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Pontet Canet 2016 1500cl

5eme Grand Cru Classé | Pauillac | Bordeaux | France
CHF 3’891.60
Évaluations et Scores
98 Robert Parker
The blend of the 2016 Pontet-Canet is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Around 55% of the wine was aged in new French oak barrels, 15% in two-year-old barrels and 35% in cement amphorae for 16 months. Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with opulent scents of plum preserves, spice cake, hoisin and crème de cassis with fragrant wafts of potpourri, wood smoke and rose hip tea. Medium to full-bodied, rich and decadent, with loads of spicy layers, it has a firm, velvety texture with great freshness and incredible depth, finishing very long and on a compelling mineral note.<br/>2016 marks the 40th vintage at Pontet-Canet for Alfred Tesseron. Winemaker Jean-Michel Comme mentioned it was wet at the beginning of the year, but thankfully the weather changed in late June. Thus, 2016 was a more normal/typical mildew year, so the disease pressure wasn’t too much of an issue. Then it was very dry until fall. He believes the vintage could be compared to 1961 or 2010. The result is an uninhibited, truly singular showing of Pontet-Canet this year—perhaps the richest, most sumptuous and hedonic expression of the vintage of all the great Left Bank wines.
98 Robert Parker
The blend of the 2016 Pontet-Canet is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Around 55% of the wine was aged in new French oak barrels, 15% in two-year-old barrels and 35% in cement amphorae for 16 months. Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with opulent scents of plum preserves, spice cake, hoisin and crème de cassis with fragrant wafts of potpourri, wood smoke and rose hip tea. Medium to full-bodied, rich and decadent, with loads of spicy layers, it has a firm, velvety texture with great freshness and incredible depth, finishing very long and on a compelling mineral note.<br/>2016 marks the 40th vintage at Pontet-Canet for Alfred Tesseron. Winemaker Jean-Michel Comme mentioned it was wet at the beginning of the year, but thankfully the weather changed in late June. Thus, 2016 was a more normal/typical mildew year, so the disease pressure wasn’t too much of an issue. Then it was very dry until fall. He believes the vintage could be compared to 1961 or 2010. The result is an uninhibited, truly singular showing of Pontet-Canet this year—perhaps the richest, most sumptuous and hedonic expression of the vintage of all the great Left Bank wines.
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Château Pontet Canet
Le Château Pontet-Canet, domaine mythique du Médoc et fief de la famille Tesseron depuis plus de quatre décennies, trouve ses fondements au début du 18ème siècle. A cette époque, Jean-François de Pontet, gouverneur royal du Médoc, a réuni plusieurs parcelles de vignes à Pauillac. Environ un siècle plus tard, lors de l’Exposition Universelle de 1855, le château a été inscrit an rang de Cinquième Grand Cru Classé, confirmant ainsi sa place parmi l’élite du Médoc. Ses 81 hectares de vignes bénéficient d’une situation privilégiée sur les meilleurs terroirs graveleux de l’appellation. Dès le millésime 2010, Pontet-Canet a été parmi les premiers domaines bordelais à décrocher une certification, à la fois en agriculture biologique et en biodynamie. Depuis quarante ans, dans un souci qualitatif et pour mieux exprimer son terroir unique, la famille a entrepris plusieurs travaux de rénovation au domaine, dont des innovations techniques dans le chai de vinification. La propriété est dirigée aujourd’hui par Alfred Tesseron et propose à travers ses vins la quintessence de Pauillac. Denses, massives et puissantes, ses cuvées offrent aussi des tanins souples et ronds rehaussés par des parfums intenses de cassis et de cèdre. Son second vin, les Hauts de Pontet, lui aussi doté d’une capacité de vieillissement spectaculaire, fait l’objet des mêmes soins méticuleux que le grand vin, Pontet-Canet.