April 3, 2024 - Some visual evolution. Still opaque in the middle but fading to garnet at the edge. Cedar, mint, blueberry, raspberry, and graphite are all present on the beautiful nose. On the palette, more blue and red fruit, more cedar, and more graphite. Plenty tannin. Epic length. Like the other high end 2008s I’ve had (Pavie Macquin and Duhart Milon) it’s great now, but with significant upside.
March 29, 2024 - A big, dark, inky bastard this one is! Deep berry fruit, hints of cinnamon, and a whiff of green pepper. The tannins are still primary, somewhat remarkable considering the age. I will let this rest another 2-3 years and then revisit.
March 20, 2024 - A good 12 years since we had this last ( Papies 93) . The first of the Michel Rolland Pontet Canets and we remember back in the day how different it was vs the others albeit age 4 at the time. With age this has become graceful and ever so classic , old school left bank beauty. We even felt there was no need to decant it. Effortless and albeit not the best PC out there still a very elegant and beautiful one 92-93 and we regret selling our EP allocation some years back.
March 6, 2024 - Dekantert lenge. Kommet til seg selv, balanse, alt på plass, herlig!
February 12, 2024 - Slow oxed for 7 hours, beautiful Bordeaux, stellar nose & palate, surprisingly quite ready
February 11, 2024 - Previous 2 bottles didn’t show very well but this one now at 16 years old was really good.
Pure cassis and blue cool fruit, fresh finish , good acidity and lengh.
Dark in colour and fairly primary still. Give 5-10 years and it will be excellent and develop into secondary aromas.
February 10, 2024 - Dinner at Peter's: A sense of cool tightness plays against depth and richness of cassis, cedar, mint. The oak influence is still quite fresh and with big tannins and a sense of hardness on the palate this feels like it has decades in the tank to soften and unfurl.
February 10, 2024 - Decanted for 3 hours before sampling (at 5.5 hours now). Cassis, licorice, vanilla, black cherry, cherry pits, plums (and some minty notes earlier). Really a refreshing drink, due to the acidity. Still lots of tannins, but after the long decant, it is smoothing out nicely. It's been 5 years since the first bottle, and I think that the wine has improved markedly. This might still be on an upward trajectory, but probably won't drop off anytime soon. Drank in remembrance of Mike, who passed way too young.
January 27, 2024 - A beautiful, classic Pauillac. Should have another 8-10 years of prime drinking.
January 27, 2024 - Had with Steak au Poivre dinner along with a 2012 Château de Saint Cosme Gigondas Hominis Fides, Christine and I and several guests preferred the Gigondas. Gave it about an hour decant, nice aromas of tobacco and cedar. Medium plus body with good acidity to go along with the meal.