The 2000 Pavillon Rouge is mature and elegant, showing cedar, spice, black cherries, and currants with a complex, savory nose. It’s got great balance and fresh acidity with grainy tannins. Still holding well and worth enjoying now or over the next few years.

Ex-Chateau Release 

Wine Spectator | WS 94
Published: Mar 31, 2003

Glorious aromas of freshly picked raspberries, with tiny hints of cream and minerals. Full-bodied, with superfine tannins and a long, long finish of berries and cherries. Super second wine from Margaux. Best Pavillon Rouge I have ever tasted. Best after 2010. 20,525 cases made.

The Wine Advocate | RP 89
Published: Jun 29, 2010
Drink: 2010-2015

The 2000 Pavillon Rouge, exhibits a medium/dark ruby color with some lightening at the edge, notes of cedar, spice box, black cherries, and currants in very evolved style at full maturity. Drink it over the next 4-5 years. 

Jancis Robinson | JR 17
Published: Oct 20, 2015
Drink: 2012-2025

Classical vintage with a so-so summer but beautiful September.
Very dark crimson – looks much bluer than the 1996. Still bluer than the 2004. Savoury, complex, really rather gorgeous nose even if far from the first flush of youth. Sumptuous nose even if on the palate it’s more austere than the nose suggests. Quite grainy tannins on the finish but lovely balance. Very fresh. 

Chateau-margaux.com

The exceptional concentration of the grapes in 2000 was not only achieved in the old vines, which produce the first wine; in fact, all the plots produced very ripe and concentrated grapes. The fabulous potential of this vintage led us paradoxically to make a strict selection at the blending so that Château Margaux 2000 would have the most perfect expression possible. Naturally, this very rigorous selection was also of direct benefit to Pavillon Rouge, which was made richer by very good wines which did not go into the Château Margaux. At the same time, it was not blended with the lesser wines which were reserved for the third wine. The 2000 Pavillon Rouge has the complexity and density of a first wine, and it certainly has the ageing potential. It has probably not reached its peak, although it is difficult to resist today. (October 2018)

Technical Specs

Alcohol: Approximately 13% ABV
Closure: Natural cork
Harvest: 2000
Oak: Aged in French oak barrels; exact duration and proportion of new oak for the 2000 vintage not confirmed
Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc; exact proportions for the 2000 vintage not confirmed
Farming: Traditional viticulture with environmentally conscious vineyard management
Vineyard Area: Château Margaux, Margaux, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Vinification: Grapes are carefully selected and vinified by parcel and variety. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled vats, followed by maturation in French oak barrels to develop structure, complexity and refined tannins.
Winemaker: Château Margaux technical team
Region: Margaux AOC, Bordeaux, France

Serving Temperature: 16–18°C
Decanting: 15–30 minutes; decant gently and taste periodically, as a mature wine may be delicate
Food Pairing: Roast lamb, beef tenderloin, duck breast, venison, braised beef, and aged hard cheeses.