1 dozen bottles per lot
细节
THE 2000 VINTAGE IN BORDEAUX *** 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, though the warmth continued in April and May, it was wet, flowering 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 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 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
Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 2000
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé
"This wine has put on weight and, as impressive as it was from cask, it is even more brilliant from bottle. Only 35 of the crop made it into the 2000 Leoville Las Cases, a blend of 76.8 Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.4 Merlot, and 8.8 Cabernet Franc. The wine is truly profound, with an opaque purple color and a tight but promising nose of vanilla, sweet cherry liqueur, black currants, and licorice in a dense, full-bodied, almost painfully rich, intense style with no hard edges. This seamless classic builds in the mouth, with a finish that lasts over 60 seconds. Still primary, yet extraordinarily pure, this compelling wine, which continues to build flavor intensity and exhibit additional layers of texture, is a tour de force in winemaking and certainly one of the great Leoville Las Cases. In another sense, it symbolizes pays homage to proprietor Michel Delon, who passed away in 2000. Michel has been succeeded by his son, Jean-Hubert, another perfectionist. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2040." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #146 (Apr 2003)
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, though the warmth continued in April and May, it was wet, flowering 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 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 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
Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 2000
Saint-Julien, 2me cru classé
"This wine has put on weight and, as impressive as it was from cask, it is even more brilliant from bottle. Only 35 of the crop made it into the 2000 Leoville Las Cases, a blend of 76.8 Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.4 Merlot, and 8.8 Cabernet Franc. The wine is truly profound, with an opaque purple color and a tight but promising nose of vanilla, sweet cherry liqueur, black currants, and licorice in a dense, full-bodied, almost painfully rich, intense style with no hard edges. This seamless classic builds in the mouth, with a finish that lasts over 60 seconds. Still primary, yet extraordinarily pure, this compelling wine, which continues to build flavor intensity and exhibit additional layers of texture, is a tour de force in winemaking and certainly one of the great Leoville Las Cases. In another sense, it symbolizes pays homage to proprietor Michel Delon, who passed away in 2000. Michel has been succeeded by his son, Jean-Hubert, another perfectionist. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2040." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #146 (Apr 2003)
1 dozen bottles per lot