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Pontet Canet 2015 150cl

5eme Grand Cru Classé | Pauillac | Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
98 James Suckling
So much floral and dark-fruit character with almonds and walnut shell. Full body and ultra-fine tannins. Powerful. Classic style with a harmony and energy. Goes on for minutes. A superb wine with great fruit. Real Bordeaux. Try in 2025.
97 Robert Parker
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Pontet-Canet comes charging out of the glass with fantastically expressive notes of black cherry preserves, black raspberries and blackcurrant pastilles plus touches of kirsch, wilted roses, tobacco, camphor and cinnamon stick with a waft of fragrant soil. Full bodied, the palate is laden with black and red fruit layers, supported by very firm, very finely grained tannins and provocative freshness, finishing with incredible length and stunningly perfumed.
96 Robert Parker
A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, 50% of the 2015 Pontet-Canet was aged in new French oak, while 15% was matured in second fill barrels and 35% in cement amphorae. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose opens with exuberant black currants, red currants and black raspberries scents plus an evocative undercurrent of cedar chest, dusty earth, cloves, chocolate box and Provence herbs with a fragrant waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied and built like a brick house with very firm, wonderfully grainy tannins and black and red fruits charged with the most singular energy, it finishes with incredible persistence and depth.
18 Rene Gabriel
Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Recht offenes, ausladendes Bouquet, delikate Zedernholznoten, Kaffee, Backpflaumen, zeigt eine schöne Terroirsüsse an. Im Gaumen mit einem kernig-pfeffrigen Extrakt aufwartend, hat Adstringenz und weist eine gesunde Tannin-Adstringenz auf. Er hat etwa gleich viel Muskeln wie Fleisch und wird einen klassischen, vielleicht gar etwas traditionell anmutenden, geduldigen Pontet-Canet abgeben. 18/20 2025 – 2055
18 Rene Gabriel
Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Recht offenes, ausladendes Bouquet, delikate Zedernholznoten, Kaffee, Backpflaumen, zeigt eine schöne Terroirsüsse an. Im Gaumen mit einem kernig-pfeffrigen Extrakt aufwartend, hat Adstringenz und weist eine gesunde Tannin-Adstringenz auf. Er hat etwa gleich viel Muskeln wie Fleisch und wird einen klassischen, vielleicht gar etwas traditionell anmutenden, geduldigen Pontet-Canet abgeben. 18/20 2025 – 2055
Producer
Château Pontet Canet
The legendary Médoc estate, Château Pontet-Canet has been under the ownership of the Tesseron family for over four decades. However, its history dates back to the early 18th century, when royal governor of the Médoc, Jean-François de Pontet put together several vineyard plots in Pauillac. Just about a century later, the Universal Exhibition of 1855 confirmed the château’s elite status with a Fifth Growth rank. With 81-hectares of vineyards planted on the best gravel soils of the appellation, Pontet-Canet was one of the first Bordeaux estates to be both Certified Organic and Biodynamic starting with their 2010 vintage. Over the past forty years, in the interest of quality, to better reflect the unique terroir of their wines, the family has made several renovations to the estate, including technical innovations in the winemaking department. Today, the winery is run by Alfred Tesseron and produces quintessential Pauillac wines. They are big, powerful and dense reds with supple, well-rounded tannins that are complimented with intense fragrances of cassis and cedar. Both with spectacular ageing potentials, the estate’s second wine, Hauts de Pontet and the impressive Grand Vin, Pontet-Canet are impeccably made.