Château Pontet Barrail

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

All I remember is it being a solid bottle. — 11 days ago

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Château du Grand Barrail

Premières Côtes de Blaye Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Vintage 2010 | Solid petit Bordeaux with good balance, warm and spicy smell. This year is a slow developer, in 375 ml tannins are phasing out, but in magnum still very obvious. Paired with chicken, haricot verts. — a year ago

Doctor, Daniel P. and 16 others liked this

Neal Family Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Paul J
9.5

Neal never stops impressing!!! Would have guessed Bordeaux all the way. 1hr+ decant. Nose of dark cherries, cedar, and menthol. Blue and black fruit on the palate with well integrated alcohol. Medium depth and medium plus finish. Reminds me of Chateau Pontet-Canet but 1/5 of the price. Neal rocks!! — 3 years ago

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Paul Hobbs

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Paul J
9.7

1hr+ decant. Lovely dark red/purple color. Still has years left in it. Blue fruit with cedar and car exhaust (in a good way!). Well integrated as only Paul can do. So definitive I could guess this blind every time. Love it! Medium plus depth and finish. Would love to try this side by side with Pontet Canet. This rocks!! — a month ago

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Château Latour

Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

J. Kim
9.1

The 2016 has rounder fatter fruit and less angular architecture than the 2010, and more intense structure than the 2015. The aroma is a classic old school Pauillac, black fruit, tobacco, cigar box and graphite, on top of leathery barnyard bass notes that one often finds in old Lynch Bages or Pontet Canet. More masculine than feminine with lack of vanilla and minty notes. No overripeness, over-oakiness, over-manipulation this year. Type IV Bordeaux in which the aromatic complexity and the structural intensity is well-matched. Less polish this year but the balance between the presence and the reserve is so well-judged. — 2 years ago

Ira, Daniel and 6 others liked this

Château Pontet-Canet

Les Hauts De Pontet Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1999

In such a good place. — 6 months ago

Brian, Ron and 2 others liked this

Château du Grand Barrail

Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Vintage 2010 | magnum | well balanced | paired with lasagna — 9 months ago

romo, Lyle and 9 others liked this

Sequoia Grove

Rutherford Bench Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Paul J
9.5

This was awesome! PnP’d. Very balanced wine. Medium plus depth. Integrated dark blue and black fruit with oak, vanilla, and cedar. Somewhat similar to Pontet Canet. Lovely silky texture and medium plus finish. Exactly how Napa Cab should taste! — 2 years ago

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Shay, John and 9 others liked this

Château du Champ des Treilles

Grand Vin Sainte Foy Bordeaux 2019

Very well made ste foy from the former winemaker of Pontet Canet and his wife. Super value. Merlot dominant, at least on the nose and palette. Still very young. — 3 years ago

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