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Manage Subscriptions2000 Château Pontet-Canet
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
Community Tasting Notes 680
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foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 points
March 28, 2024 - Medium garnet.
I’m not getting much primary fruit on the nose, mainly earth & cedar.
Dried fruit, earth & meaty palate.
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KVM Likes this wine:
March 24, 2024 - Dark, youthful. Blackberry fruit. Excellent.
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hiker_guy Likes this wine:
March 10, 2024 - Shows some bricking
Nose full on secondary notes of sweet tobacco and silky spice notes
Palate is silky smooth with full on secondary flavors. No fruit left. Lovely length and brings me back for another sip.
No point holding this one longer.1 person found this helpful Comment -
timewithwine Likes this wine:
March 9, 2024 - Even though this wine was decanted in anticipation of heavy sediment (that did not materialize), the first sip upon opening (and prior to decanting) was delicious. Everything is in place. The wine only gained from there. A translucent maroon shimmers in the glass while cassis and cherry rise from it. Notes of graphite, licorice and grille pain join in. Each element comes across distinctly on the palate, but with cedar segueing in on the mid-palate and mocha on the finish. Fully resolved tannins simply emphasize the balance of the wine. A delight to drink. A blend of 66% Cab. Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 4% Cab. Franc. Some grainy sediment, but not as much as I would have expected for a wine of this age. Decanted. 13% alc. With seared beef tenderloin wrapped in bacon with mushroom pot pie. 03.09.24. Highly Recommended.
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Lma1969 wrote: 94 points
March 3, 2024 - Classic claret. Exactly what you’d expect from a 24 year old Pauillac. I expected more on the length and intensity but it was still a beautiful wine. Had with A5 wagyu. Perfect compliment.
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By Panos Kakaviatos
Château Pontet-Canet: celebrating 10 years of biodynamics, 9/16/2021 (link)(Château Pontet-Canet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/11/2015 (link)(Ch Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Michael Godel
11/6/2014 (link)(Château Pontet Canet, Ac Pauillac red) Subscribe to see review text.
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September 2010, Issue #29 (link)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/26/2010 (link)(Ch Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
February 2010 (link)(Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/5/2010 (link)(Ch Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2002, IWC Issue #102 (link)(Chateau Pontet Canet Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96 (link)(Chateau Pontet Canet Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
4/30/2005 (link)(Pontet Canet) Beautiful precision and elegance. Reminded me of a baby '00 LLC. Laser-like focus and sweet cassis licoricey fruit. Lots of mineral and cigar box on the nose with very sweet fruit and ripe tannins. Like an undualting wavelength though opening and closing every five minutes . . . but man what fruit. Tremendous juice.
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By Lyle Fass
10/4/2004 (link)(Pontet Canet) This showed well but not as well as it could. Maybe this was closing down. Classic Pauillac nose of tar, leather, tobacco and a melange of red and black fruits. Even some sweet corn after five minutes in the glass. Dense and delineated with ripe, fat, silky fruit. Very finesse. Fruit takes over your mouth. Good inner mouth aromas and great length.
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By Richard Jennings
6/14/2003 (link) 90 points(Château Pontet-Canet) Lavender, boysenberry nose; big, tannic, espresso, eucalyptus palate; medium finsh
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2000
- Type Red
- Producer Château Pontet-Canet
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC Codes 015643424236, 016773334044, 071570014834, 086891076584, 3419466130898, 3419466144215, 3453521226614, 3700446507121, 3700446511128, 400007421899, 400007434271, 400009394627, 639737593464
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 229 (1%)
- In Cellars 14,560 (69%)
- Consumed 6,450 (30%)
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anything with mushrooms., Beef stew, braised cucumbers, grilled onions, Meat, mushrooms, roast lamb, roast soraya)potatoes, Short ribs with smoked garlic pure, Sirloin tipsWho Likes This Wine
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