2000 Chateau D'Issan Margaux

The first day of spring occured this past Saturday, March 21. It was a beautiful day and we spent a good portion of it pruning our vines. As a celebration of spring, my husband decided to fire up the barbie! He bought some steaks and veggies to cook on the grill. We decided to pair our meal with this 2000 Chateau D'Issan Margaux. How did this happen? All of our wines that my husband has "catalogued" is in the wine cellar. He directed me to "those black boxes" and said just pick one up and look at the label and this was the first bottle that I picked up. (Question: what else does he have down there?)
I remarked that the wine was now a young adult! When it was time for dinner, we opened up the Margaux and poured the dark purple wine into our glasses. I detected a bit of barnyard on the nose. Not off putting, but it was there. There was a lot of dark fruit flavors like black raspberries and black currents with a spicy finish. The wine was well balanced with soft tannins. It tasted like a wonderfully evolved wine with a fresh, youthfulness that means that there maybe more years to enjoy this 2000 Chateau D'Issan. It was the right wine with steak to commemorate the beginning of spring, 2021!