Carmes Haut Brion 2000

Pessac-Leognan

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Tasting Notes
This is a slight upgrade for this wine, which seems to be approaching full maturity but is in no danger of losing fruit or declining for at least another 10 years. It is one of the most elegant wines of the vintage, with an ethereal nose of red and blue fruits, spring flowers, and hints of bay leaf and graphite, while unsmoked cigar tobacco and plum also make an appearance in the strikingly complex aromatics and flavors. The wine is medium-bodied, not a blockbuster by any means, but a wine of terrific balance, purity, symmetry, and style. Drink it over the next 20 years. Score: 94 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2010-2030 01 June 2010
Gorgeous wine. Very ripe, with exotic fruit and smoky, earthy undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine tannins and a long finish. Much better than what I tasted from barrel. Best after 2006. 2,000 cases made. Score: 90 James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2006+ 31 March 2003
At en primeur: a gorgeous wine. A seamless silky cassis nose. Very pure nose and palate. Burnt toast and cooked meat. Great complexity with fine depth and balance. Voluptuous sensual wine. Then at the UGC in November 2002: very rich, high-toned nose with notes of cassis and prunes. Very rich and generous on the smooth, classy palate. Raspberry and white pepper notes; structured with well-integrated tannins. Very long. A superb wine, which should last years. Score: 93 - 95 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 November 2002
Medium bright ruby. Superripe, liqueur-like aromas of red berries, roast coffee, tobacco and roasted stones. Chewy, very intense, slightly roasted flavors fill the mouth. Almost exotically ripe. Finishes with big, chewy tannins and excellent persistence. A very strong vintage for this wine. Score: 89 - 92 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2001

Tasting Notes

This is a slight upgrade for this wine, which seems to be approaching full maturity but is in no danger of losing fruit or declining for at least another 10 years. It is one of the most elegant wines of the vintage, with an ethereal nose of red and blue fruits, spring flowers, and hints of bay leaf and graphite, while unsmoked cigar tobacco and plum also make an appearance in the strikingly complex aromatics and flavors. The wine is medium-bodied, not a blockbuster by any means, but a wine of terrific balance, purity, symmetry, and style. Drink it over the next 20 years.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2010-2030 01 June 2010

Gorgeous wine. Very ripe, with exotic fruit and smoky, earthy undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine tannins and a long finish. Much better than what I tasted from barrel. Best after 2006. 2,000 cases made.

Score: 90

James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2006+ 31 March 2003

At en primeur: a gorgeous wine. A seamless silky cassis nose. Very pure nose and palate. Burnt toast and cooked meat. Great complexity with fine depth and balance. Voluptuous sensual wine. Then at the UGC in November 2002: very rich, high-toned nose with notes of cassis and prunes. Very rich and generous on the smooth, classy palate. Raspberry and white pepper notes; structured with well-integrated tannins. Very long. A superb wine, which should last years.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 November 2002

Medium bright ruby. Superripe, liqueur-like aromas of red berries, roast coffee, tobacco and roasted stones. Chewy, very intense, slightly roasted flavors fill the mouth. Almost exotically ripe. Finishes with big, chewy tannins and excellent persistence. A very strong vintage for this wine.

Score: 89 - 92

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2001

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