2005 Château Pontet-Canet
Community Tasting Note
Purple Tooth wrote:
93 Points
Saturday, April 13, 2024 - Oh my...Losing focus and fruit but the brick house under it is all there, brick by brick. This bottle came across as a bit clumsy. Loud...Belligerent. Said allot, but didn't say much. Shows quality, shows no Bordeaux. Shows cedar and some graphite, but lacks balance. Lets hope its in re-balance mode. Long, coarse, dry finish. My advice to others and a note for myself is: drink this by itself, not in a lineup of supposed peers. Drink
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Comment posted by bobsabayesian:
4/16/2024 5:18:00 AM - The tasting notes on this one are kind of all over the place. Will it come back?
Comment posted by Purple Tooth:
4/16/2024 6:34:00 AM - The critics want you to wait on this for another 20 years...that way either you will be dead, or they will be gone and as the old saying says, time heals all old wounds...They play the best game in town. Good luck ;-) This is not my first rodeo and far from my first mistaken case buy of Bordeaux. It just so happens that 2005 It IS my last mistake with deliberately aging Pontet Canet. There were 8 serious tasters/collectors in the room, everyone had the same confused look on their face and the bottle never finished. By the way, it wasn't my bottle but it came from a very savvy collector/drinker. Again, this wine is just fine, it just needs to be kept out of a Bordeaux boxing ring so it can dazzle you with its shadow boxing alone. I have one left! Thank GOD
Comment posted by bobsabayesian:
4/17/2024 7:28:00 AM - thank you so much for the thoughtful reply!