From the outstanding 2000 vintage and scoring 97100 parker points beginning to open magnificently the still dense purple colored 2000 reveals a blossoming bouquet of blackberries cassis graphite and pen ink full bodied with velvety tannins that have resolved themselves beautifully over the last eleven years this wine is still an adolescent but it exhibits admirable purity texture mouthfeel and power combined with elegance one of the all time great examples of lynch bages the 2000 is