2011 Château Pontet-Canet
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dvansteenderen Likes this wine:
92 Points
Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 2000-2011 Pontet-Canet. Third wine of the fourth (and last) flight. Surprisingly good for the vintage. Very interesting tasting of the 2000-2011 Pontet-Canet's. The 2009 is the best today, but maybe will be outshined by the 2010 in time? Also, very much loved the 2008, followed by the 2005; 2003 and 2000!
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Comment posted by pinoteer:
3/8/2019 6:48:00 AM - Thanks for the vertical summary. Except for 2007 and 2013, I have bottles from 2005-2016 of PC. I opened a 2005 about 1½ years ago (very nice), but I'm wondering if you can offer a suggestion as to which other vintages I could drink now, with suitable decanter time of course. Thanks.
Comment posted by dvansteenderen:
3/10/2019 9:31:00 AM - Hi Pinoteer, if you have Château Pontet-Canet 2005-2016 without vintages 2007 & 2013 I would recommend 2014 and 2006 for drinking now with 1,5 hours aeration. 2011 and 2012 with 2-2,5 hours aeration. 2005 and 2009 with 3-3,5 hours aeration, but these are still young because of their great structure. The 2008 and 2010 will live the longest probably, so keep of them for the moment. Especially the 2010 has a massive tannin structure still! If you however do want to taste one bottle, give it 24-36 hours...
Comment posted by pinoteer:
3/10/2019 10:24:00 AM - Thanks a lot for your suggestions. Glad to hear that I can carefully approach a few vintages now. I was expecting that those 2010s would be a long way off.