Haut Batailley 2000

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Lyle Fass

Lyle Fass
I am still on the wagon. It blows, but I had a friend over the other night and I opened for her the 2000 Haut-Batailley. I spat my four sips over two hours. Wanted to taste a Bordeaux, due to all this Bordeaux debate on the interwebs. Well, it was a pretty dull wine indeed. The thing that stuck out was the lack of energy on the palate. There was a lack of purity, did not seem glossy, but seemed muted, but not muted as this was closed, but muted as this is what the wine is. Just mute wine. Light cherry, some ripe tannin, average acidity, a little tobacco and earth and just completely uninspiring. Maybe would have been better 5 years ago when the fruit was a little more present because the secondary here was not worth waiting around for.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Not that I'm in the b'x camp, but it's young for goodish 00s, que no?
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I opened this as a result of your note. Not young. Post mid-life crisis. Secondary flavors approaching a slow 5 year downward spiral ultimately leading to irrelevance. Barely relevant now.
 
Yes, sorry, I read Haut Bailly, which, to me, is in a different league. Your note is actually fairly validating for my take on the wine, especially considering your ITB experience. Though it unexciting, we were still able to enjoy it with the right food.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Yes, sorry, I read Haut Bailly, which, to me, is in a different league. Your note is actually fairly validating for my take on the wine, especially considering your ITB experience. Though it unexciting, we were still able to enjoy it with the right food.
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I would not touch 200 Haut-Bailly if I had any.

I can see food taming it a great deal.
 
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