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2010 Château Pontet-Canet
4/27/2024 - dhwesley Likes this wine: 92 Points
No sediment, dark purple-red. Nose reticent at first but the palate is ready to go. Typical Pauillac profile along with mint, iodine and saline right out of the bottle. Good length and interesting finish. This wine is quite ready to go without decanting - it's intense, rich, with a sense of freshness and youth best paired with something flavorful. Tannins did not assert themselves, so my guess is it's at peak now and ideal to drink over the next few years.
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2005 Château La Conseillante
4/17/2024 - dhwesley Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wow - the nose hits you as soon as the cork is out of the bottle. Raspberry, leather, mushrooms, cocoa, and just the right amount of "garden shed". Pinch of sediment, deep red in color. Palate is plum, blueberry, chocolate and baking spice. This is firing on all cylinders and is barely out of the bottle! It only got better after a few hours of decanting. Quite enjoyable.
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2010 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
4/13/2024 - dhwesley Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deep reddish-brown, translucent, minimal sediment. Nose is bright and spicy - cloves, violets, tea. Quite balanced, predominant impression of fruit with acid and tannin well behind. Out of the bottle dark cherry, cola, baking spices, good length. Quite drinkable right out of the bottle.
After 4h of decanting it has developed a little. It's on the fruit-forward end for Pauillacs, lively and delicious. The finish is beginning to show interesting notes of coffee and chocolate and the signature Pauillac "funk" is on display. Rich, fresh and well crafted, a real pleasure to drink.
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