1994 Chateau Pontet Canet

Tasted at 28-50 restaurant at the 1994 dinner. This is one of the finest Pauillac wines, a vintage that portended what was to come under the tenure of Alfred Tesseron. It is consistent with the bottle from earlier this year with that lovely, graphite-tinged nose and that cohesive, fresh, buoyant nose that is less foursquare when compared directly with the likes of Grand Puy Lacoste and Cos d’Estournel. This is a point and is a great achievement in the context of the season. Drink now-2020. Tasted November 2011.