1 dozen bottles per lot
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The 2000 Vintage *** to *****
"The growing season, as always in Bordeaux, was by no means straightforward. The New Year and spring were more than mild, with above-average temperatures in March, resulting in early bud burst. However, thougth the warmth continued in April and May, it wa west, flwoing starting at the end of the month. The damp conditions continued through a depressingly cloudy and humid June and July. What saved the day (rather like 1978 though the heat and sunshine arrived a month earlier) was almost unbroken sunshine without rain from August through September, resulting in fine ripening conditions favouring the Merlot and, for those who waited and timed it right, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon.
Unquestionably, this wa a very good year, fairly uniform in quality with some really outstanding wines. No serious cellar should be without some decent 2000s." MB, Vintage Wine
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 2000
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In original wooden case
"Cask sample tasted March 2001: opaque, intense purple rim; crisp, fragrant, pronounced Cabernet Sauvignon aroma and flavour; sweet, wonderfully ripe, fleshy, extended, with dry leathery tannic finish. (****) Great wine with a long life ahead." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot
"The growing season, as always in Bordeaux, was by no means straightforward. The New Year and spring were more than mild, with above-average temperatures in March, resulting in early bud burst. However, thougth the warmth continued in April and May, it wa west, flwoing starting at the end of the month. The damp conditions continued through a depressingly cloudy and humid June and July. What saved the day (rather like 1978 though the heat and sunshine arrived a month earlier) was almost unbroken sunshine without rain from August through September, resulting in fine ripening conditions favouring the Merlot and, for those who waited and timed it right, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon.
Unquestionably, this wa a very good year, fairly uniform in quality with some really outstanding wines. No serious cellar should be without some decent 2000s." MB, Vintage Wine
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 2000
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
In original wooden case
"Cask sample tasted March 2001: opaque, intense purple rim; crisp, fragrant, pronounced Cabernet Sauvignon aroma and flavour; sweet, wonderfully ripe, fleshy, extended, with dry leathery tannic finish. (****) Great wine with a long life ahead." MB, Vintage Wine
1 dozen bottles per lot