A Pair of 2000's

[RPCV]

With filet and truffle butter, roasted brussel sprouts and baked potatoes:

2000 Lagrange

What a beauty and in the zone. PnP, perfect cork. Not be the highest scoring Bordeaux, but it was the perfect accompaniment to the meal. Nothing out of place. Wonderful wine; soaring aromatics, beautiful palate and a hang-glide finish. A four star effort.

2000 Haut Bailly

What a contrast this was... the first bottle was off: thin and watery. Dumped. A second bottle was better. A little gravel, dusty tannin. Not our favorite. A three star effort with the caveat that both these bottles may be off.

[Nicklasss]

Like that report on a Lagrange. A wine i always enjoy. The 1990 has been epic in the past.

I think i have only some 2016 left.

[JimHow]

Mmm great update RP, we drank many 2000 Lagranges from half bottles upon release and we knew it was a beauty.

[stefan]

I have also enjoyed 2000 Lagrange. There are so many excellent 2000 (I have not drunk Haut-Bailly).

[JoelD]

Sadly I think both your bottles of the Haut Bailly were off. I've had that wine a couple times in as many years and its a great classic Bordeaux. Not a ton of fruit left, very structured but balanced. They do tend to have somewhat dusty tannins but not overpowering.

The 1990 recently was even better though. Beautiful dark fruit.