Community Tasting Note

• sirpat00 wrote: 90 points

  June 21, 2021 - Grand Bordeaux 2000 horizontal tasting; 6/20/2021-6/21/2021: Grand Bordeaux 2000 tasting with ~60 wines from the vintage hosted by a private collector. All wines were poured directly from the bottle with no decant and served in flights of 4. As general observations I would highlight: 1/ Today the 2000 is, without a doubt, a right bank vintage with Pomerol the star, 2/ the vast majority of wines are still going strong with hardly any past their peak 3/ On the left bank, St Estèphe was most ready to drink with a lot of wines in a closed stage right now, 4/ On the left bank, 2nd to 4th growths were generally more open for business than the 1st growths which almost all closed, only hinting at their full potential. 5/ If you must open a left bank bottle, Margaux is the safest place to look. Complete scoring overview and additional commentary included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  A bit closed, showing a really nice sweet strawberry fruit initially, but coming across as too extracted after a short while in the glass. Balance not quite perfect here with an acidity overhang. Pretty austere overall.

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2 Comments

• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:

  6/28/21, 3:54 PM - Nice notes....thank you for the update....does kind of make me wonder if I will be alive when more recent vintages are ready!

• sirpat00 commented:

  6/30/21, 1:40 AM - I think 2000 is just a notoriously late-aging vintage. Think more recent vintages are hopefully more approachable thanks to changes in wine-making practices and better climatic conditions. 2009s and 2010s are opening up, 2012 is drinking very well, 2014 coming soon, 2015 you can still catch in the early fruit phase and if you know where to look you can already pop some 2018 (-> Rauzan Ségla). Oh and before I forget, if you like older vintages 1998 and 2001 on the right bank and 1996 on the left are all in fabulous spots right now in my view.

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