2000 Château Palmer
Community Tasting Note
sirpat00 wrote:
Sunday, June 20, 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:
Intense, ripe and precise aroma profile, fruit forward and rather extracted. Pretty dense and structured palate, but lacking elegance. Rather atypical for Palmer I found and clearly a much inferior bottle to the one I had a couple of years ago, even though that too was not as elegant and refined as I've come to expect from one of my favorite Châteaux.
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