2000 Wine and Port Vintage
Vintage Summary and Recommendations:
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It was a legendary year for Bordeaux, particularly in the Médoc, and prices are likely to still be running high. Burgundy, although not quite as dizzyingly great. Italy’s Barolo and Barbaresco also enjoyed a spectacular year and there should be many examples of both still drinking very well. For Port, 2000 was one of the great years where most, if not all, major Port houses declared. Many of these wines will be drinking for decades to come and make an obvious choice for a gift for those who can afford. Both Armagnac and whisky are available from this year, and are likely to be drinking well.
Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:
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Bordeaux: The fabled millennium vintage produced wines that are of true greatness and longevity. They are characterised as being powerful and concentrated, with high tannins. The quality is due to ideal weather from the end of September; this allowed the grapes to develop thick skins from lack of moisture. For the first time in many years there was little rain in the harvest season allowing the skins to thicken further. This served to further concentrate the wines. These have evolved slowly and will continue to do so for decades to come, making them an excellent idea for a 23 year old wine gift for a birthday or anniversary whether to drink now or keep for future drinking.
Champagne: Spring began well with excellent growth showing by the end of April beginning of May and flowering in early June. Rainfall in July was four times higher than average and a hailstorm hit, destroying many vines but August was sunny and dry. The wet weather though meant vines were slow to and acidity was low by end of August but good weather throughout September helped ripen the fruit more fully and the sugar and acid levels were registering about 9.5° and 10°, and 7.5 and 8 respectively, so things looked up. The vintage started in mid-September and the sun shone for the duration of the picking which lasted two weeks, and the harvest remained of remarkable quality from beginning to end.
Italian: 2000 was one of the finest post-war vintages for Piedmont wines. The wines are still tannic and youthful, and will last for many years to come.
Portugal: The 2000 Vintage was the first to be declared in the 21st century and will be remembered for the immense concentration of its wines and for the small quantities produced. The wines show tremendous promise, with intense berry fruit aromas and full-bodied structure. They should remain at their peak between now and 2040 at the very least, if kept well.
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