Community Tasting Notes 24

• SawgrassSteve Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 23, 2024 - Not much to add to previous notes, definitely needs a minimum one hour decant. My wife had 'magic marker' on the nose, for me, dark fruit and pepper. Any wine closed for 15 years is going to need to breathe.
  
  I'm tasting an old world type Bordeaux. The acidity is good with the currants and dark fruit taste. As before I'm convinced it's reached its maturity. I cannot see this evolving any further. In fact it might decline if you are holding on to this, expecting it to mature gracefully. Drink now and enjoy.

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• Lemberger Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 30, 2024 - Last bottle and every bit as good as the last two.

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• SawgrassSteve Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 19, 2024 - I'm acknowledging the two most recent notes, when I say this vintage may be at its peak. I expected more from this grand cru. I detect the mustiness, but I attribute that to a 15 year old vintage. It needs to breathe and I suspect it will dissipate.
  
  There is a decent acidity and there are still nice floral and red fruits mid palate. The finish is good, although I had anticipated the long lasting finish, typical of a grand cru. This wine is NOT flawed in my opinion, although if not properly cellared pre delivery, anything is possible. Again, I am not disappointed, just expected more. I would drink now or no later than 2024.

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• AllRed wrote:

  January 27, 2024 - 4th Saturday Brown Bagger (J&S’s): Double blind. Notes of dark berry, cedar and Oscar Mayer bologna. This is a little strange, and I think I get a touch of mustiness underneath everything but I'm not sure and no one else seems to pick it up either. Medium-bodied, with very little fruit on the palate, which is angular and rather austere.
  
  Others like this more than I, but I will maintain that this is somehow flawed and not representative, especially considering the vintage, which should be showing some rather generous fruit on the palate. (R&D)

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• JCGuthrie wrote: flawed

  December 8, 2023 - Oxidized or heat damaged

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Château Grand-Pontet
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 085522152680, 3760173870141

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• Pending Delivery 61 (8%)
• In Cellars 448 (56%)
• Consumed 294 (37%)

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