Thank you Alex for opening this 2000 wine. As a usual drinker of their second wine, Les Hauts de Pontet Canet, this was a great treat to taste a wine from their good year.
Cabernet Sauvignon 66%, Merlot 30%, Cabernet Franc 4%, this compares to 53%, 46% and 1% for the second wine. Compared to the other 2nd wines, it is a more similar combination, so this Pontet Canet was very similar to the other 2nd wines we have drunk, except more powerful and much more complex.
The nose was fantastic!! With berries, mushrooms, cassis, earthy, leafy, licrorice, coffee and some oak. The first taste right after opening was ok, not as strong as what you expect from the strongest paullic, but with elegence and good acidity. Tannins soft with very long and smooth finish.
After decanting and 2 hours, red fruit, more floral, leathery, melting tannins but still very much present. Very good!
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