2000 Château La Tour de Mons

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 87.2 points

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  2/2/2024 - Sperls Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Took a chance with a recent purchase of 3 of these for $23 each based on the notes below and so far it was a great bet. This bottle showed dark fruit with some sweetness and plum, smooth resolved tannins, some tar, various secondary characteristics, a great nose and a medium finish. PnP and opened up nicely over the course of 2 hours and went great with French food. Well worth the $25 corkage fee and then the people next to us exclaimed, “where did you get that, we didn’t see it on the list.” Feels like it’s at a nice plateau and doesn’t shows any signs of decline.

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  2/2/2024 - Joelene wrote: 89 Points

  Good…

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  1/17/2024 - Loathesome Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Despite being a cru bougeois and 23 years old still very dark red, intense high extract. Loads of fruit and still some tannins but a little one dimensional. Typical 2000 intensity and could go on for years.

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  9/23/2022 - roederer wrote: 89 Points

  Souvenir émouvant de mon père, qui nous a transmis quelques belles caisses de bordeaux avant sa mort...
  
  Très beau bouchon, intact.
  Rubis lumineux, légèrement orangé
  Au nez, fruits rouges et noirs, terre... le charme profond du cabernet-sauvignon et le gouleyant du merlot, un peu amortis par le temps. Pas excessivement complexe.
  
  En bouche, je l'ai trouvé étonnamment doux à l'ouverrture, quoique absolument sans sucre. Après aération apparaissent des tannins bien présents et tapissants. Bonne longueur, agréable fraîcheur... Il est meilleur en bouche qu'au nez.
  
  Au total, ce vin offre tout ce que l'on attend d'un bon bordeaux, mais rien de plus. Son classement de cru bourgeois me semble parfaitement idoine (à supposer que mon avis à ce sujet ait un intérêt quelconque).
  
  Un peu âgé, il est vrai... une vieille dame de la haute société, d'éducation parfaite, très élégante sans aucune affectation, mais ayant de la présence et de la repartie - comme certaine grande Dame que l'Angleterre vient de perdre.
  
  À boire sans urgence ; il ne s'améliorera plus.
  Ne pas décanter, à mon avis, il s'ouvre rapidement ; lui laisser tout de même quelques minutes de respiration dans le verre.

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  4/8/2022 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points

  2/2, excellent cork. Decanted 1/2 hr.
  Deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Nose shows black and red berry fruit, quite developed with smoke, mineral, soil. Touch of meat. Medium bodied, cool dark fruit, smoke, touch of gravel, reasonably deep with soft tannins, fresh acids, good length finish with a touch of grip but no sandiness. Excellent quality authentic claret, at its peak I would say but with time still - now to 2030ish.

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