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- TheEngineer - 05-19-2005
I've seen both
1996 Les Hauts de Pontet, Pauillac
and
1996 Chateau Benjamin de Pontet
Both of which are called "second wines" of Pontet-Canet. Does anyone know which one in fact is the real second wine and which is the third?
- winoweenie - 05-19-2005
Well TE I've never heard about Benjamin being the 2nd of PC. Since the 95 vintage the Les Haut has produced some really fine juice. WW
- TheEngineer - 05-23-2005
Okay...rather confused now...I know that Sarget Gruaud Larose is the second wine of Chat. Gruaud Larose...tonight I picked up a case of La Roseraio de Gruaud......both are supposedly second wines...
Apparently there is also a Chevalier de Gruaud Larose which is a version 1.5...somewhere between version 1 and the two seconds......
I read about the potential that the Benjamin may be a France only version of PC, and the US gets the other label.....