Château PONTET-CANET
5ème grand cru classé

Contiguous to Mouton-Rothschild, Pontet-Canet is in good vintages the very type of great Pauillac, straight and racy. The first of the Grands Crus Classés to be certified "organic" (in 2010), Pontet-Canet has been at the top of the Médoc since 2000.

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Revue du Vin de France : 95-96/100 « 2023 a engendré les plus longues vendanges de l’histoire du cru, soit trente-quatre jours. Une nécessité pour amener les cabernets à leur point de maturité et leur permettre de développer le soyeux typique du cru. C’est encore un vin très velouté, délié, mais aussi persistant et éclatant dans une finale qui tapisse la bouche. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 96-97/100 ♥ Coup de cœur « Pureté de saveur et de texture admirables, tannin soyeux, grande persistance. Le vin qu’on attend et qui a rendu le cru célèbre. »
Le Point : 18/20  « Nez chêne frais, bouche délicate, élégante, fraîche, tendre, tanins fins, matière et délicatesse. Déjà savoureux, salivant. » « The 2023 Pontet-Canet is a powerful, impressively constituted wine. Dark, vibrant and sensual in the glass, the 2023 is somber and mysterious in bearing. Black plum, gravel, lavender, graphite and licorice all meld together in the glass. More than anything else, the 2023 is incredibly well put together. [...] This is a gorgeous and hugely promising Pontet-Canet. I especially admire its finely cut precision and soaring aromatics. »
Martin : 93-95/100 « The 2023 Pontet Canet, [...] has a very pure bouquet with dark cherries, blackcurrant and touches of vanilla, cohering over the course of ten minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, with very supple tannins matched by a keen line of acidity. There is plenty of creaminess on the mid-palate, fine grip and a pinch of black pepper toward the finish. Very fine. »