Pontet-Canet and Pym-Rae

Went to a Pontet-Canet tasting last night with Alfred Tesseron. We had 06, 09, 10, 11, 15 and 16, but you don't need my non-Bordeaux-palate notes on these wines. I found them mostly delicious, in their own distinctive ways. With the possible exception of 2015, which was awkward.

The big head scratchers were the 2017 and 2018 Tesseron Estate Pym-Rae wines. Clearly taking us back to California (for better or worse). My friend and I preferred 2017 to the jam-bomb of 2018, although I guess technically 2018 is a more reputed vintage. However, retail price for 2017 was $380 and 2018 was $450. What?! Greatly inferior to the P-C wines right next to them (for half the price), not to mention everything else one could buy with that money.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by wine pricing. And it is a tiring topic. But maybe someone has something to say defending the Pym-Rae wines?

[Jenise]

Although the remoteness of my location makes a lot of wines I'd like to run into scarce or nonexistent, I guess I am fortunate to not have come into contact with Pym-Rae wines.

[David M. Bueker]

No familiarity with Pym-Rae.

Love Pontet-Canet. Wish it was still $75/bottle.

Old vines on Mt Veeder. Former property of Robin Williams. Wine named after middle names of RW's children. All that 'story' blah blah. But not sure how that pricing works!