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2005 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

7/15/2021 - martin_e Likes this wine:

92 points

Dark ruby. Nose: mix of black and red berries with a hint of truffles. Taste: black currant, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry. Integrated structure; mid-to-long finish.

Drinks well now, but not yet at its peak maturity. Nice fruit, expressive as most 2005s, but by no means an outstanding wine.

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7/31/21, 7:49 PM - @Mark1npt
Thank you for the comment. Totally agree. To me, all good 05s still need lots of decanting
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8/1/21, 9:05 AM - Decanted for about two hours and it continued to evolve in the glass to a degree. It drinks well today, but I keep a couple bottles of this wine to try again in a few years. Looking forward to opening other 05s in the near future; it took so long for them to mature! I must admit though that Pontet Canet isn't on my favorite "super-second left-bank Bordeaux" list, basically behind Cos, G. Puy Locoste, L. Poyferre, L. Bages, Las Cases, Palmer, Gruaud-Larose, etc. It's just my taste. What do you think?

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2009 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Le Corton Corton Grand Cru Pinot Noir

10/3/2020 - martin_e Likes this wine:

92 points

Fully mature with pale-ruby color. Nose has light fruits mixed with notes of cheese and truffles. It tastes of cassis, smoked meat/prosciutto, ending with light bitterness (like grape seeds). Nice long finish.

Probably at its peak, no need to hold

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10/3/20, 7:02 PM - I agree, so it was a bit of surprise

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