11 BOTTLES PER LOT
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CHâTEAU CALON-SéGUR--VINTAGE 2000
SAINT-ESTèPHE, 3ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: A DENSE, TRADITIONALLY CRAFTED WINE FOR THOSE WITH PATIENCE, THE 2000 CALON-SéGUR RIVALS THE ESTATE'S FINEST WINES OF THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE 1995, 1988, AND 1982. BUT BE FOREWARNED, THIS WINE HAS ALREADY CLOSED DOWN, SOMETHING TOTALLY IN CHARACTER WITH ALL TOP VINTAGES FROM THIS ESTATE. THIS BLEND OF 60 CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 30 MERLOT, AND 10 CABERNET FRANC EXHIBITS A PLUM/PURPLE COLOUR ALONG WITH GORGEOUS AROMAS OF CREOSOTE INTERMIXED WITH SPRING FLOWERS, BLACK CHERRIES, CASSIS, LIQUORICE, AND STONY, LIQUID MINERALS. A POWERFUL, TANNIC, FULL-BODIED AND OPULENT WINE, IT POSSESSES CONSIDERABLE STRUCTURE THAT IS REASONABLY WELL-CONCEALED BY CONSIDERABLE GLYCERIN AND INTENSITY. LOOK FOR IT TO BE AT ITS BEST BETWEEN 2012-2040. PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE! 94 POINTS, ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 146, APRIL 2003.
11 BOTTLES PER LOT
SAINT-ESTèPHE, 3ME CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: A DENSE, TRADITIONALLY CRAFTED WINE FOR THOSE WITH PATIENCE, THE 2000 CALON-SéGUR RIVALS THE ESTATE'S FINEST WINES OF THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE 1995, 1988, AND 1982. BUT BE FOREWARNED, THIS WINE HAS ALREADY CLOSED DOWN, SOMETHING TOTALLY IN CHARACTER WITH ALL TOP VINTAGES FROM THIS ESTATE. THIS BLEND OF 60 CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 30 MERLOT, AND 10 CABERNET FRANC EXHIBITS A PLUM/PURPLE COLOUR ALONG WITH GORGEOUS AROMAS OF CREOSOTE INTERMIXED WITH SPRING FLOWERS, BLACK CHERRIES, CASSIS, LIQUORICE, AND STONY, LIQUID MINERALS. A POWERFUL, TANNIC, FULL-BODIED AND OPULENT WINE, IT POSSESSES CONSIDERABLE STRUCTURE THAT IS REASONABLY WELL-CONCEALED BY CONSIDERABLE GLYCERIN AND INTENSITY. LOOK FOR IT TO BE AT ITS BEST BETWEEN 2012-2040. PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE! 94 POINTS, ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE 146, APRIL 2003.
11 BOTTLES PER LOT
Special notice
Offered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.