Community Tasting Notes 13

• Matt Scott Likes this wine: 98 points

  February 23, 2024 - Decanted for three hours. Stunning fresh blackberries, teak, fragrant mud, every dried flower imagined, black cherries and cigar box complexity. Long, long, long during the whole finish, with precision. Regardless of the fact that this is wide and juicy during the middle palate. Microfiber tannins, with tension and so much depth. Up there with ‘09 and ‘10, yet a little more transparent, YET, the body is lavishly full. More claret-like. However, there’s staying power and the bones to age. Drink 2029 -.

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• MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 8, 2024 - From 375. 1 Hour splash decant in advance.
  
  I thought this was excellent and has great upside. Drinking very well for such a young left bank BDX. Firm fine tannins deliver some nice dark fruits.
  
  93+

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• Motz wrote: 92 points

  January 25, 2024 - Tasted over two days, alongside the 2019.
  
  Plush red and purple fruits, amalgamated with strikingly high vanilla and baking spice notes (allspice, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon) for the label. No bellringer.
  
  More of the same on the palate. Open-knit and opulent, while not particularly juicy (acid) or gripping (tannic). In these ways, reminiscent of the 1980s Wendy's commercials: 'Where's the beef!?'
  
  Less impressive on the second day, particularly compared to the 2019, which had reached full stride.
  
  Overall, the two wines put my mind to the 2009 and 2010 Left Bank vintages, in reverse. Put differently, 2009 appealed to hedonists, whereas 2010 appealed to purists (who generally accept the neo-traditional style, which was birthed during the 1990s and seemingly became fashionable after 2005).
  
  I would not expect this to age well, beyond 2035 or so. It lacks substance. The least impressive vintage of this label since 2013. 92-93.

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• nwebstar Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 18, 2023 - Langtons Bordeaux 2020 Arrival Tasting (Sydney, Australia): A stand out (WOTN) and most complete. This is what I had been hoping for and expecting from this vintage. Dark fruited. Balanced and structured. Good depth and length. Potential greatness here.

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• chatters wrote:

  November 17, 2023 - That savoury concentrated back fruit syrup note initially greets the nose (as per other vintages), behind this sweet oak spice and a little alcohol prickle. In the mouth it's juicy, thickly concentrated with plentiful black hued fruit and drying, though integrated, tannins that prove a little monolithic. Having said that this is a relatively nimble juggernaut though the fruit drops a little too quickly for me. Hmm.

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Pro Reviews 17

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer Château Pontet-Canet
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 087752032824, 3303293301197, 3419466263671, 3609051156819, 3700446511128, 3700446520120, 7070292994793, 7070293098575

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• Pending Delivery 2,692 (20%)
• In Cellars 10,505 (78%)
• Consumed 216 (2%)

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