concentration, those typical Merlot signatures of dark chocolate, good tannin structure. A good QPR by Pomerol standards. Should age nicely. (5658 views) | |
| Tasted by CSteefel on 9/5/2004 & rated 89 points: Dark ruby red to almost purple. The nose shows chocolate and ripe plum and a hint of tobacco (a bit unusual for a Pomerol perhaps). In the mouth, excellent concentration and balance of tannins, acidity, and ripe fruit. Good finish of 10 seconds or so. I have to rate this as an 89-90, meaning that it straddles the line between very good and outstanding, but I think it is solid in this 89.5 (or 89.63, as Dan Kravitz would say) rating. Eminently drinkable. No pretensions, no over-extraction in this wine. (5216 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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