2015 Château Grand-Pontet

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  3/26/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points

  Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Pirate bottle. Dark garnet, Wonderful and expressive nose here, sexy and succulent, toasty oak, lots of brett, farmyard. Polished palate, very caressing. A bit too much brett for a higher score, otherwise very well done.

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  3/25/2024 - sirpat00 wrote: 90 Points

  Vertical of Canon vs Beasejour Duffau Lagarrosse (Fribourg): Vertical of Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse vs Canon vs selected pirates 2005-2020. Main takeaways : i/ Canon trumps Beausejour overall, especially in more recent ones. ii/ Canon tends to be lighter-footed, more delicate while Beausejour is typically more extracted and ripe. iii/ St Emillion clearly struggles with the hotter vintages a few years on with 2005 the low-light, already exhibiting beef juice elements. iv/ best wines were Canon 2015 (95), 2019 and 2020 (94 each). Summary of wines and scores included in the tasting story.
  
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  Light fresh berry fruit, appropriate level of extraction but with a somewhat distracting feature of brett. Also dried flowers, good depth and overall attractive. The palate sumptuous with mouthcoating but otherwise soft tannin.

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  9/27/2021 - tedcholl Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Excellent 2015 Ste Emilion. 81% Merlot, 13% Cab Franc, and 7% Cab Sauv. Blackberry,cherry, earthy notes, tobacco. Well made and enjoyable.

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  11/16/2018 - I've Got Bottle (JP Abela) wrote: 93 Points

  Le Salon des Outsiders de J.M. Quarin (Edition 2018) (Paris, Hôtel Shangri-La): Beau nez charmeur, gourmand au fruit pur, mûr et net : prune, framboise noire, mûre, une pointe de poivron vert et quelques notes florales (violette).
  L’attaque est franche avec un beau jus fruité, mur et gouleyant avec une pointe de sucrosité (framboise noire et mûre).
  Corps assez ample - on retrouve ce caractère mur du fruit, une trame séveuse et gourmande avec cette pointe de sucrosité en milieu de bouche. C’est très savoureux et bien construit grâce à un milieu de bouche élancé et des tannins ronds. Arômes de framboise noire, de prune, d’épices et de chocolat.
  Finale dynamique et de belle longueur sur des fruits noirs et des épices – se prolongeant sur de la cerise noire et du chocolat.
  Note : 16,75/20 i.e. 93/100

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  5/21/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points

  This is the best vintage ever produced at Grand Pontet. The fruits are ripe, round and forward. There is sweetness, length and depth, with silky qualities in the finish. You can drink this young, or age it for a few years.

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