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Potensac 2000

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Médoc
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc

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Tasting Notes

In my report on the 2000 vintage in issue #146 (dated 4-23-03), I forgot to include my review of the 2000 Potensac. It is a beautiful sleeper of the vintage. Rich and concentrated, it may be the finest Potensac since the 1982.

89
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (149), October 2003
88
James Suckling, Wine Spectator (Mar 31, 03), March 2003

Owned and made by Leoville Lascases, this is one moderately-priced 2000 that needs a little more time in bottle to open out. An impressively deep colour and good concentration of fruit; this is a serious wine that will deliver the goods in a few years time.

89
Farr Vintners, Blind 2000 Tasting 23/5/03, June 2003
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A deep ruby/purple color is followed by abundant aromas of sweet black currant fruit, spice box, and earth. Elegant, stylish, and moderately tannic, this 2000 should be at its finest between 2004-2011

87/88
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (139), February 2002

With yields of 35 hectoliters per hectare, and a selection process that assured only 60% of the crop went into this cru bourgeois, Potensac sets the standard for its peers. Owned by the Delon family of Leoville-Las-Cases, it has been a noteworthy offering for more than two decades. The elegant, fresh, deep ruby/purple-colored 2000 reveals a grapy, red currant, black cherry, mineral, earth, and wood-scented bouquet. It will be long-lived for a wine of its class. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2015.

87/88
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (134), April 2001
89/91
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, January 2003
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