This lot is comprised of 2 bottle(s) of 2000 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac and Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $800 - $1200 with a reserve of $600. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11830. Detailed lot - 1 bottle of 2000 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac (750ml), 1 bottle of 2000 Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac (750ml).
Condition
Please note the following conditions in this lot - In Neck on the bottle of 2000 Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac.
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Inspired by friends, he began collecting wine in 1990, focusing on Bordeaux and Tuscan vintages starting with1986 and 1988. To deepen his expertise, he completed formal training, subscribed to trade journals, and built an extensive reference library. He regularly attended private tastings and SAQ Courrier vinicole dinners, culminating in an SAQ trip to Bordeaux where he visited and tasted legendary Premier Grands Crus. He also put an unused wine cellar in his home to work housing his growing collection. The vast majority of this collection was purchased from the SAQ, LCBO Vintages, and a few bottles were sourced in Florida at ABC liquor. All bottles in his collection have been strictly stored in a dark, temperature- and humidity-controlled basement cellar using regularly maintained Transtherm and EuroCave units. To preserve their condition during transport to Iron Gate in Calgary, the bottles were packed in insulated styrofoam boxes to guard against light and shock.
2000 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 97 points, Wine Spectator 96 points, Jeb Dunnuck 96 points, James Suckling 95 points, Wine Enthusiast 95 points. This is the tasting note for 2000 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac from Robert Parker - Beginning to open magnificently, the still dense purple-colored 2000 reveals a blossoming bouquet of blackberries, cassis, graphite and pen ink. Full-bodied with velvety tannins that have resolved themselves beautifully over the last eleven years, this wine is still an adolescent, but it exhibits admirable purity, texture, mouthfeel and power combined with elegance. One of the all-time great examples of Lynch Bages, the 2000 is just beginning to drink well yet promises to last for another 20-25+ years.. 2000 Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - Jeb Dunnuck 98 points, The Wine Advocate 97 points, Jeannie Cho Lee (formerly Asian Palate) 97 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 97 points. This is the tasting note for 2000 Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac from Robert Parker - The 2000 Chateau Pichon Baron is just getting better and better and better. Perhaps the magnum format played its part, but nevertheless...just...wow. This is a millennial Left Bank with the keys to the top drawer. It has an incredibly precise, mineral-driven bouquet with intense black fruit infused with cedar and graphite scents. It just reeks of Pauillac in an almost uncompromising, yet compelling manner. The palate is structured, stylish and effortless, extraordinarily pure and unerringly youthful. This is a Pichon Baron saying, You ain't seen nothing yet. You could broach this now if you wanted, but the clever people will wisely bunker this for another decade and gloat from 2025 onward. Tasted January 2016.
