Product Description
The 2019 Pontet Canet underwent ageing with 35% in amphora, while the remaining 65% in a combination of 50% new oak and 15% one-year oak. The 2019 vintage is made up of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, with the remaining blend consisting of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The grapes used in the production of this wine were biodynamic.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 92
The 2019 Pontet-Canet is the outlier in the flight with its arresting exotic blueberry, cassis and mulberry scents. It is attractive, seductive even, yet it is cut from a totally different cloth to other wines in the flight of Pauillacs. The palate steers it back towards Bordeaux, albeit not all the way. Grainy tannins, mulberry and game, almost Syrah-like in style. Quite powerful, this has a chewy finish with some dry tannins. Perplexing. Fascinating. Sui generis. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2038
Robert Parker 93
The 2019 Pontet-Canet offers up an expressive bouquet of plummy fruit, kirsch, dried herbs and peonies. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, ample and seamless, with melting tannins, succulent acids, and a long, liqueured finish. Tasted twice, it’s a wine I find somewhat perplexing: in a blind tasting, I might be more inclined to place it in Gigondas than Pauillac. I’m far from dogmatic when it comes to what the French call "typicite," and stylistic diversity surely enriches every appellation; but by the same token, I’m not convinced that this is the most compelling aesthetic that a Cabernet-based blend from this part of Bordeaux can realize. Checking in at 13.7% alcohol, some 35% of the production was matured in amphorae, which no doubt contributes to the wine’s idiosyncratic identity.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2045
Producer Profile
Area under vines: 80 hectares
Soils: Gravel and sand
Average age of the vines: 45 years
Planting density: 9500 vines/ha
Production: 20 000 cases a year
Ageing: in 60% new oak barrels for 16 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 62%
- Merlot 32%
- Cabernet Franc 4%
- Petit Verdot 2%
Second wine: Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet
- Cabernet Sauvignon 53%
- Merlot 46%
- Cabernet Franc 1%
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