Chateau Grand-Pontet 2004

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Chateau Grand-Pontet  2004 Front Label
Chateau Grand-Pontet  2004 Front Label

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Region

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Vintage
2004

Size
750ML

Features
Collectible

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

"A wine that combines big solid, but fresh fruit, with big flavors of new wood. It is solid, black and powerful."
Wine Enthusiast
93-95 points

"Good ruby-red. Currant, black raspberry, cocoa powder and graphite on the nose. Silky on entry, then impressively sweet in the middle palate, with classic Pauillac flavors of currant, chocolate and graphite dominating. This boasts the sharp focus of the vintage's best examples but can't quite match the 2006 for consistent ripeness and mid-palate depth. Tannins are quite firm and in need of six or seven years of patience."
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
91(+) points

"An impressively-endowed, dense, modern-styled St.-Emilion, the deep ruby/purple-colored 2004 boasts a sweet nose of charcoal, black currants, grilled herbs, and spicy barrique. With excellent fruit, outstanding potential, medium to full body, beautiful purity, and a nicely-framed, sweetly tannic finish, it should be at its finest between 2008-2015."
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
89-91 points

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Chateau Grand-Pontet

Chateau Grand-Pontet

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Chateau Grand-Pontet, France
Chateau Grand-Pontet is a Grand Cru Classé and has been under the same ownership as Chateau Beau-Séjour Bécot since 1980. The wine is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. It is matured in wood for 12-18 months with 50 percent new oak.
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One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.

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St-Émilion Wine

Bordeaux, France

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Marked by its historic fortified village—perhaps the prettiest in all of Bordeaux, the St-Émilion appellation, along with its neighboring village of Pomerol, are leaders in quality on the Right Bank of Bordeaux. These Merlot-dominant red wines (complemented by various amounts of Cabernet Franc and/or Cabernet Sauvignon) remain some of the most admired and collected wines of the world.

St-Émilion has the longest history in wine production in Bordeaux—longer than the Left Bank—dating back to an 8th century monk named Saint Émilion who became a hermit in one of the many limestone caves scattered throughout the area.

Today St-Émilion is made up of hundreds of independent farmers dedicated to the same thing: growing Merlot and Cabernet Franc (and tiny amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon). While always roughly the same blend, the wines of St-Émilion vary considerably depending on the soil upon which they are grown—and the soils do vary considerably throughout the region.

The chateaux with the highest classification (Premier Grand Cru Classés) are on gravel-rich soils or steep, clay-limestone hillsides. There are only four given the highest rank, called Premier Grand Cru Classés A (Chateau Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Angélus, Pavie) and 14 are Premier Grand Cru Classés B. Much of the rest of the vineyards in the appellation are on flatter land where the soils are a mix of gravel, sand and alluvial matter.

Great wines from St-Émilion will be deep in color, and might have characteristics of blackberry liqueur, black raspberry, licorice, chocolate, grilled meat, earth or truffles. They will be bold, layered and lush.

YNG180821_2004 Item# 90690

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