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2023 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
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Product: 20238007342
2023 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon; 39% Merlot; 6% Cabernet Franc; 3% Petit Verdot.

The wine is luminous and full of verve. The Cabernet Sauvignon’s vivid blue fruit shines brightly and the Merlot is succulent and complex. Owner Alfred Tesseron felt that this was an easy vintage. Despite the estate’s biodynamic status, the mildew didn’t really cause any problems. At 34 days’ duration and lasting until 10th October, this was Alfred’s longest ever harvest. This is confident and assured, with generosity and depth. It seems to have an open weave while also being compact and without even a hint of the slightly hedonistic character that can sometimes appear. This will be offered in a lighter 490g bottle (usually 815g), saving 30 tonnes of CO2.

Drink 2029 - 2050

Our score: 17.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pontet-Canet

About this wine

Chateau Pontet-Canet

Château Pontet-Canet is a large Pauillac estate that can trace its origins back to 1725, when Jean-François Pontet gave his name to the estate he had acquired. The wine was not château-bottled until 1972 and in 1975 the property was sold to Guy Tesseron, of the Tesseron family, one of the finest exponents of luxury, very old, aged Cognacs (Cognac Tesseron). The Tesserons also own Château Lafon-Rochet in St-Estephe. Today, Château Pontet-Canet is owned and run by Alfred and Michel Tesseron.
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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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