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I’ve never been much of a Bordeaux fan but this was a great wine. Tons of complexity and was very pleased it was a clean wine! Got the graphite/pencil lead notes that I was hoping for.
I’ve never been much of a Bordeaux fan but this was a great wine. Tons of complexity and was very pleased it was a clean wine! Got the graphite/pencil lead notes that I was hoping for.
Heck of a hosting by @Weston Eidson last night for the City Club wine group. All wines were tasted blind.
Cerebral and spectacular. Best Bordeaux I’ve had. A stunning showing at 19yrs young. I called this early 2000s Bordeaux but actually thought it was Right Bank...there is a gorgeous medley of soft and ripe dark blue and black fruit here. Not juicy, but more floral and expressive. Palate was lifted with fantastic structure and softened tannins (thanks to 4hrs in the decanter). Pipe tobacco but hardly any herbal or leather notes. The softness of this wine is what made it a star. Flavor without being dense. Co WOTN.
Heck of a hosting by @Weston Eidson last night for the City Club wine group. All wines were tasted blind.
Cerebral and spectacular. Best Bordeaux I’ve had. A stunning showing at 19yrs young. I called this early 2000s Bordeaux but actually thought it was Right Bank...there is a gorgeous medley of soft and ripe dark blue and black fruit here. Not juicy, but more floral and expressive. Palate was lifted with fantastic structure and softened tannins (thanks to 4hrs in the decanter). Pipe tobacco but hardly any herbal or leather notes. The softness of this wine is what made it a star. Flavor without being dense. Co WOTN.
Dark black fruit with aromas of tar to back and leather on the mouth good mid plate lots of acid black fruit. With four hours in the decanter can see it will one day be lovely but needs another ten years
Dark black fruit with aromas of tar to back and leather on the mouth good mid plate lots of acid black fruit. With four hours in the decanter can see it will one day be lovely but needs another ten years
I've never felt the 2000 vintage lived up to its billing and this is a perfect example. Good but not great. At 15 years, it should be more expressive and multidimensional. I'd like to check in five or ten years to see if it progresses from this point. I'm not so sure.
I've never felt the 2000 vintage lived up to its billing and this is a perfect example. Good but not great. At 15 years, it should be more expressive and multidimensional. I'd like to check in five or ten years to see if it progresses from this point. I'm not so sure.
Pessac-Léognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France
