Online Fine Wine Tasting - Bordeaux Grand Cru Classe Horizontal 2000 Vintage

Join us for a special single-evening fine wine tasting of 6 Bordeaux wines from the 2000 vintage on Tuesday 8th September 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

This wonderful tasting uncorks a line up of superb mature Bordeaux all hailing from the highly-acclaimed 2000 vintage now with 20 years of development. All six wines tasted are of Grand Cru Classé quality from deuxième (2nd) to cinquième (5th) Cru Classe with estates such as Chateau Leoville-Barton, Brainaire-Ducru and Lynch-Bages from villages such as Saint-Julien, Saint-Estephe and Pauillac.

The 2000 Vintage (20 Years On):

What is great about this vintage is that in almost all cases the grapes ripened properly (unlike so many Bordeaux vintages) and yet it has delightful freshness (unlike 2003), gentle tannins (unlike 2005) and seriously impressive harmony – especially after twenty years in bottle. The vintage sits amongst the top tier, often lauded in the same league (or close to) 2009, 2005, 1996 and 1990. Many chateaux in the smaller Bordeaux, satellite appellations also produced some of the best wines of their career. 2000 Bordeaux wine was great from top to bottom.

Tasting Date: Tuesday 8th September 2020 at 7:00pm (the tasting will last approximately 2 hours)

TASTING FEE STRUCTURE:

For this special two-hour tasting, an exclusive tasting kit is available which includes a 75ml tasting sample of each wine, as well as tasting mat, tasting note paper and pen. The total cost for this tasting experience including this kit is £120.

    
• To reserve your place on this tasting, there is a £10 registration fee.

    
• Once you have registered to attend this tasting, a member of the West London Wine School team will email you a link to purchase the supplemental tasting kit. The standalone kit price is £120, however your £10 course registration fee is 100% redeemable against this before final purchase.

    
• Tasting kits will be sent out 1 week prior to this tasting. 

Tasting Kit: What's Included:

    
• 75ml tasting sample of each wine (6 in total) contained in a sterilised glass bottle and preserved with an inert gas (designed specifically for wine preservation)

    
• Tasting mat

    
• Tasting note sheet

    
• West London Wine School pen

PLEASE NOTE: As this is a virtual tasting, only one seat needs to be booked per household UNLESS individuals will be logging into the tasting series with different computers/tablets. Additional tasting kits can be purchased for £120 each if additional wines are required per household. Due to the exclusivity of these wines, supplemental full bottle tasting cases are not available for purchase. 

TASTING FORMAT:

Jimmy Smith will host this exclusive tasting  live at 7:00pm on Tuesday 8th September 2020. This single-evening tasting will be approximately 2 hours in length. 

Unable to commit on the evening? No problem! Anyone registered for this tasting will gain access to the video recording of the live event, so you can always revisit the presentation at anytime in the future - whether its because you missed participating in the live evening or if you want to revisit the presentation at a later date.

2000 Bordeaux Wines Included in Tasting Kit (75ml samples of each):

    
•  Chateau Leoville Barton 2eme Cru Classe St Julien (£135)

    
• Chateau Lagrange, 3eme Cru Classe St Julien (£95)

    
• Chateau La Lagune, 3eme Cru Classe Haut Medoc (£65)

    
• Chateau Branaire Ducru 4eme Cru Classe St Julien (£100)

    
• Chateau Lafon Rochet 4eme Cru Classet St Estephe (£60)

    
• Chateau Lynch Bages 5eme Cru Classe Pauillac (£220)