The Wine Spot

A place to discuss different wines, and how we enjoy them.

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Chateau De La Vergnee, 2000 Bordeaux Superieur Reserve


Approximately $13/bottle

Here is an unbelievable find from a recent wine tasting at a local store. They actually hadn't had this wine open to taste, but I saw it on the shelf and asked the owner about it. He had told me that he had a few bottles in, and one customer, after trying a bottle, ordered a case. So, I did the same, I tried a bottle, and the next morning called him to tell him to put aside what he had remaining for me (9 bottles). There's more available, so I'll be probably ordering a case after the new year.
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This is a Bordeaux Superieur, Reserve. The Superieur being the better in that line, the Reserve normally set aside as the very best from this Chateau.

For those of you who don't know wines very well, or don't know much about Bordeaux's, they come from the SouthWest of France, in the Bordeaux region (do ya think?).
They are great red wines that age extremely well, and the two finest vintages (years of production) are 1969 and 2000.

This is a great link for learning more about Bordeaux wine.

This particular wine is still very young on the tongue, yet even at this immaturity, you can tell it's going to be an outstanding find for the price.
There is light cherry and black berry flavors at first, leaving with a finish that I can only describe as "Oh wow".

I took a bottle of this to our wine club Holiday party a few weeks ago, and it went over very well.

Give it a try.. at this price, it can't last long!