The Wine Club Saturday Tasting: 2000 Bordeaux incl Margaux 2004/03/28

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2000	Angelique de Monbousquet, St. Emilion Unusual Syrah type spicy nose, raspberry, floral - so - ws	19.99	****
2000	Chateau Monbousquet, St. Emilion wonderful balance, coffee, blackberry, dusty, long finish - so - ws	99.99	*****
2000	Chateau Trotanoy, Pomerol tremendously complex, wonderful fruit, earth, oak, long finish - so - ws	149.99	*****
2000	Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol full body, plum, black fruit, silky. - so - ws	84.99	****
2000	Haut-Bages Averous, Pauillac sweet, minty, sage, cherry, soft - so - ws	32.99	***
2000	Chateau Lagrange, St. Julien cherry, raspberry, cassis, more red fruit than black. Soft tannin - so - ws	48.99	****
2000	Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac smoky, currant, black fruit, balanced, long finish. I had thought this was a powerful wine in a previous tasting a few months' back. Now that I have tasted the rest of the 2000 Bordeauxs, this is nothing! - so - ws	59.99	****
2000	Chateau Margaux, Margaux blackcherry, sage, complex, balanced, soft tannins, med finish. I do not detect the 70-second finish as described by RP. I think this is outrageously overpriced. The Trotanoy is a somewhat better wine... so is the 2001 Caymus Special Selection. The notes may be skewed because I was poured the very last ounce of a bottle opened for a few hours. - so - ws	449.99	*****