2000 Clos Puy Arnaud

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  10/21/2018 - John Nezlek wrote: 88 Points

  Note: I use a scale on which 85 represents a very good wine.
  
  I suspect that my cellar is "slower" than others because I consistently find that wines that others have found to be past their prime are just fine, and that was certainly the case with this one.
  
  The cork was shot, but it had done its job. Nose was reserved. Fruit not pronounced, but the wine was not at all dry or flat. Very well balanced.
  
  Excellent entry level Bordeaux.

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  7/15/2015 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Sometimes it seems that in a mystical way the wine in my cellar finds me rather than the other way around. Since it's only loosely organized, kind of like Sam's basement in Chicago circa 1985, the cellar exerts a Ouija Board-like magic, a divining rod if you will, that guides me to the right wine on a given occasion.
  
  Tonight? Well the occasion was work-sucks-Wednesday, punctuated on the upside by a deliciously tender filet waiting for me when I got home. Thanks, Hon. A quick trip to the cellar produced this small gem. Almost unbelievably fragrant and expressive for the pedigree and age, the nose boasts ripe cassis and plummy fruit, earth, leather, cedar and tobacco. Medium bodied and in fine fettle from a balance perspective, clocking in at a believably labeled 13% ABV. Ripe, mature, but still holding its own. nicely. Disagree vehemently with other user opinions on drink dates, but this assumes good storage.

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  5/20/2012 - 52winelover wrote: 84 Points

  Weak, past prime

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  12/4/2010 - tsfab wrote: 87 Points

  Still with a significant amount of life. Good dark fruit. Nice with food.

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  11/24/2008 - ThMeyer wrote: 90 Points

  Great Bordeaux. Refined, great with food (lamb), dark cherries on the palate together with secondary aromas of leather. Great QPR.

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