2008 Grand Pontet
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A deeply colored 2008, the 2008 Chateau Grand-Pontet has a pretty, youthful bouquet of sweet cherries, spring flowers, earth, and menthol. Perfumed, complex and layered aromatically, it's medium to full-bodied and nicely concentrated on the palate, with terrific purity of fruit, notable freshness, and a great finish. It's a terrific, youthful 2008 to enjoy over the coming decade or more.
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Robert Parker
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The 2008 Grand-Pontet is a solidly made effort for the vintage. It came in at 14% natural alcohol and yields were very small (20 hectoliters per hectare). The wine exhibits a deep ruby/plum/garnet color and notes of Christmas fruitcake, underbrush, pepper and spice. It is an intriguingly spicy wine on the palate as well, with medium-bodied flavors, sweet tannin, and then a slight narrowing in the finish which kept my score from going any higher. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.
Deep crimson. A little high in volatile acidity it seems to me. Though that gives it an attractively dangerous edge. Very edgy. With some pretty chunky tannins. I think I prefer the 2007 here. (JR)
Fine, perfumed fruit, fragrant. Tight, bright and lively. (JH)
About the producer
Ch. Grand Pontet was purchased by Domaine Clarence Dillon wines (owners of Ch. Haut-Brion and Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion) in 2021. The last vintage was 2020, with the vineyards absorbed by Ch. Quintus, Clarence Dillon’s prestige Saint-Emilion estate from the 2021 vintage.