Hauts de Pontet-Canet - Pauillac - Boudeaux - 2006 - (Classic, Ager, Food Wine, Earthy Style, Best Buy) - $26 - A deep clear garnet/black fading to a deep garnet rim. Opened with a nose of scorched earth, new shower curtain and rubber tires, not that it's a bad thing, just classic BDX qualities. But as it opened the bluberry rush came on, as did the currant and chocolaty qualities, and once truely aired, it was ripe crushed plums. That is what we expect from great Merlot dominated blends with Cabernet should evolve to. I loved this, but my Modern wine drinking friends felt less intimate with it. It had medium tannins for a young 2006, but with a ton of earth and gravel to each pound of fruit. Great with a bit of Braised Pork Shoulder, as the tannins and moderate+ acidity were instantly cut by the mented fat, yum! A great QPR on this.
