Sylvain Rhainds

9.3

J adore Guerin. A — a month ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Une bombe de fruit — 8 days ago

David Langstaff

9.0

Was third wine in tasting with two RSVs. 2013 was still fairly fruit forward - a bit too much for me. It is full bodied and bright. Much fuller than the two RSVs. Will like to try it again in 5+ years. — a month ago

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Ron Siegel

9.3

Lots of dark fruits that is suave, floral with notes of graphite, mineral, forest floor, olive, violet & tobacco — 17 days ago

Turd Ferguson

8.9

Raspberry, blood orange, herbs, pyrazines, black pepper, rocks and a touch of donkey. — a month ago

Gabriele Rotti

9.5

Old 2011. Well... Really great. Still young and fresh, good sapidity and a gently merde de poule at nose. Great way to spend your money. — 3 months ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.0

2017
Tres jeune mais beau potentiel — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Pati jinich — 19 days ago

Jonas Hartz

9.1

A little closed — a month ago

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9.8

When I tasted the 2018 Pontet-Canet in barrel I described it as a "freak of nature." The 2018 is more than that, it is a freak of nature. Made from yields of just ten hectoliters per hectare, the 2018 possesses off the charts richness, phenomenal balance and head-spinning intensity. Crushed red berries, flowers, mint, cedar and rose petal saturate the palate in a Pauillac of breath-taking richness. The silkiest of tannins frame the phenomenally pure, long finish. This is a towering achievement from the Tesseron family and former Technical Director Jean-Michel Comme, who together spearheaded biodynamic farming in Bordeaux and built the present-day estate around a philosophy of non-interventionalist winemaking. In 2018, grapes were crushed solely by hand. Because of the tiny yields, the entire production was vinified in Pontet-Canet's new smaller concrete vats. All winemaking was done manually, without the aid of external temperature control or electricity. Put in another way, if Lalou Bize-Leroy made Bordeaux, it would taste like this. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2021)
— 3 months ago