Château Pontet Canet, 2016

$280.00 SGD

Château Pontet Canet, 2016

Name: Château Pontet Canet, 2016
Brand: weindepotsingapore
SKU: 26050102
Price: 280.00 SGD
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$280.00 SGD

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Varietal

Blend: Cabernet sauvignon (65%), merlot (30%), cabernet franc (4%) and petit verdot (1%

Producer

Classified Grand Cru

Vintage

2016

Bottling

750 ml, 14.0% abv

One of the most recognizable Bordeaux estates, Chateau Pontet Canet covers 81hectares in Pauillac and is a classified 5th Growth. It is made up of 100 sub-plots and 800,000 vines overlooking the Gironde Estuary. To its north, Pontet Canet has two prestigious first growths - Mouton Rothschild and Lafite.

In 1975, the estate was purchased by Guy Tesseron, a wine grower from Cognac. In 1994, Guy entrusted the management of the estate to his son Alfred Tesseron, who had worked alongside him for twenty years.

Pontet-Canet is the first renowned large-scale Bordeaux wine estate to venture into organic and biodynamic farming, was also the first among the Grands Crus Classés to be awarded double certification for the whole vineyard.

A voluptuous wine, this is rich and fruity yet properly balanced by a magnificent structure. Pure, crisp and packed with a black currant flavor, this will be a remarkable wine as it develops. Still young, it needs many years to develop. Don't think about drinking before 2025.
- Wine Enthusiast 100pts

The blend of the 2016 Pontet-Canet is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Around 55% of the wine was aged in new French oak barrels, 15% in two-year-old barrels and 35% in cement amphorae for 16 months. Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with opulent scents of plum preserves, spice cake, hoisin and crème de cassis with fragrant wafts of potpourri, wood smoke and rose hip tea. Medium to full-bodied, rich and decadent, with loads of spicy layers, it has a firm, velvety texture with great freshness and incredible depth, finishing very long and on a compelling mineral note. Drink 2023-2049

- Parker Wine Advocate 98+