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Haut Batailley 2000

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pauillac
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon/Merlot

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Tasting Notes

90+
Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book (4), December 2003

The 2000 Haut Batailley, served by Xavier Borie at Grand-Puy-Lacoste, showed a slight herbaceous note on the nose, accompanied by cedar and graphite aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with still quite tough tannins, foursquare in style and perhaps just missing a little persistence on the finish. As a big fan of this property, perhaps I was a little underwhelmed by this example and it was shown up by the superior 1995. Tasted July 2016.
Drink Date 2016 - 2032

88
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (231), June 2017
92
James Suckling, Wine Spectator (Mar 31, 03), March 2003
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One of the finest Haut-Batailleys ever made (it certainly rivals the 1996), this deep ruby/purple-colored wine is a beauty. Notes of raspberries, liquified minerals, cassis, and tobacco jump from the glass of this attractive, velvety-textured wine. Some tannin is there, but it is abundantly fruity, low in acidity, and is a quintessentially elegant style of Bordeaux. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2015.

90
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (146), April 2003
90/92
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (139), February 2002
88/89
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (134), April 2001
92
James Suckling, Wine Spectator Weekly (23 Jan 03), January 2003
89/91
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, January 2003
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