CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000
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2000

CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 2000

Wine 2000 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac

The year 2000 was vegetative and relatively early with an above-average sum of temperatures and normal rainfall. The humidity of late May and early June favored the appearance of mildew, but the vigilance of the vineyard technicians was not faulted. The end of the summer was characterized by good weather conditions, with a hot and dry month of August and September which produced extremely ripe grapes.
Château Lafite Rothschild 2000 has a very dark color with purplish reflections. The aromas of this Premier Cru Classé are sumptuous and captivating. The palate is both powerful and of great finesse, with a remarkable tannic base and length.

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100 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Well, well, well - Lafite Rothschild does it again. Ever since manager Charles Chevalier was transferred from his beloved Sauternes property of Rieussec (also owned by the Rothschilds) to Lafite in 1994, there has been a succession of profound wines to emerge from this noble estate. The 2000 Lafite Rothschild, a blend of 93.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6.7% Merlot (only 36% of the crop made the grade) has an opaque ruby/purple color, followed by an extraordinary aromatic expression of liquid minerals/stones interwoven with the tell-tale graphite notes, mulberry, black currants, caramel, and tobacco. In the mouth, it is remarkably light on its feet, but somehow seems to pack intense flavors into layer upon layer of fruit and richness that cascade over the palate. A compelling wine, with extraordinary precision, great intensity, and a seamlessness in spite of what are obviously elevated levels of tannin, this wine was provocatively open and beautiful when tasted in January and February, but I am sure it will soon close down. The finish lasted a whopping 72 seconds! This is utterly fascinating stuff. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2050.
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99 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider May - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
2000 is bottled elegance. The wine has a beautiful sense of refinement, balance, silky tannins and layers of sweet, soft, red fruits that do not want to quit. This is one of the few vintages of Lafite that is better on the palate than it is on the nose. This is an incredible tasting experience that is only getting started. Unless you have a case and you cannot wait to dig in, give it a few more years in the cellar. With time, perhaps a decade or so, this will probably hit triple digits. Drink from 2025-2075.
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99 / 100
Wine Enthusiast January - 2003
Wine Enthusiast
 It is certainly almost black in color, while the new wood flavors are very present. But it shows an impressive restraint, leaving the power of the wine to be revealed over the years rather than immediately. 
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98 / 100
Falstaff February - 2019
Falstaff
 Dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate edge lightening. Black fruits, some plums, fine wood spice, fine chocolate, smoky minerals. On the palate completely embryonic, restrained, fine spice, still seems relatively strict and monolithic, present tannins, the fruit is established, nuances of fully ripe Cabernet Sauvignon, notes of cassis and blackberries, extract-sweet, well persistent, secure future potential, still has the first ripeness for drinking not quite achieved. The patience will be worth it.
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97 / 100
Jeannie Cho Lee
Jeannie Cho Lee
A glorious vintage that is expressive and beautiful after 2 hours of decanting. Lovely notes of violets, sweet spices and herbs with cedar notes. Lifted and giving now but still very young - has many decades of life ahead. Much better bottle tasted at the chateau than the one tasted in Hong Kong a few weeks ago.
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19 / 20
La Revue du Vin de France
La Revue du Vin de France
19/20
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Vintage Wine  2000
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild

Château Lafite Rothschild, 1st growth in 1855, is one of Bordeaux's most famous chateaux. It shares with the greatest the top of the official classification of 1855. Located on the Pauillac appellation, the vineyard of 103 ha is divided into three parcels: the hills surrounding the Château, the Carruades plateau to the west and a parcel of 4.5 ha in the neighboring town of Saint-Estèphe. Most of the terroir is composed of fine and deep gravel mixed with Aeolian sand on a tertiary limestone bedrock. The grape varieties are 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vineyards of the great wine is 40 years, the 20 ha of young vines (less than 10 years) being used for the development of the second wine. There are also extremely old plots of over 80 years, one called "La Gravière" dating back to 1886. The maturation of the wine is carried out for 18 to 20 months in 100% new oak barrels. Lafite Rothschild produces about 15,000 to 20,000 cases per year. The estate also produces a second wine, the Carruades de Lafite, for around 25,000 to 30,000 cases. The name of the second wine of Chateau Lafite Rothschild of the "plateau Carruades, where stood a group of plots, which was bought by the castle in the nineteenth century, and which adjoined the rump Castle. The "Carruades de Lafite" were once called "Moulin des Carruades", then take the name, Carruades de Lafite.

The mythical vintages of Chateau Lafite Rothschild are 1921, 1945, 1959, 1982, 1986, 1988 and 2000, 2005 in recent years.

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