2014 Chateaux Pontet Canet Pauillac 0,75lt.
A harmonious and energetic wine and a great success. An intense crimson, the wine has a bewitching nose with clearly defined and precise fruit, underlined by mineral notes which connect the wine to the terroir from which it came.
The full and elegant attack leads into a fresh, dense and silky mid-palate on
chiselled tannins, followed by an impressively long finish.
98 POINTS JAMES SUCKLING
95 POINTS WINE ADVOCATE ROBERT PARKER
96 POINTS WINE ENTHUSIAST
The north of the Médoc peninsular offered exciting investment opportunities for the high society of the time, and Jean-François de Pontet figured among the aristocrats and high-ranking magistrates that shaped the vast horizons of the new Médoc. Having made his career at Versailles he was appointed Grand Squire of France under Louis XV, and then, after settling in Guyenne, he became the governor of the Médoc. In 1705, he brought together a few acres of land to the north of the village of Pauillac and with them created a vineyard; and then, in 1757, he acquired an estate in a small area known as Canet. Following the custom of the time, he joined his surname to that of the estate. Thus, in 1781, Château Pontet-Canet was born.
The full and elegant attack leads into a fresh, dense and silky mid-palate on
chiselled tannins, followed by an impressively long finish.
A harmonious and energetic wine and a great success.
A harmonious and energetic wine and a great success. An intense crimson, the wine has a bewitching nose with clearly defined and precise fruit, underlined by mineral notes which connect the wine to the terroir from which it came.
The full and elegant attack leads into a fresh, dense and silky mid-palate on
chiselled tannins, followed by an impressively long finish.
98 POINTS JAMES SUCKLING
95 POINTS WINE ADVOCATE ROBERT PARKER
96 POINTS WINE ENTHUSIAST
The north of the Médoc peninsular offered exciting investment opportunities for the high society of the time, and Jean-François de Pontet figured among the aristocrats and high-ranking magistrates that shaped the vast horizons of the new Médoc. Having made his career at Versailles he was appointed Grand Squire of France under Louis XV, and then, after settling in Guyenne, he became the governor of the Médoc. In 1705, he brought together a few acres of land to the north of the village of Pauillac and with them created a vineyard; and then, in 1757, he acquired an estate in a small area known as Canet. Following the custom of the time, he joined his surname to that of the estate. Thus, in 1781, Château Pontet-Canet was born.
The full and elegant attack leads into a fresh, dense and silky mid-palate on
chiselled tannins, followed by an impressively long finish.
A harmonious and energetic wine and a great success.