Château Pontet Canet, 2017

Name: Château Pontet Canet, 2017
Brand: weindepotsingapore
SKU: 26010309
Price: 190.00 SGD
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Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Varietal

Bordeaux Blend

Producer

Classified Grand Cru

Vintage

2017

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.

This has ethereal transparency to it with a fresh, red-berry and cherry nose. Terra-cotta and dried-flower notes. Plums, too. Quite complex. The palate has a very detailed tannin texture with attractive cassis and blueberries that hold very long, fresh and pure. Fruity and fresh. Try from 2023.
James Suckling 96pts

Composed of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Pontet-Canet gives up beautifully fragrant notes of rosehip tea, lilacs, cinnamon stick, cloves, dried leaves and underbrush with a core of kirsch, raspberry coulis, warm plums and red and black currants plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, the palate is refreshing, minerally and wonderfully elegant with a well-played texture of approachable, plush tannins and a long, fragrant finish. Beautiful. Aging took place in 50% new and 15% in second fill barrels and the remaining 35% in amphorae for 16 months, much of the material for which came from the soil at Pontet-Canet! Drink Date 2021 - 2048
Parker Wine Advocate 96pts