2000 Pontet-Canet and Labegorce

2000 Châteu Pontet-Canet
Ruby. More open than last bottle, cassis, blueberries, leather and starting cigars on the nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, getting even more elegant, fresh, lively, detailed, complex and very long. 94

2005 Château Labegorce
Ruby, garnet rim. Cassis, leather, vanilla, fairly youthful, quite lovely nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh and fruity, again elegant if not the most complex. Good length. 89