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Red
2000 Château Lafite Rothschild
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
Label borrowed from 1999
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 1999
Community Tasting Notes 113
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Sean Tay Likes this wine: 97 points
March 8, 2024 - Pronounced nose intensity with notes of leather, charr wood, mushroom, smoke, toast, flora, black fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is integrated and not harsh. Did not decant. Decanting around 2-3 hours will improve mouthfeel. Drinking well now or can cellar. In its optimal drinking window and can last many years.
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sdr Likes this wine: 94 points
January 26, 2024 - Whole Lotta Lafite; 1/26/2024-1/27/2024 (Wine Watch, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida): Very youthful and exuberant. Lots of red cherry and raspberry fruit, which is delicious. Somehow both very slightly hot on the finish yet gaining sweetness as well. No complexity yet. Nice acidity. I'm optimistic for the future but you can drink it now if you like fruit bombs, Bordeaux-style.
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JPF16 wrote: 100 points
August 8, 2023 - Absolutely one of the finest bordeaux ever.
Top 3 wines I have ever had.
Color was near perfection, just a slight hint of bricking on the edge, ruby with a solid core.
Nose jumped out of the glass, magical mix of dark fruits and an almost perfumed nose,
On the palate everything in balance and surprisingly fresh.
Finish was sublime. -
rocknroller wrote: 98 points
June 14, 2023 - Commanderie de Bordeaux: 2000 Lafite, LLC, & Cos (The Minikahda Club, Mpls): Very dark red/purple color. Double decanted and then slow-O for 4 hours, recorked and then slow-O again for an hour before serving. Drank a glass plus over 2.5 hours. Wow, mesmerizing nose from the start; perfumed with succulent red and black fruits; cassis, blood orange, deep red raspberry, fine leather, mint, so much earth and damp forest floor. The palate is ultra layered, ripe cassis, raspberry, brambly fruit of the forest berries, ultra tangy, charcoal, earthy, pencil, exciting, and blissful in it harmony and textural giving. This also has a mineral posture to go along with its impressive fruit and polished tannins - a true stunner. Yes, this still shows a youthful vigor, and I fully expect this to hit 3 digits in time, but it is immensely impressive as it is. Ranking: WOTN '00 Lafite, #2 '00 LLC, #3 '00 Cos.
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kenthecpa Likes this wine: 96 points
February 8, 2023 - Decanted 2 hours.
Beautiful nose with a long finish.
A terrific birthday wine.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2022, 4/1/2022 (link)(Château Lafite-Rothschild Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Charles Curtis MW
Château Lafite Rothschild: 1986-2010 vertical tasting, 3/1/2022 (link)(Château Lafite Rothschild, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Looking Backward/Looking Forward: 2000 vs 2001 Bordeaux (Sep 2021), 9/1/2021 (link)(Lafite-Rothschild Lafite-Rothschild Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux First Growths: 2000 vintage, 7/7/2020 (link)(Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Looking Back To Go Forward: Lafite-Rothschild 1868 – 2015 (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018 (link)(Lafite-rothschild Lafite-rothschild Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival 2017 (Nov 2017), 11/1/2017 (link)(Lafite-rothschild Lafite-rothschild Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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September 2010, Issue #29 (link)
(Ch. Lafite; First Growth, Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/18/2010 (link)(Ch Lafite Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
2000 Bordeaux, 12/1/2007(Lafite Rothschild) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/16/2007 (link)(Ch Lafite Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
An Evening of Lafite-Rothschild, 8/15/2005(Lafite-Rothschild) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/20/2005 (link)(Ch Lafite Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/16/2003 (link)(Ch Lafite Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96 (link)(Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/4/2001 (link)(Ch Lafite Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
1/18/2008 (link) 96 points(Château Lafite Rothschild) Dark red violet color; cherry and caramel nose; rich, concentrated, cherry, mulberry, cassis and coffee palate; long finish
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By Richard Jennings
6/25/2003 (link) 94 points(Château Lafite Rothschild) Tobacco nose; tight, but luscious cherry and berry fruit; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2000
- Type Red
- Producer Château Lafite Rothschild
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC Codes 000000147385, 018138415528, 055287007501, 071570014131, 087000330962, 1000000000121, 3419466188103, 3700274110807, 450287007504, 616773324658, 722358411108, 9300633425111
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 179 (1%)
- In Cellars 11,308 (74%)
- Consumed 3,812 (25%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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