TN: 2001 Château Pontet-Canet - (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac )

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  • 2001 Château Pontet-Canet - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (12/23/2009)
    – popped and poured –
    – tasted non-blind over 4 hours –

NOSE: very ripe fruit - blackberries; lots of oak; hint of graphite; not funky.

BODY: garnet w/mollasses hue throughout; color is of medium-deep depth; lots of fine particulate matter; medium-full bodied.

TASTE: blackberries; lots of oak; hint of funky earthiness; well-balanced with soft tannins; this is a huge wine, and really needs at least 5, if not 15, more years. Has potential to score higher if some oak gets absorbed. Strong “Hold” recommendation on this one.

I liked it a smidge better than Ashley:
B: 50, 5, 11, 16, 8 = 90
A: 50, 5, 11, 15, 8 = 89

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Thanks for the note, Brian. I brought this and the 2000 to Berserkerfest NYC, and I was pretty surprised by how impenetrable they were - my impression was pretty consistent with yours though. Putting my remaining bottle away for as long as I can…