2000 Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux, Bordeaux

2000 Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux, Bordeaux

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2000 Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux, Bordeaux

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"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years, this textured, rich, medium to full-bodied 2000 boasts a dark, ruby/purple color in addition to a knock out nose of black cherries, cassis, tobacco leaf, cocoa and toasty oak in the background. The wine is sweet on the attack, full-bodied and well-textured with oodles of fruit and glycerin. This is sexy stuff that can be drunk early. but will age gracefully for 15-16 years.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2003

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Wine Advocate90-100/100
"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years, this textured, rich, medium to full-bodied 2000 boasts a dark, ruby/purple color in addition to a knock out nose of black cherries, cassis, tobacco leaf, cocoa and toasty oak in the background. The wine is sweet on the attack, full-bodied and well-textured with oodles of fruit and glycerin. This is sexy stuff that can be drunk early. but will age gracefully for 15-16 years.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2003 Read more
Robert Parker90-100/100
"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years, this textured, rich, medium to full-bodied 2000 boasts a dark, ruby/purple color in addition to a knock out nose of black cherries, cassis, tobacco leaf, cocoa and toasty oak in the background. The wine is sweet on the attack, full-bodied and well-textured with oodles of fruit and glycerin. This is sexy stuff that can be drunk early. but will age gracefully for 15-16 years.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2003 Read more

About this WINE

Chateau Prieure-Lichine

Chateau Prieure-Lichine

Château Prieuré-Lichine, a large 4ème Cru Classé Margaux estate, is one of the most fragmented in the Médoc with as many as 40 separate parcels of vines scattered throughout the Margaux appellation. Prieuré-Lichine was purchased in 1951 by the great Bordeaux visionary Alexis Lichine - he improved the quality of the wines through investing heavily in new vineyards and by modernising the vinification techniques. He died in 1989 and the estate is now run by his son Sacha, with guru oenologist Michel Rolland acting as consultant.

Prieuré-Lichine has 68 hectares of vineyards and the wine is typically a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. It is matured in oak barriques (40% new) for 18 months.

Prieuré-Lichine's relatively high Merlot content gives the wine suppleness and elegance with the wines from the best years possessing a beautifully perfumed nose with a firm structure and good depth of fruit on the palate.

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Margaux

Margaux

If Pauillac can be seen as the bastion of ‘traditional’ Red Bordeaux, then Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are among Bordeaux’s most sensual and alluring. It is the largest commune in the Médoc, encompassing the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to Margaux itself. Located in the centre of the Haut-Médoc, Margaux is the closest of the important communes to the city of Bordeaux.

The soils in Margaux are the lightest and most gravelly of the Médoc, with some also containing a high percentage of sand. Vineyards located in Cantenac and Margaux make up the core of the appelation with the best vineyard sites being located on well-drained slopes, whose lighter soils give Margaux its deft touch and silky perfumes. Further away from the water, there is a greater clay content and the wines are less dramatically perfumed.

Margaux is the most diffuse of all the Médoc appelations with a reputation for scaling the heights with irreproachable wines such as Ch. Margaux and Ch. Palmer, but also plumbing the depths, with too many other châteaux not fulfilling their potential. There has been an upward shift in recent years, but the appellation cannot yet boast the reliability of St Julien. However, the finest Margaux are exquisitely perfumed and models of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.

Recommended Châteaux: Ch. Margaux, Ch. Palmer, Ch. Brane-Cantenac, Ch. Rauzan-Ségla , Ch. Dufort-Vivens, Ch. Ferrière, Ch. du Tertre, Ch. Giscours, Ch. d'Angludet.

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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