2000 Chateau Thebot

[wondersofwine]

I think you've already been given the two most relevant answers--age of the wine, and quality Bordeaux versus dreck. I've spoken to British citizens who had French wines regularly at dinners in Cambridge or Oxford but were drinking from large cellars and generally had bottles 15 or 20 years old. From the 2000 Bordeaux tasting I attended in Raleigh I ordered two bottles each of three different wines I liked that ranged in price from under $20 a bottle to under $30 to under $40. At least two other wines we sampled that night were already drinking well but were beyond my price range at $80 or so. The three I purchased may be hard to find in your area or may cost more elsewhere. They were:
2000 Tourans, St. Emilion @ $19.99 on sale or $16.99 a bottle by the case--a Parker 88-90 advertised for $30 a bottle elsewhere. Described as dense, thick, opulent.

2000 Behere, Paullac @ $29.99 on sale or $26.99 by the case; tiny production; little press in the USA but popular in Britain; from vineyard plots beside Pichon-Lalande and Lafite; Revue de France compared it to Pichon-Lalande praising its "great purity" and "rich and complex bouquet" calling it "a superb success" elsewhere it might cost $36.99

2000 Chateau La Source Merlot micro cuvee
@$39.99 or $35.99 per bottle by the case