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A ramrod of graphite adds to the strident, structured feel. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2030 through 2050.\" - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWine Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"98 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Lovely grilled and graphite notes right off the bat; this is big and muscular, and extremely Pauillac. There is grace here too, with raspberry purée, cassis, fig and blackberry fruits set against charcoal and fine tannins that quickly build up to suggest how well this will age. 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 60% new oak used. 13% press wine. Drinking Window 2026 - 2038.\" - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDecanter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"98 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This famous estate at the southern end of Pauillac has produced a powerful wine. Packed blackberry fruits, laced with acidity, are just starting out on a long journey along with the tannins. The wine’s elegance is beautifully preserved within the structure. With considerable potential, the wine should not be drunk before 2027. Cellar Selection.\" - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWine Enthusiast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"98 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The 2018 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is a monster of a wine with an almost Château Latour-like stature and structure, offering deep, backward, slightly reductive notes of blackcurrants, crushed stone, scorched earth, lead pencil shavings, and tobacco leaf. Based largely on Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with 23% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, it's full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful on the palate, with masses of tannin's, beautiful mid-palate density, and a great finish. 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Although we associate them with a place, a chateau, most of the time the vines are spread far and wide across the appellation. And as most of you know, if those vines are within the appellation, no matter where they are or whose they once were, they are considered the quality level of the current owner. Meaning if Chateau Latour buys some vineyards way on the outskirts of Pauillac near the Haut Medoc, those vineyards are instantly First Growth vineyards. A little quixotic, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost chateaux know that this situation really won’t stand for the fine connoissuer and his or her palate. To continue the example, if they are drinking Chateau Latour, or Font de Latour, or Pauillac de Latour, they want it to taste like Latour. So most Left Bank chateaux have gone on a program of buying, swapping, or otherwise exchanging vineyards with one another. So that all of Latour's vineyards, no matter which wine they are destined for, taste like Latour and are grown near the famous tower (Latour has no chateau anymore).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd so it is the case with Lynch Bages. Jean Marc Cazes, the owner of Lynch-Bages, is nothing short of a visionary. Not only has he undertaken the revitalization of the hamlet of Bages, as well as opening Bordeaux to wine tourisim and promoting gastronomy, he has completely refurbished Lynch-Bages and has spent the last 20 years on a program of purchasing, renovating, swapping and exchanging vineyards so that the estate's wines can all align. That brings us to this bargain of a beauty in Bordeaux – Lynch-Bages Pauillac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Pauillac” used to be a third wine of Lynch-Bages – fruit from those far-flung areas in Pauillac away from the main chateau. But now, that is certainly not the case – it sits right alongside Echo de Lynch-Bages (the known second wine), if not actually displacing it. All of those far-flung parcels have now been swapped, and this is home-turf vineyards, the building blocks of Lynch-Bages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy not just make more Echo and discontinue this wine? Well, I have a sneaking suspicion it's because of the Bordeaux wine trade. The main wine and the second are sold through the merchant houses of Bordeaux. This wine is represented globally by the Cazes family – eliminating at least two middlemen in the process. 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Pontet-Canet has spent the last two decades in that second category—a quiet revolution unfolding in Pauillac, driven by horses, compost teas, cover crops, and a kind of biodynamic faith that once drew skepticism but now draws envy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1408\"\u003eAnd the 2022 is a landmark. A wine forged in a heat-struck vintage where the châteaux who survived did so on sheer vineyard intelligence. Few handled the season with more grace than Alfred Tesseron and winemaker Mathieu Bessonnet. Their vines, deeply rooted in the Günzian gravel of Pauillac and farmed biodynamically since 2004, seemed to meet the heat with poise—producing a wine that is both powerful and startlingly fresh, dense yet light on its feet, modern in purity but unmistakably Pontet-Canet in its textural serenity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1986\"\u003eThe nose alone feels like a slow unfurling: blackcurrant and warm blackberry, violets crushed between the fingers, graphite, cedar shavings, a whiff of cocoa nib, and the faintest lift of mint and licorice. The palate is an architectural thing—broad-shouldered but harmonious, built on perfectly ripe Cabernet Sauvignon and that signature Pontet-Canet silk, the tannins long, elegant, savory, almost mineral in their definition. Despite the vintage’s heat, the wine finishes with remarkable tension and length, leaving behind a trail of dark fruit, earth, and Pauillac gravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2338\"\u003eTechnically, everything here reinforces the singularity of the estate: hand-harvesting, optical sorting, amphora-integrated élevage, minimal new oak, and biodynamic rigor practiced at First Growth intensity. This is a Fifth Growth only by historic classification; by reputation, it now stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its most prestigious neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2340\" data-end=\"2582\"\u003eThe 2022 Pontet-Canet is not merely a success—it’s one of the wines of the vintage. A bottle that collectors will chase for decades, and one that reminds us how Bordeaux, even in a changing climate, can still deliver wines of profound beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2340\" data-end=\"2582\"\u003eCritical acclaim: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"755\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"448\"\u003e98–100 Points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"451\"\u003e“\u003cem data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"754\"\u003eDeeply fragrant and arresting, the 2022 Pontet-Canet delivers layers of blackcurrants, warm plums, crushed violets, licorice, graphite, and essence of gravel. The palate is electric—silky, harmonious, and superbly long, with extraordinary purity and freshness for the vintage. A stunning achievement.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"1074\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"805\"\u003e97–99 Points, Wine Advocate (William Kelley)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"808\"\u003e“\u003cem data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"1073\"\u003eThe 2022 Pontet-Canet is a brilliant wine in the making—perfumed, vibrant, and beautifully balanced, offering the estate’s hallmark purity of fruit with even greater depth and precision than usual. A wine of real energy, seamless texture, and Pauillac authority.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1337\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1108\"\u003e96–99 Points, James Suckling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1111\"\u003e“\u003cem data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003eA wine of tension and finesse with an impressive core of blackberry, cassis, and mineral character. 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