Its bigger sister, the 2000 Haut-Brion (a blend of 51% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc) showed incredibly at the tasting, and for me is one of the three or four most prodigious wines of the vintage. A compelling nose of roasted herbs, scorched earth, sweet blueberries, plums, black currants, and a hint of graphite is followed by a deep, layered, sumptuously textured, full-bodied Haut-Brion, but one with extraordinary complexity. This wine seems more evolved and approachable than I had expected it to be at age 10. My window of maturity seven years ago was 2012-2040, but I would change that to 2010-2050.
2000 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 750ml
2000 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 750ml
2000 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 750ml
2000 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 750ml
$850.00
$925.00
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Grape/Blend
Pairing
Beef and Venison
Tasting notes
Really ripe, with a powerful berry and marmalade character on the nose. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. Very fresh and fine. Almost classic. Not the fabulous 1998 Haut-Brion, but damn good.
Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index?s 2000 tasting in London. A pure, finely tuned, delineated nose with touches of leather, clove and mint embroidered into the black brambly fruit, wisps of espresso with time. The palate is full-bodied with firm, grippy tannins, very good weight but quite austere and straight-laced. Good acidity though, touches of graphite and smoke towards the weighty finish that loosens up with time. Pencil lead on the aftertaste with breathtaking persistency. Classy?very classy, perhaps more so than La Mission at the moment, although in the long-term?we will see. Drink 2015-2045. Tasted March 2010.
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