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Chateau Pontet-Canet Dinner
La Trompette, Chiswick
Tasted May 3, 2017 by Paul D with 574 views
Introduction
UK Wine Pages Dinner attended by Alfred Tesseron.
Flight 1 - With Daurade royale, bontie, champignon japonais, cresson et raifort anglais (1 note)
White
2005 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
Quite mature nose, creamy, floral, touch of butterscotch. Attractive, harmonious on the palate - but again quite advanced. Perhaps served a touch on the warm side. ***
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Flight 2 - With cochon de lait et boudin noir, petits pois, morillos et jus rotis (3 notes)
Red
1995 Château Pontet-Canet
Deep garnet, narrow rim. A touch reticent on the nose at first - showing cedar, red and black fruits, touch of soil. Fruit flavours to the fore on the palate too, which is medium bodied with good balancing acidity and a good length, still slightly firm finish. Very good indeed/excellent ****.
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Red
1994 Château Pontet-Canet
Very deep colour, narrow rim. Deep, dark fruited nose, plenty of tobacco, touch of mineral. Full bodied, resolved tannins, balanced acidity, not overly long but a very good, mature, masculine claret. ***1/2
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Red
1996 Château Pontet-Canet
Very deep ruby core, very narrow rim. the nose here is very minerally - gravel and smoke - with underlying blackcurrant fruit. Medium bodied on the palate, cool black fruit, minerals again to the fore, an attractive leanness with fresh acidity and a good length lightly savoury finish. Excellent ****1/2.
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Flight 3 - With pigeon de Bresse en croute, lentille du Puy et celerie rave (3 notes)
Red
2001 Château Pontet-Canet
Nose is quite red fruited and there is still some sweet oak in evidence, but the palate comes together nicely - medium/full bodied with savoury red fruit, some mineral tones showing through too and a good length harmonious finish. ****
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Red
2003 Château Pontet-Canet
Nose is ripe with slightly baked red fruits. Full bodied on the palate, dense, rich red fruits, touch of earth, only moderate acidity which make it a bit hard work and the tannins are a touch furry on the medium/good length finish. **1/2
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Red
2004 Château Pontet-Canet
Attractive, cedary, cool black fruited nose, touch of mineral. Medium bodied on the palate, cedary blackcurrant fruit, mineral again. Quite light on its feet with attractive fresh acidity and a goodish length, harmonious finish. Very good indeed/excellent and drinking quite well already. ****
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Flight 4 - With cote de Boeuf et crousillant, jus d'ail noir et puree de cresson (2 notes)
Red
2009 Château Pontet-Canet
Ripe, pure blackcurrant fruit, youthful but with lovely purity and good nascent complexity, vanilla. Quite full bodied, very, very ripe tannins, soft, generous and rich but with decent balancing acidity and a long finish. Actually approachable now but should also age well. ***(*1/2+).
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Red
2011 Château Pontet-Canet
Nose is aromatic and shows a touch of development with dark fruit, hint of mushroom and a slight note of pyrazine. Medium bodied with attractive dark fruit, a touch of earth, fresh acidity but lacks a bit of depth and falls away a touch on the finish which again shows a touch of green. ***(1/2?)
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Flight 5 (1 note)
Red
1993 Château Pontet-Canet
Developed with mushroom, soil with underlying dried red fruit, tannins resolved, attractive spicy notes, fresh acidity, lean but with sufficient fruit and a medium/good length finish. Very good, certainly better than expected. Drink up. ***1/2
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Flight 6 - With tarte au sucre Muscavado, d'abricot sauvage et glace au yahourt (1 note)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1997 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
Medium/deep gold. Attractive rich nose, stone fruit, rich and sweet, a touch of mustiness at first which seemed to blow of quite quickly. Full bodied, rich stone fruit, touch of orange, lovely vibrant acidity, long finish. Delicious ****.
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