Two 2000 crus bourgeois
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:54 am
Inaugurated our new dining room with a good, uncomplicated summer meal and some vino .
2005 Château Robin, Côtes de Castillon was rich and plummy, pretty primary and good (no oak showing and not much length).
2000 Château Beaumont, Haut-Médoc: This is drinking well now. It has nice tertiary blackcurrant characteristics, but seems a little thin. Still, a fine Médoc in a minor key.
2000 Château Lannessan, Haut Médoc: I've long liked this estate, an inexpensive old-fashioned wine. However, it let me down this time. Nondescript, lacklustre, boring. I doubt it'll improve further, but I have one more bottle and will give it another chance in 3 years or so.
The above confirms that many 2000 Bordeaux - other than the finest great growths, of course - are fine to drink now.
I look forward to reading about comparative tastings of the latter wines on the Internet because 2000 is kind of my swan song: the last fine vintage I have any quantity of, and I'm not getting any younger .
So, I'm very interested in knowing when they'll be ready to drink!
All the best,
Alex R.
2005 Château Robin, Côtes de Castillon was rich and plummy, pretty primary and good (no oak showing and not much length).
2000 Château Beaumont, Haut-Médoc: This is drinking well now. It has nice tertiary blackcurrant characteristics, but seems a little thin. Still, a fine Médoc in a minor key.
2000 Château Lannessan, Haut Médoc: I've long liked this estate, an inexpensive old-fashioned wine. However, it let me down this time. Nondescript, lacklustre, boring. I doubt it'll improve further, but I have one more bottle and will give it another chance in 3 years or so.
The above confirms that many 2000 Bordeaux - other than the finest great growths, of course - are fine to drink now.
I look forward to reading about comparative tastings of the latter wines on the Internet because 2000 is kind of my swan song: the last fine vintage I have any quantity of, and I'm not getting any younger .
So, I'm very interested in knowing when they'll be ready to drink!
All the best,
Alex R.