2000 Réserve de la Comtesse

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  2/24/2024 - Dj6544 wrote:

  As before but on the downward slope I would say. No value in holding onto these

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  1/30/2024 - Harley1199 wrote:

  I tried to open the bottle fifteen hours before lunch but the last third of the poor quality cork was firmly stuck to the neck of the bottle so it was necessary to turn to The Durand. Still, the pulverized cork (pictured) left too many particles floating and I decided to filter it and a double decanting while removing fine-grained sediments from the bottom of the bottle. A shame for the winery not to spend a little more on corks. Black core with watery, brown ruby edges. On the nose there are notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, graphite, leather, wet earth, with a classical complexity, Calvinist and austere, without real emotions. On the palate it offers a weak structure, a more watery texture than velvety, a dusty acidity and a merely decent length. In short another bottle of a second GCC wine in a great year. Nothing extraordinary, I'm sorry. Increasingly convinced that second wines in Bordeaux are not built to age.
  
  Intenté abrir la botella quince horas antes del almuerzo pero el último tercio del corcho de escasa calidad estaba firmemente pegado al cuello de la botella por lo que fue necesario recurrir a The Durand. Aún con todo, el corcho pulverizado (en la imagen) dejó demasiadas partículas flotando y decidí filtrarlo y una doble decantación eliminando de paso los sedimentos de grano fino del fondo de la botella. Una vergüenza para la bodega no gastar un poco mas en corchos. Corazón negro con acuosos, marrones bordes color rubí. En nariz sobresalen notas de grosellas negras, moras de ese mismo color, grafito, cuero, tierra mojada, con una complejidad clasica, calvinista y austera, sin sentimiento. Al paladar ofrece una débil estructura, una textura más acuosa que aterciopelada, una polvorienta acidez y una longitud meramente decente. En resumen otra botella de un segundo vino de un GCC en un gran año. Nada extraordinario, lo siento. Cada vez más convencido de que los segundos vinos en Burdeos no están hechos para envejecer.

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  12/26/2023 - tsdv Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Lovely, fully integrated, smooth as silk, still good color and gentle fruit after 20 years in cellar. Only knock is it’s kind of generic, and lacked complexity. Delicious.

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  12/20/2023 - Tao wrote: 93 Points

  Having a glassful of this in the winter months feels absolutely satisfying! Great colour, deep ruby, transparent! Fantastic aroma of roasted nutty, peppery black fruits! Texturewise, it is as smooth as silk, with black peppery fruits dominated, a medium finish. Charming and shinning at the moment!

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  10/16/2023 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Solid wine, a touch thin on the mid palate. But I've had much better 2000's recently in this price range. Given that I think that the 2000 first wine is a bit overrated, this makes some sense. It was probably much better 5-10 years ago, even though I like my wines with age.

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