Community Tasting Note
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englishman's claret wrote: 97 points
July 12, 2023 - The 2010 Pontet Canet is a wine that’s both dramatic and classical, youngish but with great tension, Laocoon-like, full of dense, cool, intense fruit with the structure and acid to match. The cassis, blackberry, pencil, coal, and mineral notes are classic Pauillac and they linger and linger…
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4 Comments
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jmoon commented:
9/1/23, 4:30 PM - Good note thanks - but what is a lacoon?
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englishman's claret commented:
9/1/23, 5:35 PM - Ah, Google the Vatican sculpture of Laocoon! Laocoon was a Trojan priest who suggested the Trojans burn the horse - serpents rose from the sea near Troy and consumed Laocoon and his sons after he did so. Amazing ancient sculpture of a strong Laocoon struggling, unsuccessfully, against the serpents. The dramatic and classical character of the wine with its tensile strength reminded me of it. A bit esoteric, but there you have it. That’s where my mind went.
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jmoon commented:
9/2/23, 1:37 AM - Very good. I like your style. I wondered if it was a local raccoon.
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englishman's claret commented:
9/2/23, 5:12 AM - Oh, definitely not. Our local raccoon is named Henry.