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WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Jason Hagen » Mon May 28, 2007 11:55 pm

2000 Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion Pessac-Leognan
This wine is still a baby and uninvolved. Subtle earth, leather and dried fruits on the nose. This is just a young/mid-aged Bordeaux. These rarely excite me at this stage. The wine seems to have the stuffing to mature into a beauty. The background fruit is hidden by the acids and tannin. The finish is long but at this stage the wine doesn’t excite me. I will wait another 7-10 years before popping another. I am hopeful that this wine will be worth the wait.

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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Brian K Miller » Tue May 29, 2007 2:28 am

Thanks for the note! I had one of these earlier this month, and it seemed fairly ripe, complex, open, and interesting. Your note makes me think I coulda-shoulda waited! Still-I really did enjoy it, and I was planning on buying another bottle. Maybe put it down this time? It didn't seem "closed," but the potential is there!
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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Jason Hagen » Tue May 29, 2007 9:51 am

Brian K Miller wrote:I was planning on buying another bottle. Maybe put it down this time? It didn't seem "closed," but the potential is there!

I agree the wine is not "closed". It is showing well, particularly with food. I just think it will be more "interesting" down the road. I had the 98 recently as well and it was showing well too. Nice wines and it looks like they have held their prices.

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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Jenise » Wed May 30, 2007 8:59 am

This wine is still a baby and uninvolved.


So it would be free to date if only it were old enough? :) Sounds promising. This is a Bordeaux I've yet to have any vintage of, and one I keep telling myself to buy. Every time I read a TN, I think "that's my kind of wine." Btw, didn't realize you were into Bordeaux.
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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Brian K Miller » Wed May 30, 2007 10:43 am

Like I think I've mentioned, this wine was recommended to me by a wine shop in Kensigton, CA that introduced me to affordable Bordeaux, and I trust their taste.

The only caveat: the INFAMOUS :lol: M. Rolland is involved with this wine. Still-it tasted nothing like a New World Cab to me. :)

I will definitely be making a stop on Arlington Blvd to pick up a couple more!
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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Jason Hagen » Wed May 30, 2007 10:52 am

Jenise wrote: Btw, didn't realize you were into Bordeaux.


I dabble :) This is probably the last vintage I bought a lot of. I always pick up a few to keep in the cellar...or to wedge in between the Pinot/Burg bottles so that they don't fall :) I do love "old world" Bordeaux ... but man they take a long time to show the special stuff.

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Re: WTN: 2000 Larrivet Haut Brion

by Jason Hagen » Wed May 30, 2007 10:57 am

Brian K Miller wrote:The only caveat: the INFAMOUS :lol: M. Rolland is involved with this wine. Still-it tasted nothing like a New World Cab to me. :)


Oh yeah...I forgot to disclose that. I am not sure what year he came on...I am thinking late 90s...ahhh I really don't know. But as you say, I don't think this 2000 is a dead ringer for a Rolland wine. Nor was the 98 IMHO. They are more like a relatively forward “old world” Bordeaux.

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