Chateau Croizet Bages - Pauillac 2000

"Robert Parker 87 points.

"One can find little fault with this medium-bodied, mainstream, charming, open-knit, soft Pauillac. It is dark ruby in color, with notes of cassis, currants, tobacco leaf, cedar, and licorice. Round, medium-bodied, and low in acidity, it is best drunk over the next decade."

Wine Spectator 89 points.

"A dense wine, with plum and tobacco character. Full body, chewy tannins and a mouthpuckering finish. Slightly rustic, but solid. Best after 2010. 12,500 cases made. –JS"

Jancis Robinson 14/20

"Deep crimson. Full blooded, far-from-subtle nose. Just asleep-at-the-wheel, sort of overdeveloped fruit. No intensity. What does it take to wake this owner up?"