2000 Ch La Conseillante Pomerol - 1x300cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château la Conseillante
- Region Pomerol
- Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2019 - 2034
- Case size 1x300cl
- Available Now
2000 - Ch La Conseillante Pomerol - 1x300cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château la Conseillante
- Region Pomerol
- Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2019 - 2034
- Case size 1x300cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, April 2001
This is a great La Conseillante. Lots of lovely soft cherry fruit and a velvet texture.Very sensuous.
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Goedhuis, April 2001
This is a great La Conseillante. Lots of lovely soft cherry fruit and a velvet texture.Very sensuous.
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Neal Martin, May 2018, Score: 92
The 2000 La Conseillante is much broodier than the previous two vintages, 1998 and 1999. This demands encouragement from the glass, eventually opening with blackberry, briary, black truffle and terracotta scents. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly “furry” tannin. It is not as precise as say, the 2005 or 2010. There is impressive weight here, a concentrated and broad-shouldered La Conseillante, but what is missing is the finesse and poise that more recent vintages have shown. I find the millennial La Conseillante more impressive in its youth, though now it is just looking a little heavy-handed. Tasted at La Conseillante vertical at the property
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Robert Parker, June 2010, Score: 96
La Conseillante made an excellent wine in 2001, another great one in 2005, and the estate hit home runs in both 2008 and, above all, in 2009. In fact, the latter vintage may well end up being the modern-day reference point for La Conseillante. Nevertheless, there's a lot to be said for this2000. An elegant, gentle style that is never a blockbuster, the 2000 La Conseillante has a deep ruby/plum/purple color and an unbelievably expressive nose of sweet kirsch liqueur intermixed with raspberries, incense, toast, and licorice. Full-bodied yet ethereal in the sense that it seems to combine power along with eloquence and delicacy, this is a beautifully pure wine that has just hit its plateau of full maturity, although ideally I think it would benefit strongly from another 4-5 years of bottle age and drink well for two to three decades.
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Robert Parker, April 2003, Score: 96
A tremendous effort, and certainly the best La Conseillante since the marvelous duo of 1989 and 1990, this deep ruby/plum/purple-colored wine offers up notes of blackberries and kirsch liqueur intermixed with licorice, incense, spice box, and copious amounts of toasty oak. It is a relatively powerful effort for La Conseillante, with more tannin and structure than most vintages possess. As the wine sits in the glass, black raspberries, blueberries, smoke along with floral notes emerge. There is tremendous purity, medium to full body, great precision and concentration. Unlike most vintages of La Conseillante, the 2000 will require patience. A bottle kept open refused to oxidize until day six! Anticipated maturity: 2008-2025.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2001, Score: 17
Exotic topnotes on a certain woodiness. Tough tannins; less creamy and soft than usual.
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Clive Coates, June 2001
Very good colour. Rich, fat and concentrated on the nose. More structure than usual. There is very lovely profound, ripe fruit here. Quite some tannin but these are very, very ripe. Balanced by very good acidity. Very classy. Very long. Lovely fragrant finish. Very fine. Much better than the 1998. From 2010.
Region
Pomerol
The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.
