Château Pontet Canet, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Pontet Canet

    Château Pontet Canet, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2019

    98/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    99/100
    The Wine Independent
    92/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Alfred Tesseron is one of the first proprietors in Bordeaux to have fully embraced the biodynamic movement. His outbuildings no longer house tractors; they have been converted back to stables for Reine, Babette and Kakou (his three working horses). Whether one believes that the lunar cycle or burying animal skulls has any impact on quality, one thing is for sure; Pontet Canet produces wine of at least second growth quality. Some would say that they are giving their neighbours at Mouton a run for their money. If you are looking for really smart Pauillac, you need look no further. The 2009 is possibly the best wine to date from this estate; it certainly rivals the monumental 2005. This has a beautiful nose of violets, crème de cassis, cranberries, fine tuned fruits and cedar. There is layer upon layer of gorgeously linear, delicious fruit, including waves of blueberries, red berries, cassis and cabernet fruits. The texture is wonderfully silky and refined with beautifully precise tannins. An exceptionally concentrated, pure, seamless and complete Pontet Canet.

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    Critic Reviews

    92/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2019 Pontet-Canet is the outlier in the flight with its arresting exotic blueberry, cassis and mulberry scents. It is attractive, seductive even, yet it is cut from a totally different cloth to other wines in the flight of Pauillacs. The palate steers it back towards Bordeaux, albeit not all the way. Grainy tannins, mulberry and game, almost Syrah-like in style. Quite powerful, this has a chewy finish with some dry tannins. Perplexing. Fascinating. Sui generis. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
    drinking window 2024 - 2038
    date of review 02/2023
    99/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2019 Pontet-Canet is made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is a little shy to begin, slowly drifting out of the glass with an evocative perfume of violets, black tea, rose petals, and cinnamon stick over a core of cassis, juicy blackberries, and black cherries, plus touches of star anise and cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and delivering layer upon layer of black fruits and savory accents, it has a firm, ripe, grainy texture and just enough freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. So stunningly vibrant that it shimmers, give it a good four years further in the cellar to open out and enjoy its transformation over the next 40 years+. Tasted three times with consistent notes.
    drinking window 2026 - 2066
    date of review 05/2022
    98/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Particularly successful during En Primeur, and even better now, just bursting out of the glass. Plump and fruit forward, plenty of character, with spiced cedar and smoked earth, violet and iris notes play around the edges, but the focus is on creamy cassis, bilberry, cocoa bean and aniseed. Last vintage with Jean-Michel Comme as technical director, and you really now see the skilled use of amphoras, which added notes of austerity in the early years (they introduced them in 2012) but now showcase the precision of the fruit. 100% 1st wine, with the ageing taking place in a mix of 45% new oak barrels, 15% one year barrels and 40% amphoras.
    drinking window 2024 - 2034
    date of review 01/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    14%

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