Château La Tour Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 2000

Name: Château La Tour Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Château La Tour Haut Brion
Price: 1237.07 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2000

critic reviews

91/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

Good ruby-red. Nose shows a roasted ripeness: plum, redcurrant, chocolate and tobacco. Sweet, fat and superripe, with complex, expressive flavors of plum, redcurrant, meat, tomato, mocha and tobacco. Finishes with big, dusty tannins and sweet, lingering flavors.

date of review 05/2003

92/100Robert Parker,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 52% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the sexy, complex, fragrant 2000 La Tour Haut-Brion is the finest wine made under the ownership of the Dillon family and their brilliant administrator, Jean-Bernard Delmas. The vintage yielded fabulous raw materials, the vineyard is older, and more young vine Merlot is making it into the blend, thus fattening up what was once a herbaceous, more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated wine. The dense purple-colored 2000 boasts a gorgeously sweet perfume of plums, black currants, tobacco, and a hint of olives. Sweet, ripe, and medium to full-bodied, with terrific richness, purity, and copious tannin, this is the finest La Tour Haut-Brion since the 1982. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020.

DRINKING WINDOW 2007 - 2020

date of review 04/2003