12/12/23, 6:36 AM - Bottle variation is always an unknown variable. I'm speculating, but it might have been lucky you opened that particular bottle early as it might have developed an oxidation issue down the line, if my bottle was at all representative (which I must say seems likely for a young St. Estephe from an ambitious estate). I'll hold off on opening any more of mine at least 🙂
9/8/23, 10:18 AM - How very interesting! I also didn't particularly care for this wine, but my experience seems to have been the complete opposite of yours (i.e. over-ripe, over-extracted, lacking finesse).
10/16/14, 2:16 AM - It's a well known fact that Parker doesn't generally like Figeac. He underrates most vintages compared to neighbouring estates and compared to how other pro reviewers rate Figeac. There are rumours of a mutual disrespect between the advocate and the owners of the chateau. Since Parker doesn't do blind tastings, who knows? Check out some of the other leading publications.The important question is, did you only try one bottle or have you verified your notes by trying more than one? As I said before, individual bottles can be bad without having obvious TCA. Flat wine with no tannins and no finish? For a wine like this my first and immediate guess would be that the bottle is bad and I'd give a NR until I try another one. One should always try to do that when one tries a wine which performs very differently than expected. Lets just hope it isn't due to poor storage, exposure to strong light, etc. before the bottles landed in your cellar so that more than one of them are affected.
10/16/14, 2:33 AM - Fair enough. That's one of the beauties of wine reviewing. We don't all have to think the same. Hope your next bottle performs more like my bottles have for me.
2/25/14, 6:24 AM - You eighter got a bad case (poor storage perhaps) or you're not much of a Nebbiolo drinker. This is a pretty typical tasting, and quite high quality Barolo IMO.
1/27/14, 2:51 PM - Pontet-Canet is usually not considered especially modern. I am pretty sure you had a bad bottle on a bad day, maybe even a counterfeit. And even if it was a good bottle, you drank it waaaay too young. I've tried this wine, along with other vintages, on a few occations and it's a waste to drink now. Sometimes, a young wine which is closed down will not appear young as in agressive but just completely lifeless. It's unfortunate that you're so quick to dismiss a wine based on the performance at one particular time, from a bottle which you probably can't know for sure if it was even real. Pontet-Canet makes fantastic wines, even for more traditional palates like my own. I wouldn't call it Parkerized at all.Cheers
8/29/13, 5:33 PM - You cellar it for 5 years minimum.Cheers
6/11/13, 2:42 AM - Do you think spicy food would go well with such a tannic red wine?
5/7/13, 6:46 AM - Unsure about the drinking window. I can't recall how the structure was on this one. There's a chance that the overdone fruitiness settles down I guess, but without a solid tannic and acidic structure it won't be good. So I really don't know.
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