Archive Releases
22 May 2008
Château Pontet Canet
Château Pontet Canet comes highly recommended @ £450.00 IB per case. . . This is truly one of the wines of the vintage (As it has consistently been since the illustrious 2005 vintage)
It's received some very impressive scores from both Parker & Neal Martin. . .
Parker: (91-94), which is higher than Lafite, Latour & Mouton Rothschild. . .
Neal Martin: (94-96) - A deep garnet core with pink rim. Like Cos d'Estournel, there is almost a Burgundian sense of fruit intensity on the nose. At first – reticent - but give it a few swirls of the glass and a little patience there are aromas of ripe blackberries, a touch of mulberry, damson and a hint of fresh fig. One of the few wines to demonstrate some opulence. The palate is full-bodied, very concentrated with intense blackberries, raspberry, Morello and mouth-coating tannins (almost more than any other wine – including the First Growths!) Huge grip and persistency but married with great purity and delineation. This has soft mouthfeel towards the finish, perhaps just lacking the peacock fan of flavours that a great vintage such as 2005 would show, but very long and sensuous with a touch of spice lingering on the exceptionally long aftertaste. A complete wine and a great success for the vintage.
Moulin Saint Georges
We are delighted to offer and recommend the excellent 2007 Moulin Saint Georges @ £230.00 IB per case. . . This small St-Emilion vineyard adjourns the famous/& very expensive Chateau Ausone - Moulin Saint Georges also shares the same owner & winemaker (Alain Vauthier). . .
Robert Parker is a big fan of Moulin Saint Georges and says "Readers should think of it as a junior Ausone". . .
Both Parker & Neal Martin award a commendable score of (89-91). . .
This has a very attractive nose with some bright blackberry fruit, wild hedgerow and cassis. Very good definition and purity. The palate has a real brightness and succulence to it, very fine tannins, great purity and silkiness towards the finish. Feminine and wily. Succulent black cherries towards the finish. Excellent. Tasted April 2008. Neal Martin. . .
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