Vinous - Score: 89 (2003 May)

Good full deep red. Exotic aromas of black raspberry, baked plum, licorice and roasted meat. Lush, sweet, round and fat, with a mineral firmness in the middle. Still, this opulent 2000 doesn't have quite the verve of the 2001. Finishes with sweet tannins and very good persistence. "In the Northern Medoc, 2001 was better than 2000," asserts Bruno Duboscq.