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Château Pontet-Canet(2000)
- Winery:
- Château Pontet-canet
- Varietal:
- Bordeaux Blend
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Pauillac
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- berry, bramble fruits, spices, mineral, black currant, resinous, smokey, complex, bordeaux, blackberry
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 108, May/June 2003
- 93/100
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July 2007
- ($50-$65) Deep red-ruby. Explosive nose combines raspberry, roasted currant, grilled nuts and exotic spices. Rich, sexy, silky and full in the mouth, with expressive flavors of black raspberry, game, smoke and truffle. Finishes with strong but suave tannins and excellent length. St. Julien
- The Wine Messenger
- 93/100
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July 2007
- Extremely pretty aromas of mineral, blackberry and raspberry. Full-bodied, with well-integrated tannins and a medium finish. Well-crafted red. The best Pontet-Canet ever. 2,330 cases made.
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April 2008
- Chateau Pontet Canet Pauillac
- Robert Parker
- 92/100
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April 2008
- Like its neighbor, Mouton Rothschild, this wine seems to have closed down considerably after bottling. The impressively saturated opaque purple color offers up some promising aromas of black currants, vanilla, truffle, smoke, and mineral. In the mouth, it is full-bodied, powerful, layered, and enticingly textured, but oh, so backward and firm. The finish is long, but this broodingly backward, large-scaled Pontet-Canet will require considerable patience. Does it rival the brilliant 1995 or 1996? I am not sure. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2030.
- JS
- Wine Spectator
- 03/31/03
- 93/100
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March 2003
