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Score: 92+ Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book (4), December 2003
I was shocked by how backward the 1996 Pontet-Canet was on the three occasions I tasted it in January. This wine possesses superb potential, but it appears a decade's worth of patience will be necessary. The color is a saturated dark purple. With coaxing, the wine offers aromas of black currant jam intertwined with minerals, sweet oak, and spice. A full-bodied wine, it possesses layered, concentrated, sweet fruit, with an elevated level of ripe tannin. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2035.
Score: 92 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (122), April 1999
Score: 91/95 Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book (3), November 1998
A classic Pauillac, the 1996 continues to flesh out, revealing an opaque purple color, and a magnificent crème de cassis nose reminiscent of the superb vintages of Mouton Rothschild (Pontet Canet's neighbor). The wine is full-bodied, as well as extraordinarily rich, ripe, and powerful, with layers of sweet black fruits intertwined with earth, minerals, and spicy oak. Massive on the palate, with lofty tannin, but equally high extract, this is a profound Pontet-Canet that may turn out to be even more classic and longer-lived than the 1995 and 1994. Terrific stuff !
Score: 91/95 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (115), February 1998
Mid to pale crimson with a little age at the rim. Dried herbs and grasses on the nose. Then sweetness. Drink 2015-2030.
Score: 16.5 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, September 2011
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