Community Tasting Note

• Cailles wrote: 93 points

  July 14, 2021 - Bordeaux 2000 - 20 Years On - 48 Reds: All tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) It´s a good vintage but not on par with more recent great vintages like 09/10/15/16. Why? A smaller group of top wines reaching lower highs and in general a tad less depth, purity and finesse. 2) Right bank is ready, the left bank still needs time to integrate and open up. 3) Not much tertiary aromas yet - peak drinking window at least 10 years away for most wines. 4) 2000 is a bit a cooler vintage which is great for the right bank (not too much ripeness). 5) Winners? Pomerol with the highest ratings. Le Pin (97+ pts) leading the pack for me (narrowly beating the consensus winner Pavie (97 pts).
  
  More information, top and worst 10 lists, appellation rankings, out- and underperformer from five participants in the story link. As always, in such tastings (lots of wines, not a lot of time per wine, not decanted) the ranking of wines/appellations might be more informative than the scores.
  
  TN: This hinted at its potential with a broad array of aromas ranging from dark fruit, cassis liquor, herbs and minerality on the nose to lots of fresh red berries and minerality on the palate. Not much complexity on the palate with a bit of a hole mid-palate but probably the wine is just not yet ready or would have needed a bit more air. The structure, in Ducru fashion, is masculine and classic but fine and airy. All in all, a solid effort.
  
  Decanting: I guess, this would have needed 2-3 hours in the decanter.
  
  Group average: 93.8 pts
  Group rank: 14th out of 48

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2 Comments

• Decanting Queen commented:

  7/15/21, 2:33 AM - I had this recently after 3 hours of air and again at 24 hours. It was a stunning wine at 24 hours. Needs air and cellar time!!

• Decanting Queen commented:

  7/15/21, 2:37 AM - Just read through your whole story—thanks for the detailed notes. It seems a shame that none of these wines were decanted. Maybe a sophisticated taster could get an accurate view straight from the bottle, but I know I couldn’t. 2000 is such a varied vintage in terms of which producers are open and drinking well, but it would be hard to know which are ready if none had any decant time. But maybe that wasn’t the point?

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