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.

Maturation: Around half of the production is aged in new barrels, 10 to 15% in second-fill barrels and, since 2012, 30 to 40% in Dolia (concrete amphorae). This new departure in how we age our wines reflects our determination to produce wines that are free of any artifice. Revealing the wine’s essence rather than its make-up is our goal. The ageing time in barrel varies from 16 to 18 months, depending on the nature of the wines. Merlot were picked on 24 September, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon as well as Petit Verdot started from 4 October