1 dozen bottles per lot
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THE VERY BEST CLARETS FROM THE 2000 VINTAGE
Taken out of professional temperature-controlled storage, these wines are excellent examples of Pauillac and Pomerol from this great vintage.
BORDEAUX 2000
"The growing season, as always in Bordeaux, was by no means straightforward. he New Year and spring were more than mild, with above-average temperatures in March, resulting in early bud burst. However, though the warmth continued in April and May, it was wet, flowering started 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 sun 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 was 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
Pétrus--Vintage 2000
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel
1 dozen bottles per lot
Taken out of professional temperature-controlled storage, these wines are excellent examples of Pauillac and Pomerol from this great vintage.
BORDEAUX 2000
"The growing season, as always in Bordeaux, was by no means straightforward. he New Year and spring were more than mild, with above-average temperatures in March, resulting in early bud burst. However, though the warmth continued in April and May, it was wet, flowering started 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 sun 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 was 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
Pétrus--Vintage 2000
Pomerol, cru exceptionnel
1 dozen bottles per lot