Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Opened and left in the cellar for 4 hours and then decanted and served. I was wary of this wine as some 2000’s have been tight and unyielding.

Served with lamb shanks, stone ground parmesan polenta and balsamic-roasted brussel sprouts. Indeed, a very nice pairing.

Nice ruby core. Looks primary but does have a slight bricked rim. Aromas of dark fruits, tobacco leaf, leather, dust and gravel. Taste follows the nose of dark fruits and tobacco with a nice bead of acidity to stretch things out on the finish. A generous wine with very fine tannins and length. Drinking beautifully and then…..mid-way through the second glass it tightened up. These 2000’s are still an enigma to me. The tannins were fine, but the finish was clipped and the nose went into a shell. Still a teenager searching for the proper drinking window.

I’ve got a few more of these and will Andouze the next one for 8-10 hours to see if that helps consistency in performance throught the bottle's consumption. A solid 4-star effort and very true to its Graves heritage.

Most of the 2000s I have drunk recently are in their "plateau of maturity", but none have peaked. Saturday night we drank 2000 Clerc-Milon, which went well with a pot roast. Having said that, I'll add that it was not as forward or as good as the 1996 Ducru-Beaucaillou that preceded it.

I hear you on the 2000 vintage, RP, I haven’t had many in recent years but it is a vintage that has yet to achieve the greatness once predicted of it as far as I can tell. But… maybe still too premature to make any final conclusions.

Last time I had this wine was in August in London when Joel was here.

It was brilliant - I don’t remember it tightening up but I do remember it running rings around a by comparison out of sorts 2005 Haut-Bailly - iirc I gave the 2000 94 pts

The 2014 La Gaffeliere was lovely with Easter lamb yesterday, the 2012 Jadot Clos du Ursules was the usual tannic pain, does that wine ever come around? We also had a nice 2022 Servin Chablis and the old mainstay, Felsina Chianti, from 2020.

I have not had many bottles of 2000 Bordeaux, but the one that I thought was really singing was the Leoville Poyferre.

Jim, agree on the 2020 Felsina. I am well into my second case.

Those $20 basic Berardenga chiantis from Felsina are about as good a QPR as you'll find out there, Jon.