Weinhandelshaus Scholzen

James Suckling: 98

Very fragrant. This has developed bright, ripe red cherry fruit aromas, vanilla cream, sweet roasted almond biscuits, some marzipan, tobacco, lemon meringue and chalky minerals. The palate has an assertive core of fine acidity with more yellow fruits expressed on entry, like peaches and nectarines. Good ripeness, superfine acidity. The redder fruits build as it goes; cherries and raspberries, yellow plums to close. Full of life. Drink now or up to 20 years, it will go the distance.

Paker (David Schildknecht): 95 

The Krug vintage 2000 Brut smells strikingly redolent of sea breeze, kelp, and piles of oyster and mussel shells, allied to lemon oil and toasted hazelnuts. On the palate, the aforementioned elements serve for compulsive salivation, while a lusciously juicy amalgam of lime, grapefruit and apple tinged with piquancy of their pips buoys the salty wave of mineral matter into a profoundly protracted finish that bursts with brightness and at the same time reveals mouthwateringly savory crab shell reduction and a hitherto largely hidden dark side of smoky Latakia tobacco, dark-roasted coffee, and toasted grains. Expect this to merit following for 12-15 years.

Falstaff: 

Mittleres Grüngelb, feines, anhaltendes Mousseux. Feine Nuancen von Steinobst, ein Hauch von gerösteten Haselnüssen, zarte Kräuterwürze, mit angenehmer frischer Apfelfrucht unterlegt. Saftig und elegant, feine weiße Birnen- und Mangonote, finessenreiche Struktur, harmonisch, mineralisch im Abgang, ungemein frisch, dezente Briocheanklänge im Finale, gute Länge, weiteres Reifepotenzial.