Pontet Canet

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Sadly, even when taken over by new management in 1975, there was no quick turn around and the latter part of the 70s and much of the 80s were basically wasted time. It was only quite recently in the 90s that things seemed to get back on track and the wines became something to seek out, especially at the prices, which were rather good compared to some of the other Pauillacs. Our tasting spanned this latter period with the intention of seeing just what was happening with this property. The 2005 unfortunately stayed in France with M. Tesseron, as did the 2005 Hauts de Pontet Canet, - it would have been interesting to compare the second wine with the grand vin.. ___________________________________________________________

The Calgary Costco had some of the 2005 in recently and I managed to snag a couple of bottles, but only with the help of a friend who works there. They received some 05 Cheval Blanc the other day but at ~$1150 per bottle I'll give it a miss!

Graham

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graham

I thought the '82 Pontet Canet was a decent wine,but still an underachiever for the vintage. It seems to me the '94 was the turn- around vintage. But for my tastes the evolution has continued, to the point where I find most recent P-C bordering on over the top on occasion. Haven't crossed the line, but close! :)

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DaleW

Why can't an underacheiver 5th growth like Lynch Moussas or Croizet Bages suddenly make a killer wine - which stays unreviewed by anyone so we could afford it!

Bill Did you see my post about the Decanter review of 2005 claret?

Lynch-Moussas at GBP 20.80 ,,,,,,,AND 5stars in the tasting.

Croizet-Bages at GBP 30 and only 3 stars

John

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John T

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