$18. My first VinoCellar.com tasting note. Thanks for having me!Medium red with a tinge of purple. Upon opening, soaring nose that just retains enough Bordeaux character to not be confused with Cal Cab. Initially sweet black cherries, currants, violets, black pepper and a small amount of vanilla eminate from a black earth and tobacco core. With two hours in the decanter the earth tones become more prominent, pushing the fruit to a more supportive role. In the mouth it did somewhat of a reversal over time as well. First tastes saw a barely medium body showing redder fruits, a hint of earthiness, nice balance and prickly pear tannins that show from the time the wine hits your tongue till well into the rather distinguished finish. Displaying more elegance than power by a good margin, this wine is very disimmilar to the other good '00s I've had, namely the Haut-Bergey and the Reignac. With time it puts on a little more weight on the palate, but still does not show the dense fruit and body of the previous wines. This feels like a wine that will evolve reasonably quickly, more on par with some of the nice (meaning good but not great) '99s we've had. I would give it 5 years to try again as just some minor (ok, maybe a bit more than minor) tannin resolution might make this quite the nice little quaffer. At this point I would give it a range of 87 to 90 points.