2000 Château Pontet-Canet
Community Tasting Note
Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote:
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - Pontet Canet Vertical with Melanie Tesseron (Les Amis): Decanted 2.5 hours before pouring.
The 2000 Pontet-Canet is medium purple in colour (very very slight garnet rim) with a rather intensive nose of prominent secondary development – cedar, vanilla, coffee, leather skin, woody spice and hoisin sauce, yet with underlying fresh primary fruits of prunes and blackcurrants.
On the palate, the wine welcomes the initial entry of secondary leathery notes of cedar, wood spice and liquorice that coats over some primary fruit flavours of black currants, thick-skinned plums and dark prunes. Tannins have slightly evolved resulting in them being rounder but still rather powerful. Good drive that powers the wine flavours on the palate. Acidity comes up from the mid-end palate on a prolonged finish. Expressive nose and palate with a great structure. Years ahead for sure.
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