2010 Château Pontet-Canet
Community Tasting Note
drwine2001 wrote:
Saturday, December 16, 2023 - Saturday Afternoon Bordeaux (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Very deep ruby with slightly lighter outer 10%. Fascinating perfume of dark red fruit and herbs. Much less dense than any of the 2020 or 2019 wines, almost shockingly so. Gorgeous combination of fruit, minerality, and green herbs (? more Merlot/Cabernet Franc than the younger Pauillacs). Unresolved tannins leave a gritty, dry finish. Outstanding now and should be great in 20 years once it sheds its structure.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
12/16/2023 7:54:00 PM - Interesting note....I could understand why you'd like to see it more 'integrated' over time but why do you want this wine to shed its 'structure'? Won't it just be thin, red juice then?
Comment posted by Portland Seth:
12/16/2023 11:51:00 PM - Mark, I understood it as "excess structure"
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
12/17/2023 7:14:00 AM - PSeth, could be? I try not to read into things, but I guess he could have meant that? I probably would have used the words 'more resolved' or more 'balanced and integrated', myself. I have had a few wines that were so old they were devoid of structure, but still very enjoyable for what they were but overall, I want my wines to have some 'structure' holding them together and supporting all the elements. In fact, I have found looking back on my CT notes with my own drinking over the last couple of years, I'm referring to structure more and more while noting less and less the actual tastes/smells involved in a bottle. I guess that's why his phrasing in this note struck a cord with me?
Comment posted by drwine2001:
12/17/2023 7:48:00 AM - Portland Seth-You read it correctly.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
12/17/2023 8:00:00 AM - 2001, it came across as an ambiguous statement to me. If you had phrased it as 'once it sheds SOME structure' it would have been more obvious to me what your intentions were. Maybe I'm just not fully up on all wine semantics?
Comment posted by drwine2001:
12/17/2023 5:57:00 PM - Thank you for the feedback. Precise expression is always a worthy goal.