Decanted and followed over two hours. A beautiful bouquet with scorched earth, blackberry, violet, bramble, and slate. The palate is supple yet robust with earthy fruit, approachable tannins, and peppery persistence. Tremendous character and charm, with a little more stuffing this wine would be truly special. Still, a textbook example of why you age wine.
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Kellerkühl. 2,5 zuvor karaffiert. Einwandfreier Korken, kaum gefärbt Sattes Rot.Bdx-Nase, nicht ausgeprägt angereift, noch ordentlich Säure. Satte Früchte. Macht Spaß, Tendenz zum großen Wein…
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The nose here is lovely and classic - all of the expected Pessac flavors are on show in the bricky, scorched earth, autumn leaf, allspice-filled nose. Nutty, hickory smoke finish. Perhaps not quite enough fruit depth to bump it to the next level, but complete, classic Pessac. 93-94
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Another great bottle of this truely excellent wine from pessac. The vintage showed up here providing classic structured dimension, and the fruit, red berries, smoke, tobacco and gravel are terroir in spades. What more could you ask for at this level?
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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: The nose seemed promising at first with lots of dark fruit and herbs as well as some sexy burnt sugar notes. But with time more oak as well as some hints of TCA tainted the experience. On the palate this was very fresh bordering on being to astringent, it felt slightly greenish but had a lavish fruit core. Ignoring the slight TCA taint, this drinks around 87-88 points at best tonight but has some promising features.
Decanting: As all left bank wines, at least 2 hours should help here.
Group average: 90.0 pts Group rank: 45th out of 48
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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: Lacking intensity, maybe a bit closed at this point, greenish notes but otherwise not really expressive a bit of cigar box. So far so ok, but the palate really punches you in the face: green, unintegrated, quite horrible - almost spat all across the table. In the end the group agreed this was corked.
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Fully mature, nice amount of body, lovely fruit, ready to go straight out the bottle with modest improvement in the glass. Just very nice. Dried out a bit after maybe two hours (by which time we were just finishing up) so see no sense in further ageing or decanting.
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Very dark with a rust-red color at the edges under light. Unusual nose of fresh-cut grass on the nose with distant mixed fruits. Green herbal notes with slightly green raspberries and a tasty sour finish.
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This is a wonderful Pessac, mid-weight, classic and completely mature. Dark fruit, sweet spicy tobacco, dusty sandalwood, black olives and damp earth. Soft, well integrated tannines, perfect acidity - supportive and refreshing. Very, very good.
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A good bottle, but not among the best of this wine. It’s a lovely, mature and lively 19 year old claret, but there is a slight vegetal note which detracts from the overall, gentle and generous, profile. Fully mature but will run for a bit longer.
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Excellent Graves, giving tobacco, dark red berries, and gravel notes. Lush and harmonious. Nose was a bit shy, and still has some sharp tannin to shed. Give it a few more years. 91+
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This is a very good bottle. A complete, gentle and harmonious, mature but lively wine with good Graves typicity, medium body, spices, earth, crushed red berries, and a smooth and flowing finish with good length. Lovely wine, fully mature.
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Tight and tannic, even 18 years down the line - this wine was stubborn on showing solid Bordeaux (and Graves) character until well through tasting. It did emerge eventually, even if not quite at the level of complexity I had hoped for. Currant, plum, and baked fruit mixed with moderate oak and sweet spice, giving the wine a contrast of freshness and age. It did provide plenty of smoke and cigar notes, while also showing mint, pine, and licorice root. As time went on, a vast array of elements came out of the woodwork: BBQ meat, brown sugar, date, leather, and a distinct sense of spicy doritos. The structure was still quite strong; with a fairly aromatic nose but muted palate, I’d consider that this just needed more time to come together (or at least that’s what I’d hope, rather than the opposite). Does sharing the name of a first growth give a wine with less pedigree some mystical nudge closer to greatness? Apparently not, if this bottle was any indication. Still, in terms of proportional price, you could do a lot worse for a nice taste of aged Bordeaux.
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At Wine Media Guild tasting with Wilfrid Croizard, Winery Sales Manager. My WOTN. An intoxicating nose of grilled meat and herbs. Light but tasty on the finish, with notes of red and black fruit, grilled meat,herbs, spice box and minerals on the finish. I had some more at home with a roast herbal chicken (with thyme, rosemary and sage), which was a more natural and harmonious pairing than Italian food at lunch, and it deepened the wine and enhanced the flavors.
At peak. Drink now
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Weekly tasting group RWP #258: Bordeaux 2000 (@ VD): A lot of barnyard in the bouquet which blows off after a while, also dark berries, vanilla and toast. Same on the palate, graphite, licorice, cigar box, earth and some chocolate. Good acidity and round tannin. Beautiful and harmonious wine with good complexity. At its peak now.
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Pristine bottle, perfect level and cork. This one is showing very well, without the red cabbage rusticity of the bottle tasted in August 2016. This one is clean, mature but fresh, slender but not drying, with red berry fruit, cool gravel, earth and tobacco, a hint of spice and good length. Nothing spectacular, but it won't break the bank either. Drink now - 2020.
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Ah - now this is a good time to be drinking this wine. You won't find frills, you won't find top level complexity - but you will find a classic, masculine Pessac. Loads of black cherry; accents of brick, creosote, and mineral. Juicy palate; eminently drinkable. It's been 6 years since I had this last and it's evolving nicely. My bet is that this will really hit its peak in 3-5 years, though this is a delicious drink now.
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La Tour Martillac Vertical (Home): Nose: Very pure black cherry with anise/licorice notes. Violets in spades at certain moments. All backed up by great smokey graphite and leather aromas. Palate: Enters with a big dose of black fruit that has nice freshness, turns to black cherries, tobacco and wet slate. Silky feel, but tannins are ripe supporting further aging. Finish: Very complete with more smoke, mineral and grilled herb notes as it closes.
A powerful wine with classic pessac markers, made in a richer sexier style. Paired nicely with our Cassoulet.
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It must be said: for a 16 year old Pessac-Léognan this is remarkably fresh and youthful, with primary flavours of red cherries. The flipside of that however is a dry and tannic character (double decanting alleviates this slightly), earthy, with a lack of flesh and charm and nothing of the melting smoothness of e.g. the Domaine de Chevalier 2000. It is sturdy peasant rather than a refined nobleman. And then there is that sense of rusticity, of unevenness even. It reflects itself in a note of red cabbage and/or an occasional whiff of cardboard. Reading back my notes, I see that this seems to be a pattern with this wine, but also that I once encountered this in a bottle of the (usually delicious) La Louvière 2000. Hard to say whether this is actually flawed or whether this is just the earthbound character of the wine. I will stick with my score of last year.
We decanted this for sediment but didn't wait long before tucking in. Classic nose of sour cherry, smoky bramble and toasted oak. Palate shows a silky, polished texture; light, but not too light, with adequate fruit and a fine mineral edge through the finish. Good value and drinking well at present.
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At home with Provencal Baked Grouper and gnocchi - not a traditional pairing but worked nonetheless...Decanted for an hour, drank over 2 hours.
Medium purple color, some signs of aging. Nose was nice when first opened but lacking after being open for a while. Earth and dark fruits. Red and dark fruits, pine, mushrooms, earth and oak. Found the fruit to be a little "stewed", lacking any complexity on front and mid palate. Medium/short finish.
Nice enough, nothing exceptional, expected more from the vintage. No real upside here, would drink over next few years
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After 15 years, this has turned into a slightly drying, quite earthy, dry red with a hint of red cabbage in the aromas, slender but without the rough edge previously noted, cool and mineral, tannic, lacking charm but with correct flavours and good length.
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Drinking very well. Some cherry or red fruit notes, but the nose is dominated with wet earth and forest floor along with dusty oak. It is in a nice spot and an enjoyable bottle
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Nice earthy and damp forest floor aroma with a hint of dark fruits and loads of mushrooms. Despite the pleasant nose, the attack was a bit weak and not very open - although there's an old-world elegance it all. Nice purple color with a thin light rim, but no sign of brickiness. There were plenty of sedimentations as expected. On the palate, it is very balanced with loads of wet earth, damp forest funk, and hints of minerality mixed with clay. Like the nose, it is loaded with wild mushrooms on the palate, but it's mixed with dark chocolate and mocha. Still a bit of fruits left - mostly dark berries and cherry. Very well structured and is drinking nicely. Barely noticed any heat on the somewhat short, but very pleasant finish. Overall a very good bottle and a pleasure to drink.
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Shows what a decent producer in a good vintage an do. Nice fruit and plenty of secondary notes of herbs, flowers, and pencil lead. A really good value.
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Previous bottles also had a rough edge, but this time it seems more marked an there is a vague sense of a cabbagey note on the nose. It not until day two that it softens slightly and shows a more harmonious face with some crushed ripe berry fruit, but a sense of toughness and perhaps impurity remains. Not sure about this one. Sullen phase or sullen bottle? Not rated.
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Mainly cherry aromas, leading into a bright, ripe mouthful of red cherry, with blackcurrant and a touch of redcurrant. Seamless, slick and appealing. Initially, I felt it was a little bland, but after several hours some typicity did emerge, with the notes of earth, tobacco and cigar box that I would expect from a Pessac-L. So overall a very respectable effort. I think it will improve, judging by the evolution in the glass and there's certainly enough fruit left, which hasn't quite jammified yet, so maybe better with another two years in the cellar.
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Took a few hours to open up and evolved into a wonderfull wine full of secondary flavors of wet earth, barnyard, must, ripe plums and dark current with medium to full wieght, good concentration and density. Once fully open softened and became more feminine with subtle floral notes in the background.
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Very similar to my previous notes. Very competent and earthy, slight lack of stuffing noted again, as is the rough edge on the finish. With a few more years it may either start to dry out or round out completely. We will see. On the second day there are no signs of decay, the wine is completely intact and if anything a little more harmonious. This bodes well.
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Mid- brick/garnet, amber edges; earthy, berry nose; oak; Cabernet; mid-body to soft; hints of wood on the palate; soft tannins; a little short; food wine.
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A private dinner at a friend's (Tilburg): Spicy, hearty, beef stock, ripe fruit, lovely balance, medium weight, nice sweetness, mostly resolved tannins, satiny but with a slightly rough edge, good length.
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A very beautiful wine with promising aging potential. This claret pours a dark purple hue with a thin ruby rim. The legs are quite long as one would expect from the powerful vintage of 2000. This wine displays the typical Graves character on the nose. Scorched stones, clay, red fruits, cassis and tobacco come to the fore. On the palate, the wine exhibits a lot of structure without a cloying mouthfeel. Quite a lot of red fruits on the palate along with prominent notes of leather and tobacco in the end. Minimal acidity and quite a bit of astringency, even bordering acridness. Too bad the wine is not ready as the tannins are still not quite integrated into the wine yet. Give it 2 to 3 more years when the tannins are fully integrated into the silky structure and this would definitely score a 90 plus.
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This was just a joy to drink. For my tastes, perfectly balanced with integrated silky tannins and very plush in the mouth with no hard edges. Many earthy overtones of mushrooms, forest floor, and graphite with supporting leather and cigar/tobacco. Fruit seemed to be more subtle and in the background but plums were in the forefront with some faint red fruits there as well. The most pleasing (for me) was the presence of lilacs on both nose and palate that was very noticeable. In a perfect place right now on a P and P.
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The last and best of the six of these I've had over the last couple of years. This seemed larger in scale, lovely structure, a slight sweetness and so pretty, all at the same time. The last glass was frankly scrumptious. This bottle was not affected in the way I felt some previous bottles were. I had this standing upright, at room temperature for a few days before I uncorked it - not sure if the 'settled' nature of the bottle assisted with it tasting so good. This is a great example of a reasonably priced '00 showing so well at this point in its evolution. I think this may get even better.
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very nice color and bouquet while decanting. Not much fruit but very smooth and balanced and a great match with grilled steaks. Better than last bottle but not nothing special.
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Good depth of colour, fresh and lively, hardly any browning; well-developed nose, harmonious, cloves, good depth, crushed red fruit (raspberry), lovage, red gravel, beef stew; medium weight, slight lack of flesh perhaps, good tannic grip, nice balance; good length. At peak, five more years easily.
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Every bottle simply gets better and better. In 2010 I scored it 90, in 2011 I scored it 91 and now without any doubt 92. Lovely wild forest fruits with a fine touch of barnyard notes, cedar wood and cassis with a lovely velvety smooth taste with barely any tannins left. This wine is really peaking now.
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A very dark colored wine with a brick red coloring appearing on the rim. Typical Bordeaux bouquet with huge amounts of blackberries, blueberries, plums on the forefront with slight touch of meat juices, cedar, river stones, graphite, and some damp forest floor notes on the end. An intense entry on the palate of blackberries, blueberries, plums, cassis, that carries on throughout the palate, the mid-palate expands with and additional flavor of dark chocolate with espresso. The finish is moderate in length, not quite long but just about enough, with refreshing acidity and well integrated tannins as well as unique flavors of steak drippings, black pepper, and crushed stones.
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Hard and not too giving. Closed up the first night and tried the next. Still a bit harsh but it does have many good bordeaux flavors. Just not worth the tariff and disappointing for 7 years of aging.
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2001 Yquem Dinner: Nice notes of graphite, mineral, red and black fruits; palate still a bit tannic, great black fruits with blackberry. Good potential but a few years too young. 89-90+
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Popped and let breath for a hour and a half. Had with prime rib Christmas dinner. Very smooth with a good black fruit and drying cigar and cedar. Round tannins and a good length on the finish. Went perfect with dinner.
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Popped and drank over the next two hours. Very vibrant with cigar and black cherries on the nose. It did start out with a little musty funk but it blew off quickly. Nice round tannins with hidden fruit of plums and black berries. Good length that is slightly drying. Beautiful Bordeaux.
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This wine is still improving. Lovely cherry aroma's, wild bos fruits, barnyard notes. Great full taste. The finish still rather short but the tannins are melted in the aroma's. Lovely.
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Popped and tasted, showed great potential. After an hour of decanting and another hour of drinking, developed and improved to a beautiful wine. Drinking well now with firm tannins. Wouldn't suffer from another 3-5 years of bottle age. Notes of cigar box, leather, and earth. Cherry and blackberry dominating the fruit profiles. Typical Bordeaux funk that comes with a classic vintage. Drank a 00 Lacoste-Borie last week (Grand Puy-Lacoste) second label, and this wine is head and shoulders above it.
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First pop of my 2000's. 1 hour decant. Clear, deep purple color, no bricking. Nice Bordeaux nose. Big and bold for a mid range Claret and what I expected from this vintage. Good integration and balance, full bodied w/still excellent fruit. No hint of being over the top, lots of tannins left, especially on finish. Probably pulled the cork a little early but wanted to see how the 2000 wines are coming along. Would easily cellar for another 5 years but drinking just fine now if you like big tannins. Nothing off, no hint of cork.
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#31 on the 2003 top 100. Very dark color. Ripe cherries and menthol on the nose. Explosive plum and cherry with medium tannins. Smoky on the finish. This one has plenty of guts left
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Remarkably dark wine - almost black - showing just some brick in the disc. Graves nose if a little overly oaky on opening, a touch confected cherry. Nice black cherry quality with some scorched earth. Good quality on the palate, has a certain vibrancy in that it escapes the oakiness of the nose. Tannic, medium body, decent acid. Not bad overall, not inspirational. Cherry finish.
With time, this came together and improved. The nose lost the overly oaky notes and pulled together nicely. A good buy at the right price, especially as a companion to lamb! May improve further...
3-3.5/5
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Dark in the glass. A bit of sour apple smell on the nose without any dominant alcohol smell. Clean on the palate without a long finish but very enjoyable nonetheless.
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This wine is in a great drinking window now. Very mellow nose of red cherries with a touch of barnyard notes and fine tobacco. The taste is smooth and the tannins are perfectly integrated. A rather short finish but a real pleasure now.
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for the price I really liked this bordeau. Tannin are soft, not too agressive, some cherry taste, the tongue get excited, but the gum are not overwlemed.
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Wine has opened up immensely from where it was last year, there’s still a faint essence of its youth with some age coming into the forefront. Still dark colored with a slight brickish color appearing on the rim. Classic aged Bordeaux bouquet; damp forest floor on the forefront, red & black fruits, slight stone shavings and small bits of shaved graphite. Very straight forward on the palate; an attack of ripe red fruits (strawberries & cranberries), cassis, that carries on throughout the palate. There’s a particular taste of steak drippings, and shaved stones on the end. Very elegant structure to this wine, makes a strong statement about its “aristocratic” origin. Tannins are still disjointed, and there’s still a heavy cedar component to it. Needs time to develop.
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Nose to tar, cherries, smoke and a bit of tobacco. Palate has softened but tannins are still a bit edgy. Oak needs time to integrate. Not a big Bordeaux fan but this was a nice drop.
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Tasted in a single blind flight against two other 2000s which were much higher up on the quality ladder. As a result, this wine was pretty easy to pick out from the other two. The color was a ruby-violet with just a slight bit of fading at the edges. The nose showed earth, mushroom and herbal notes but not much fruit. I found the flavors to be rather simple with a bit of plum and blackberries but not much complexity. The wine was decanted for about 3 hours prior to drinking and I think that if it was enjoyed on it's own it would have been a pleasant overall experience but in the company of much better wine it seemed rather plain.
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New Year's Weekend @ Rob & Lisa's; 1/1/2009-1/4/2009 (Scott's Valley, CA): Tasted blind in a flight of three 2000 Bordeauxs. Decanted for about 3 hours and then double decanted back into the bottle for the tasting. Slight bricking at the edges, but deep purple at its core. Nose was toasty oak, charred earth, and some menthol. Not really any fruit to speak of on the nose, nor was there any on the taste either. Like the other two, this was still pretty tight and closed down. There were some tar and earth flavors at first, and it wasn't until we had exhausted the other two wines and began to polish this one off that it just barely began to come around, showing some cassis and dark plums. This wine was at a disadvantage being placed side by side with the 2000 Pontet Canet and the 2000 Cos d'Estournel, but all things considered it showed pretty well. If I would have drank this on its own, I think that, while the score would have been the same, I would have found the flavors to be a bit more favorable. Decent QPR, but a bit out of its league tonight.
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(from memory) Dark purple, toasted oak dominated nose with mocha, cassis and dark fruit notes, sweet but tannic mid-palate that softened with time in the glass, not much complexity and short finish
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Hate to give a wine that was very enjoyable less than a 90 as people will react the wrong way, but without some discipline the ratings are useless. This was a very good wine and I will buy it again. This bottle was a 750ml, dark almost black in color. Somewhat of a medicinal nose/high alcohol content. Subtle but sweet. Problem is I had a 375ml of the '03 Latour Martillac just a day ago and it was much better. Ralph Sands from K&L described the '00s to me as "one dimensional" vs. the '03s, which is the right comparison here.
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Cassis, cherries dipped in chocolate, dusty minerals show on the nose. This wine hits the palate with syrupy fruit, good acidity, and a fairly tannic, short-ish finish replete with dusty minerals. Decanted for five hours, then drunk over a few more. The wine changed in the glass, later producing a delicious swell of sweet tobacco on the mid palate.
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Tasted unblinded at the Vintage Wines, Ltd. wine bar. Bright disc. Deep purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, opening over 90 minutes in the glass to show moderately intense aromas of coffee, black currants, roasted herbs and kirsch. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with medium acidity, ample, slightly astringent tannnins and similar flavors as for the nose. Long, somewhat dry finish. Very nice. Some time in the bottle should polish the rough edges with respect to the tannins.
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2000 Bordeaux Tasting (Chicago, IL): This is one spicey meatball! Yes, there's spice here, along with tobacco, mint, earth, and jammy black fruit. Little over-spicey.
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5/11/2024 - Badfish wrote:
Decanted and followed over two hours. A beautiful bouquet with scorched earth, blackberry, violet, bramble, and slate. The palate is supple yet robust with earthy fruit, approachable tannins, and peppery persistence. Tremendous character and charm, with a little more stuffing this wine would be truly special. Still, a textbook example of why you age wine.
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1/20/2024 - msauer wrote:
Kellerkühl. 2,5 zuvor karaffiert. Einwandfreier Korken, kaum gefärbt
Sattes Rot.Bdx-Nase, nicht ausgeprägt
angereift, noch ordentlich Säure.
Satte Früchte.
Macht Spaß, Tendenz zum großen Wein…
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10/23/2023 - Harry Cantrell wrote: 85 Points
Garnet. Nose shy, bordering on water. Taste mild, smooth, subtle. Just missing a bit.
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2/4/2023 - Patk70 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tres bon vin. Un peu Animal. Gout er arome de vin vieux (arome tertiaire)
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10/21/2022 - rogerr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Agree with other recent notes. Nicely mature and ready to drink. Good structure with mature palate and medium long finish. Pair with richer dishes.
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9/20/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 93 Points
The nose here is lovely and classic - all of the expected Pessac flavors are on show in the bricky, scorched earth, autumn leaf, allspice-filled nose. Nutty, hickory smoke finish. Perhaps not quite enough fruit depth to bump it to the next level, but complete, classic Pessac. 93-94
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2/24/2022 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 Points
Another great bottle of this truely excellent wine from pessac. The vintage showed up here providing classic structured dimension, and the fruit, red berries, smoke, tobacco and gravel are terroir in spades. What more could you ask for at this level?
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7/14/2021 - Cailles wrote: 88 Points
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: The nose seemed promising at first with lots of dark fruit and herbs as well as some sexy burnt sugar notes. But with time more oak as well as some hints of TCA tainted the experience. On the palate this was very fresh bordering on being to astringent, it felt slightly greenish but had a lavish fruit core. Ignoring the slight TCA taint, this drinks around 87-88 points at best tonight but has some promising features.
Decanting: As all left bank wines, at least 2 hours should help here.
Group average: 90.0 pts
Group rank: 45th out of 48
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6/20/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: flawed
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:
Lacking intensity, maybe a bit closed at this point, greenish notes but otherwise not really expressive a bit of cigar box. So far so ok, but the palate really punches you in the face: green, unintegrated, quite horrible - almost spat all across the table. In the end the group agreed this was corked.
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2/21/2021 - msauer Likes this wine: 91 Points
une robe profonde
bien en chair, bien en bouche!
Beaucoup de dépôt
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12/23/2020 - msauer Likes this wine: 90 Points
Gut, hat noch viel Biss, eine gewisse pfeffrige Schärfe. Sauerkirschen
Kein Schmeichler. (Noch ?) nicht harmonisch/rund
Zu wenig für diesen großen Jg
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11/16/2020 - Rwrrw Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fully mature, nice amount of body, lovely fruit, ready to go straight out the bottle with modest improvement in the glass. Just very nice. Dried out a bit after maybe two hours (by which time we were just finishing up) so see no sense in further ageing or decanting.
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8/18/2020 - msauer Likes this wine: 91 Points
Eurocave-gekühlt caraffiert.
Was für ein Trinkvergnügen. Volle Palette. Reiches BeerenBouquet, kein Kraftprotz, sehr ausgewogen. Ki schmeckte Eisen
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5/1/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very dark with a rust-red color at the edges under light. Unusual nose of fresh-cut grass on the nose with distant mixed fruits. Green herbal notes with slightly green raspberries and a tasty sour finish.
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3/29/2020 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 91 Points
2000 Château La Tour-Martillac, Pessac-Leognan ($28 in 2003). Sharp mid-garnet, brick edges; herbaceous, wood, cassis and earthy nose; mid-body; balanced; softening tannins; long, semi-elegant refined finish. w/lamb. 16.5 UC Davis score. 91 other scales
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1/8/2020 - wythes wrote: 92 Points
I agree with JKOENEN. This wine isn't bad, all things considered. If I had more, I'd be drinking them over the next 6 months.
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12/12/2019 - jkoenen wrote: 92 Points
This is a wonderful Pessac, mid-weight, classic and completely mature. Dark fruit, sweet spicy tobacco, dusty sandalwood, black olives and damp earth. Soft, well integrated tannines, perfect acidity - supportive and refreshing.
Very, very good.
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9/17/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Final bottle from a full case. Level into neck. Identical to my previous note, the Cabernets were ever so slightly underripe it seems.
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8/29/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
A good bottle, but not among the best of this wine. It’s a lovely, mature and lively 19 year old claret, but there is a slight vegetal note which detracts from the overall, gentle and generous, profile. Fully mature but will run for a bit longer.
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12/17/2018 - davergny wrote: 91 Points
Excellent Graves, giving tobacco, dark red berries, and gravel notes. Lush and harmonious. Nose was a bit shy, and still has some sharp tannin to shed. Give it a few more years. 91+
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5/12/2018 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
This is a very good bottle. A complete, gentle and harmonious, mature but lively wine with good Graves typicity, medium body, spices, earth, crushed red berries, and a smooth and flowing finish with good length. Lovely wine, fully mature.
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5/11/2018 - Wine Ratings Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tight and tannic, even 18 years down the line - this wine was stubborn on showing solid Bordeaux (and Graves) character until well through tasting. It did emerge eventually, even if not quite at the level of complexity I had hoped for. Currant, plum, and baked fruit mixed with moderate oak and sweet spice, giving the wine a contrast of freshness and age. It did provide plenty of smoke and cigar notes, while also showing mint, pine, and licorice root. As time went on, a vast array of elements came out of the woodwork: BBQ meat, brown sugar, date, leather, and a distinct sense of spicy doritos. The structure was still quite strong; with a fairly aromatic nose but muted palate, I’d consider that this just needed more time to come together (or at least that’s what I’d hope, rather than the opposite). Does sharing the name of a first growth give a wine with less pedigree some mystical nudge closer to greatness? Apparently not, if this bottle was any indication. Still, in terms of proportional price, you could do a lot worse for a nice taste of aged Bordeaux.
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5/8/2018 - TashNYC wrote: 93 Points
At Wine Media Guild tasting with Wilfrid Croizard, Winery Sales Manager. My WOTN. An intoxicating nose of grilled meat and herbs. Light but tasty on the finish, with notes of red and black fruit, grilled meat,herbs, spice box and minerals on the finish. I had some more at home with a roast herbal chicken (with thyme, rosemary and sage), which was a more natural and harmonious pairing than Italian food at lunch, and it deepened the wine and enhanced the flavors.
At peak. Drink now
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3/4/2018 - rinnocenzi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasting fantastic right now. Drink up!!
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6/18/2017 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 Points
Light mid-brick, amber edges; French nose; terroir; minerals, older fruit, violets; balanced; good fruit and flavor; smooth finish; a little short.
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5/22/2017 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
Weekly tasting group RWP #258: Bordeaux 2000 (@ VD): A lot of barnyard in the bouquet which blows off after a while, also dark berries, vanilla and toast. Same on the palate, graphite, licorice, cigar box, earth and some chocolate. Good acidity and round tannin. Beautiful and harmonious wine with good complexity. At its peak now.
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2/24/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Pristine bottle, perfect level and cork. This one is showing very well, without the red cabbage rusticity of the bottle tasted in August 2016. This one is clean, mature but fresh, slender but not drying, with red berry fruit, cool gravel, earth and tobacco, a hint of spice and good length. Nothing spectacular, but it won't break the bank either. Drink now - 2020.
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10/20/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 87 Points
Fully mature, lighter, elegant styling of Pessac Leognan, with enough smoke and tobacco to keep the spicy, red fruits interesting.
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10/17/2016 - englishman's claret wrote: 93 Points
Ah - now this is a good time to be drinking this wine. You won't find frills, you won't find top level complexity - but you will find a classic, masculine Pessac. Loads of black cherry; accents of brick, creosote, and mineral. Juicy palate; eminently drinkable. It's been 6 years since I had this last and it's evolving nicely. My bet is that this will really hit its peak in 3-5 years, though this is a delicious drink now.
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10/17/2016 - RockinCabs wrote: 93 Points
La Tour Martillac Vertical (Home): Nose: Very pure black cherry with anise/licorice notes. Violets in spades at certain moments. All backed up by great smokey graphite and leather aromas. Palate: Enters with a big dose of black fruit that has nice freshness, turns to black cherries, tobacco and wet slate. Silky feel, but tannins are ripe supporting further aging. Finish: Very complete with more smoke, mineral and grilled herb notes as it closes.
A powerful wine with classic pessac markers, made in a richer sexier style. Paired nicely with our Cassoulet.
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10/15/2016 - Tom Myers Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for ~ 3 hours. Magical wine from the wonderful 2000 vintage. Wish I had more!
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9/10/2016 - Beancounter55 wrote: 86 Points
Found buried in cellar, somewhat flat at opening, not much bouquet. After 30 minutes much better depth but still few aromas. Drink up any that's left.
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8/7/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
It must be said: for a 16 year old Pessac-Léognan this is remarkably fresh and youthful, with primary flavours of red cherries. The flipside of that however is a dry and tannic character (double decanting alleviates this slightly), earthy, with a lack of flesh and charm and nothing of the melting smoothness of e.g. the Domaine de Chevalier 2000. It is sturdy peasant rather than a refined nobleman. And then there is that sense of rusticity, of unevenness even. It reflects itself in a note of red cabbage and/or an occasional whiff of cardboard. Reading back my notes, I see that this seems to be a pattern with this wine, but also that I once encountered this in a bottle of the (usually delicious) La Louvière 2000. Hard to say whether this is actually flawed or whether this is just the earthbound character of the wine. I will stick with my score of last year.
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6/16/2016 - Aggh Does not like this wine: 74 Points
Too much oak masks the fruit.
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4/9/2016 - dougie Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful! Much better than previous two.
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4/8/2016 - wineappreciation wrote: 91 Points
Blueberry, cigar box, leather; full, classic, slowly descending, very long finish, emergent tannins, somewhat gravely
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4/1/2016 - Poussin wrote: 90 Points
We decanted this for sediment but didn't wait long before tucking in. Classic nose of sour cherry, smoky bramble and toasted oak. Palate shows a silky, polished texture; light, but not too light, with adequate fruit and a fine mineral edge through the finish. Good value and drinking well at present.
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12/20/2015 - walkerjfw wrote: 88 Points
At home with Provencal Baked Grouper and gnocchi - not a traditional pairing but worked nonetheless...Decanted for an hour, drank over 2 hours.
Medium purple color, some signs of aging. Nose was nice when first opened but lacking after being open for a while. Earth and dark fruits. Red and dark fruits, pine, mushrooms, earth and oak. Found the fruit to be a little "stewed", lacking any complexity on front and mid palate. Medium/short finish.
Nice enough, nothing exceptional, expected more from the vintage. No real upside here, would drink over next few years
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10/13/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
After 15 years, this has turned into a slightly drying, quite earthy, dry red with a hint of red cabbage in the aromas, slender but without the rough edge previously noted, cool and mineral, tannic, lacking charm but with correct flavours and good length.
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8/7/2015 - Fateful Destiny Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking very well. Some cherry or red fruit notes, but the nose is dominated with wet earth and forest floor along with dusty oak. It is in a nice spot and an enjoyable bottle
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7/4/2015 - Dark Horse Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice earthy and damp forest floor aroma with a hint of dark fruits and loads of mushrooms. Despite the pleasant nose, the attack was a bit weak and not very open - although there's an old-world elegance it all. Nice purple color with a thin light rim, but no sign of brickiness. There were plenty of sedimentations as expected. On the palate, it is very balanced with loads of wet earth, damp forest funk, and hints of minerality mixed with clay. Like the nose, it is loaded with wild mushrooms on the palate, but it's mixed with dark chocolate and mocha. Still a bit of fruits left - mostly dark berries and cherry. Very well structured and is drinking nicely. Barely noticed any heat on the somewhat short, but very pleasant finish. Overall a very good bottle and a pleasure to drink.
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5/25/2015 - stevenjstein Likes this wine: 93 Points
Shows what a decent producer in a good vintage an do. Nice fruit and plenty of secondary notes of herbs, flowers, and pencil lead. A really good value.
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1/23/2015 - nytiger wrote: 91 Points
Delicious no off notes
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1/13/2015 - Fateful Destiny wrote: 91 Points
Enjoyable mature wine. Good notes of forest floor / earth but somewhat light on the palate. Drinking well now
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1/7/2015 - jkoenen wrote: 90 Points
Completely in the zone right now. Soft dark fruit and tannines, medium bodied. Smoky, earthy, savoury complexity. Very good.
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12/23/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:
Previous bottles also had a rough edge, but this time it seems more marked an there is a vague sense of a cabbagey note on the nose. It not until day two that it softens slightly and shows a more harmonious face with some crushed ripe berry fruit, but a sense of toughness and perhaps impurity remains. Not sure about this one. Sullen phase or sullen bottle? Not rated.
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12/8/2014 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 90 Points
Mainly cherry aromas, leading into a bright, ripe mouthful of red cherry, with blackcurrant and a touch of redcurrant. Seamless, slick and appealing. Initially, I felt it was a little bland, but after several hours some typicity did emerge, with the notes of earth, tobacco and cigar box that I would expect from a Pessac-L. So overall a very respectable effort. I think it will improve, judging by the evolution in the glass and there's certainly enough fruit left, which hasn't quite jammified yet, so maybe better with another two years in the cellar.
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9/13/2014 - mtnbarry Likes this wine: 91 Points
Took a few hours to open up and evolved into a wonderfull wine full of secondary flavors of wet earth, barnyard, must, ripe plums and dark current with medium to full wieght, good concentration and density. Once fully open softened and became more feminine with subtle floral notes in the background.
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6/14/2014 - silbakor wrote: 89 Points
Very mellow. Lots of dusty earth on the nose, and a surprisingly bright, acidic palate. Nicely balanced. Went well with our steak.
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2/22/2014 - nogohawk wrote: 92 Points
Decant 30 min
Open up nicely
Dark purple color w loads of currant, black cherry & plum
Nice finish
Drink up now
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1/12/2014 - bill1170 wrote: 94 Points
The first taste is of plums and other dark fruit with a soft mouthfeel and a medium-long finish.
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1/11/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Very similar to my previous notes. Very competent and earthy, slight lack of stuffing noted again, as is the rough edge on the finish. With a few more years it may either start to dry out or round out completely. We will see. On the second day there are no signs of decay, the wine is completely intact and if anything a little more harmonious. This bodes well.
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12/28/2013 - Gwalchgwynn wrote: 90 Points
Damp earth and woody aromas, dark fruit and cassis flavors. Well integrated and silky smooth.
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11/28/2013 - Fateful Destiny Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking very nicely. Good forest floor notes on the nose with hints of gravel. Well balanced. Bought more after drinking this one
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10/20/2013 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 89 Points
Mid- brick/garnet, amber edges; earthy, berry nose; oak; Cabernet; mid-body to soft; hints of wood on the palate; soft tannins; a little short; food wine.
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9/22/2013 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
A private dinner at a friend's (Tilburg): Spicy, hearty, beef stock, ripe fruit, lovely balance, medium weight, nice sweetness, mostly resolved tannins, satiny but with a slightly rough edge, good length.
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8/13/2013 - NewFrenchClaret wrote: 81 Points
Typical burnt Graves nose, but curiously thin and unappealing palate. Clipped finish too. Not recommended
Suspect there is some bottle variability in this wine since other notes were so glowing.
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6/21/2013 - emzee.mc wrote: 88 Points
A very beautiful wine with promising aging potential. This claret pours a dark purple hue with a thin ruby rim. The legs are quite long as one would expect from the powerful vintage of 2000. This wine displays the typical Graves character on the nose. Scorched stones, clay, red fruits, cassis and tobacco come to the fore. On the palate, the wine exhibits a lot of structure without a cloying mouthfeel. Quite a lot of red fruits on the palate along with prominent notes of leather and tobacco in the end. Minimal acidity and quite a bit of astringency, even bordering acridness. Too bad the wine is not ready as the tannins are still not quite integrated into the wine yet. Give it 2 to 3 more years when the tannins are fully integrated into the silky structure and this would definitely score a 90 plus.
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6/8/2013 - leftylevi wrote: 93 Points
This was just a joy to drink. For my tastes, perfectly balanced with integrated silky tannins and very plush in the mouth with no hard edges. Many earthy overtones of mushrooms, forest floor, and graphite with supporting leather and cigar/tobacco. Fruit seemed to be more subtle and in the background but plums were in the forefront with some faint red fruits there as well. The most pleasing (for me) was the presence of lilacs on both nose and palate that was very noticeable. In a perfect place right now on a P and P.
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6/6/2013 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points
The last and best of the six of these I've had over the last couple of years. This seemed larger in scale, lovely structure, a slight sweetness and so pretty, all at the same time. The last glass was frankly scrumptious. This bottle was not affected in the way I felt some previous bottles were. I had this standing upright, at room temperature for a few days before I uncorked it - not sure if the 'settled' nature of the bottle assisted with it tasting so good. This is a great example of a reasonably priced '00 showing so well at this point in its evolution. I think this may get even better.
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2/14/2013 - joet626 wrote: 90 Points
very nice color and bouquet while decanting. Not much fruit but very smooth and balanced and a great match with grilled steaks. Better than last bottle but not nothing special.
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1/26/2013 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 Points
Mid-dark garnet; earthy nose, Cabernet, mint, cedar; mid-body; decent tannins; balanced, with a long fruity finish; nicely structured. Definite food wine. w/mixed grille (beef, lamb, veal).
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12/22/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Good depth of colour, fresh and lively, hardly any browning; well-developed nose, harmonious, cloves, good depth, crushed red fruit (raspberry), lovage, red gravel, beef stew; medium weight, slight lack of flesh perhaps, good tannic grip, nice balance; good length. At peak, five more years easily.
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10/30/2012 - John McCabe wrote: 91 Points
A lot of earthy mineral. Again, this feels a bit affected and flawed like the last one I had - probably not stored correctly by the original owner.
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10/14/2012 - John McCabe wrote: 91 Points
An earthy sweetness, long finish, although something feels a bit off and flawed.
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10/12/2012 - Ltim BE wrote: 92 Points
Every bottle simply gets better and better. In 2010 I scored it 90, in 2011 I scored it 91 and now without any doubt 92. Lovely wild forest fruits with a fine touch of barnyard notes, cedar wood and cassis with a lovely velvety smooth taste with barely any tannins left. This wine is really peaking now.
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5/28/2012 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points
Still improving with age, but approachable now. Almost black in color, seems to have these soft, almost chalky vanilla tones.
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4/17/2012 - Gobi wrote: 92 Points
A very dark colored wine with a brick red coloring appearing on the rim. Typical Bordeaux bouquet with huge amounts of blackberries, blueberries, plums on the forefront with slight touch of meat juices, cedar, river stones, graphite, and some damp forest floor notes on the end. An intense entry on the palate of blackberries, blueberries, plums, cassis, that carries on throughout the palate, the mid-palate expands with and additional flavor of dark chocolate with espresso. The finish is moderate in length, not quite long but just about enough, with refreshing acidity and well integrated tannins as well as unique flavors of steak drippings, black pepper, and crushed stones.
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4/1/2012 - 2loyal wrote: 89 Points
Paired very well with our grilled tri-tip, and popular among most of our guests, but not deemed exceptional by anyone.
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2/18/2012 - nytiger wrote: 89 Points
bordeaux nose, dark color tar mouth and dk fruits, good finish
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2/5/2012 - dougie wrote: 85 Points
Hard and not too giving. Closed up the first night and tried the next. Still a bit harsh but it does have many good bordeaux flavors. Just not worth the tariff and disappointing for 7 years of aging.
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1/15/2012 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points
2001 Yquem Dinner: Nice notes of graphite, mineral, red and black fruits; palate still a bit tannic, great black fruits with blackberry. Good potential but a few years too young. 89-90+
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12/25/2011 - masonjp wrote: 92 Points
Popped and let breath for a hour and a half. Had with prime rib Christmas dinner. Very smooth with a good black fruit and drying cigar and cedar. Round tannins and a good length on the finish. Went perfect with dinner.
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12/3/2011 - masonjp wrote: 91 Points
Popped and drank over the next two hours. Very vibrant with cigar and black cherries on the nose. It did start out with a little musty funk but it blew off quickly. Nice round tannins with hidden fruit of plums and black berries. Good length that is slightly drying. Beautiful Bordeaux.
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10/28/2011 - miadelt Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark color, med body but full flavored, smooth feel, ever changing bouquet. The wine is still maturing. Very enjoyable wine.
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8/14/2011 - Ltim BE wrote: 91 Points
This wine is still improving. Lovely cherry aroma's, wild bos fruits, barnyard notes. Great full taste. The finish still rather short but the tannins are melted in the aroma's. Lovely.
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8/2/2011 - clarjl19 wrote: 93 Points
Popped and tasted, showed great potential. After an hour of decanting and another hour of drinking, developed and improved to a beautiful wine. Drinking well now with firm tannins. Wouldn't suffer from another 3-5 years of bottle age. Notes of cigar box, leather, and earth. Cherry and blackberry dominating the fruit profiles. Typical Bordeaux funk that comes with a classic vintage. Drank a 00 Lacoste-Borie last week (Grand Puy-Lacoste) second label, and this wine is head and shoulders above it.
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5/22/2011 - Barry Notes wrote: 89 Points
First pop of my 2000's. 1 hour decant. Clear, deep purple color, no bricking. Nice Bordeaux nose. Big and bold for a mid range Claret and what I expected from this vintage. Good integration and balance, full bodied w/still excellent fruit. No hint of being over the top, lots of tannins left, especially on finish. Probably pulled the cork a little early but wanted to see how the 2000 wines are coming along. Would easily cellar for another 5 years but drinking just fine now if you like big tannins. Nothing off, no hint of cork.
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3/10/2011 - cmont75 Likes this wine:
Nice color shows little age. Nice light nose. Fruity with acidic notes. Still young
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1/7/2011 - ptelgenh Likes this wine: 91 Points
#31 on the 2003 top 100. Very dark color. Ripe cherries and menthol on the nose. Explosive plum and cherry with medium tannins. Smoky on the finish. This one has plenty of guts left
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12/25/2010 - englishman's claret wrote:
Remarkably dark wine - almost black - showing just some brick in the disc. Graves nose if a little overly oaky on opening, a touch confected cherry. Nice black cherry quality with some scorched earth. Good quality on the palate, has a certain vibrancy in that it escapes the oakiness of the nose. Tannic, medium body, decent acid. Not bad overall, not inspirational. Cherry finish.
With time, this came together and improved. The nose lost the overly oaky notes and pulled together nicely. A good buy at the right price, especially as a companion to lamb! May improve further...
3-3.5/5
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11/21/2010 - pikemasterflash wrote: 89 Points
Dark in the glass. A bit of sour apple smell on the nose without any dominant alcohol smell. Clean on the palate without a long finish but very enjoyable nonetheless.
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11/7/2010 - Grinner wrote: 92 Points
14th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retro Tasting (Eugene, Oregon): Fairly tight but showing a minerally and stone aspect. Plenty of dark fruit and surprising structure. 90 on day 2.
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11/5/2010 - Ltim BE wrote: 90 Points
This wine is in a great drinking window now. Very mellow nose of red cherries with a touch of barnyard notes and fine tobacco. The taste is smooth and the tannins are perfectly integrated. A rather short finish but a real pleasure now.
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9/20/2010 - PPM Likes this wine: 90 Points
for the price I really liked this bordeau. Tannin are soft, not too agressive, some cherry taste, the tongue get excited, but the gum are not overwlemed.
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3/27/2010 - Gobi wrote: 92 Points
Wine has opened up immensely from where it was last year, there’s still a faint essence of its youth with some age coming into the forefront. Still dark colored with a slight brickish color appearing on the rim. Classic aged Bordeaux bouquet; damp forest floor on the forefront, red & black fruits, slight stone shavings and small bits of shaved graphite. Very straight forward on the palate; an attack of ripe red fruits (strawberries & cranberries), cassis, that carries on throughout the palate. There’s a particular taste of steak drippings, and shaved stones on the end. Very elegant structure to this wine, makes a strong statement about its “aristocratic” origin. Tannins are still disjointed, and there’s still a heavy cedar component to it. Needs time to develop.
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11/5/2009 - JSwick wrote: 89 Points
Nose to tar, cherries, smoke and a bit of tobacco. Palate has softened but tannins are still a bit edgy. Oak needs time to integrate. Not a big Bordeaux fan but this was a nice drop.
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7/2/2009 - jerhardt wrote: 89 Points
Still drinking young and in need of some more bottle time.
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5/6/2009 - jtw1969 wrote: 85 Points
Enormous nose. Overly oaky and dry on the finish. So so -
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1/3/2009 - Rob MacKay wrote: 88 Points
Tasted in a single blind flight against two other 2000s which were much higher up on the quality ladder. As a result, this wine was pretty easy to pick out from the other two. The color was a ruby-violet with just a slight bit of fading at the edges. The nose showed earth, mushroom and herbal notes but not much fruit. I found the flavors to be rather simple with a bit of plum and blackberries but not much complexity. The wine was decanted for about 3 hours prior to drinking and I think that if it was enjoyed on it's own it would have been a pleasant overall experience but in the company of much better wine it seemed rather plain.
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1/3/2009 - jhannah27 wrote: 87 Points
New Year's Weekend @ Rob & Lisa's; 1/1/2009-1/4/2009 (Scott's Valley, CA): Tasted blind in a flight of three 2000 Bordeauxs. Decanted for about 3 hours and then double decanted back into the bottle for the tasting. Slight bricking at the edges, but deep purple at its core. Nose was toasty oak, charred earth, and some menthol. Not really any fruit to speak of on the nose, nor was there any on the taste either. Like the other two, this was still pretty tight and closed down. There were some tar and earth flavors at first, and it wasn't until we had exhausted the other two wines and began to polish this one off that it just barely began to come around, showing some cassis and dark plums. This wine was at a disadvantage being placed side by side with the 2000 Pontet Canet and the 2000 Cos d'Estournel, but all things considered it showed pretty well. If I would have drank this on its own, I think that, while the score would have been the same, I would have found the flavors to be a bit more favorable. Decent QPR, but a bit out of its league tonight.
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11/9/2007 - pikemasterflash wrote: 87 Points
Not showing well tonight and no where near how I remember it. Tart and tanic to start, woody and harsh on the finish.
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4/7/2007 - pikemasterflash wrote: 89 Points
Very consistent with my prior notes so nothing new to add except, my wine of choice when my inlaws are over.
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3/2/2007 - duchamp wrote: 89 Points
(from memory) Dark purple, toasted oak dominated nose with mocha, cassis and dark fruit notes, sweet but tannic mid-palate that softened with time in the glass, not much complexity and short finish
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10/31/2006 - pikemasterflash wrote: 89 Points
good balance overall
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10/9/2006 - pikemasterflash wrote: 89 Points
Hate to give a wine that was very enjoyable less than a 90 as people will react the wrong way, but without some discipline the ratings are useless. This was a very good wine and I will buy it again. This bottle was a 750ml, dark almost black in color. Somewhat of a medicinal nose/high alcohol content. Subtle but sweet. Problem is I had a 375ml of the '03 Latour Martillac just a day ago and it was much better. Ralph Sands from K&L described the '00s to me as "one dimensional" vs. the '03s, which is the right comparison here.
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11/27/2005 - jwwinec wrote: 90 Points
Cassis, cherries dipped in chocolate, dusty minerals show on the nose. This wine hits the palate with syrupy fruit, good acidity, and a fairly tannic, short-ish finish replete with dusty minerals. Decanted for five hours, then drunk over a few more. The wine changed in the glass, later producing a delicious swell of sweet tobacco on the mid palate.
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3/19/2004 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 90 Points
Tasted unblinded at the Vintage Wines, Ltd. wine bar. Bright disc. Deep purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, opening over 90 minutes in the glass to show moderately intense aromas of coffee, black currants, roasted herbs and kirsch. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with medium acidity, ample, slightly astringent tannnins and similar flavors as for the nose. Long, somewhat dry finish. Very nice. Some time in the bottle should polish the rough edges with respect to the tannins.
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6/7/2003 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
Berry nose; herbaceous, berry palate with a touch of pencil lead; medium finish
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6/5/2003 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
Berry, grapey nose; velvety textured, rich cherry, berry, coffee, earthy palate; medium finish
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1/21/2003 - R2-D2 wrote: 89 Points
2000 Bordeaux Tasting (Chicago, IL): This is one spicey meatball! Yes, there's spice here, along with tobacco, mint, earth, and jammy black fruit. Little over-spicey.
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