2000 Chateau Valandraud (Slightly Discoulored Label)

"This is clearly ready for its prime time as the wine has softened and is now offering gorgeous secondary nuances of plums, licorice, chocolate, black cherries, smoke, coffee bean, wet earth and hints of dried flowers and tobacco leaf. Rich, round and lush, a splash decanting was all that the wine required before it was ready." - 94/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider