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Château Pontet Canet - Pauillac

Vintage

Size

75 cl

Price

€123.60

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Pickup available at Onshore Cellars, usually ready in 24 hours2040 Chemin Saint Bernard, Porte 12, 06220 Vallauris

Store information

Onshore Cellars

2040 Chemin Saint Bernard, Porte 12
06220 Vallauris
France

Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00

Tasting notes

While Justine Tesseron declined my request to taste at the property, I was able to acquire a bottle of the 2020 Pontet-Canet for review. The wine starts strong, wafting from the glass with attractive aromas of cherries, sweet berries and plum preserve mingled with lilac and licorice, but that's followed by a medium to full-bodied, firm and extracted palate that lacks the amplitude and flesh to conceal the rather drying tannins which dominate the earthy finish. It's an open secret among Bordeaux insiders that this estate, which has benefited from such significant and laudable investments and which was on such an upward trajectory through 2011, has been a perplexingly erratic performer since 2012, intermingling successful vintages with relative failures, and the 2020 only confirms that. While the 2020 isn't by any means a flawed wine, and time may well be kind to it, it doesn't transcend this estate's fifth growth status, even if this château's terroir clearly has the potential to.

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Provenance

Type
Red
Country
France
Appellation
Pauillac
Region
Bordeaux

Technical

Vintage
2020
ABV
14%
Size
75cl
Serving
16° - 18° C
Drinking window
2023 - 2060

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About this wine

Château Pontet Canet is a prestigious winery located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, France. With a rich history dating back to the early 18th century, the estate was classified as a fifth growth in the famous Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. The winery is known for its commitment to biodynamic farming practices, which results in wines of exceptional purity, elegance, and complexity.

The flagship wine of Château Pontet Canet is the Grand Vin, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot grapes aged in oak barrels for 16 to 20 months. This wine is known for its deep ruby color, complex aromas of black fruit, spices, and tobacco, and its firm tannins that give it a long and elegant finish. The winery also produces a second wine called Les Hauts de Pontet Canet, which is made from younger vines and is aged for 12 to 16 months in oak barrels. This wine is lighter and more approachable, with aromas of red fruit, spices, and vanilla.

Château Pontet Canet is a world-renowned winery that produces some of the finest wines in Bordeaux. Its commitment to biodynamic farming practices and traditional winemaking techniques has earned it a reputation for excellence and has made it a favorite among wine enthusiasts around the world.

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Producer

Château Pontet Canet

Alfred Tesseron and his team, led by Jean-Michel Comme, Pontet-Canet’s régisseur (estate manager) since 1989, have completely transformed both the vineyard and the identity of Château Pontet-Canet. Pontet-Canet's vines are…

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Region

Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90 percent of production volume) are the dry…

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Appellation

Pauillac

Pauillac is a prestigious wine appellation located on the Left Bank of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Situated along the Gironde estuary approximately 50 kilometers north of Bordeaux city, this commune encompasses…

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