Chateau Clos Dubreuil 2000

WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Chocolate fudge, truffle, cherries and mint scents open to a mature, soft, plush textured wine with a sweet, black cherry, licorice and dark chocolate finish. Produced from a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine was aged in 100% new, French oak. This is drinking in prime time today."

WINEADVOCATE: "This sexy, opulent 2000 St.-Emilion has reached full maturity. It possesses a dense purple color to the rim along with loads of mulberry, creme de cassis, kirsch, espresso, and smoky, toasty oak characteristics, a full-bodied, sumptuous/opulent texture, silky tannins, and abundant flavor complexity. Drink it over the next 8-10 years."

WEINWISSER: "Sattes, leuchtendes Purpur-Rubin. Pfeffriges, schön gewürztes Bouquet, Tabak, Lorbeer, ein Spiel zwischen roten und blauen Beeren, Rumtopf-Früchte. Im Gaumen süss, rund und harmonisch, wahnsinnige Intensität in der Süsse, Gerbstoffe, Pflaumentöne, Edelhölzer, ein Touch Mokka im langen Finale, Textur innen noch mit feinkörnigen Tanninen, zu viel Holz eingesetzt?"