Thursday, 13 August 2015

Chateau Pontet St Emilion

I saw this wine in the shops the other day, and thought it might be interesting to find out about this other Pontet.It turns out that there are a number of estates other than the Pauillac 5th Growth Pontet-Canet with the word Pontet in its name. At least two are in St Emilion, Ch Grand Pontet and Ch Cadet Pontet, the latter of which produces the wine above. It seesm that the Vignoble Merias originally owns Chateau Cadet Pontet a St Emilion Grand Cru and they then bought another St Emilion Grand Cru, Ch Cadet-Peychezin 2010. The above wine is I suppose the second wine of the original estate. Although the grand vin of the original estate includes the two Cabernets in its cepage, both Cadet-Peychezin and the above wine are 100% Merlot.

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