2001 Bordeaux Wine Buying Guide, Tips on Best Value Wines.
This Bordeaux wine value buying guide page is a list of the top 2001 Bordeaux wines in the market for the money today. These are the best Bordeaux wines from the vintage combining quality, character and price from every major Bordeaux appellation in the 2001 Bordeaux vintage. Due to their style, this is an early drinking vintage of pleasure. The best 2001 Bordeaux wines come from Pomerol, followed by St. Emilion. Although nice wines can be found in the Left Bank as well, 2001 Bordeaux favors the Right Bank. Because of the tremendous quality achieved in 2000 Bordeaux wines, many 2001 Bordeaux have remained well priced. This is a vintage for savvy consumers to look at. For detailed information on the 2001 Bordeaux vintage, harvest and the wines: 2001 Bordeaux Wine . For tips on other Bordeaux value wines and vintages: Bordeaux Wine Buying Guide Find the Best Bordeaux for the money to buy today (Vintages 1959 to today)
Ausone, yes, it’s priced very high. But, when compared to other more recent vintages, it remains a buy for someone with a lot of disposable income who wants to experience a great Ausone.
Right Bank – Pomerol and St. Emilion
Angelus 93 pts
Ausone – 98 pts This is very expensive for a wine, but it’s cheap for an Ausone of this quality level. If you want an idea of why people pay up to $2,000 a bottle for the great vintages, this is the wine to buy.
Bellevue Mondotte 96 pts
Clos L’Eglise 92 pts
Clos St. Martin 92 pts
La Conseillante 93 Pts
L’Eglise Clinet 93 pts
Hosanna 92 pts
Pavie 95 pts
Trotanoy 90 pts
Vieux Chateau Certan 94 pts
Left Bank
Haut Bailly 90 Pts
Leoville Las Cases 94 Pts
La Mission-Haut-Brion 92 pts
Montrose 93 Pts
Pichon Baron 92 pts
Pichon Comtesse de Lalande92 pts
2001 Bordeaux was perfect for the great, sweet, white wines of Bordeaux. Numerous chateaux produced compelling wines. In fact the vintage is so good in Sauternes, you could throw darts at a board to pick a wine to buy and chances are, it’s going to be a delicious treat. The wines are rich, concentrated, sweet and offer the perfect amount of acidity to give them lift, or freshness.