Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 Pauillac
BIO
Lisa Perrotti Brown 30. November 2018 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.
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.
Antonio Galloni bewertet den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 im Januar 2019 wie folgt: The 2016 Pontet-Canet is absolutely breathtaking. Powerful. ample and racy in the glass. the 2016 is one of the most exquisitely well-balanced young Pontet-Canets I can remember tasting. Savory. high-toned aromatics and brisk mineral notes lend energy and delineation as this vivid wonderfully alive wine opens up in the glass. The flavors are dark and incisive. but it is the wine's total sense of harmony that is most compelling. All of the elements are simply in the right place. The 2016 is tremendous. It's as simple as that. As is often the case. Pontet-Canet is one of the most singular wines in Bordeaux. Alfred Tesseron could have chosen to play things safe when he took over the management of the estate in the mid-1990s. Instead. he chose a very different path. No proprietor in Bordeaux has taken more risks over the last two decades than Alfred Tesseron. A commitment to biodynamic farming. sustainability across the entire estate more broadly. and the adoption of new concepts for Bordeaux. such as aging a portion of the wine in terra cotta. set Pontet-Canet apart from other properties in Pauillac and the Left Bank. Not surprisingly. the wine is also starkly different from the wines of neighboring estates.
Verkostungsbericht vom 03. Februar 2019:The aromas of ripe blackcurrants. iodine. sweet tobacco and fresh flowers are spellbinding. Full-bodied with mouth-expanding. massive and natural tannins. Impressive fruit with hints of prunes. The finish is long and powerful. Needs six to seven years to soften and come together. Try from 2025.
95-97 / 100 Parker Punkte
Neal Martin bewertet den Pontet Canet 2016 im April 2017:
The 2016 Pontet-Canet is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon. 1% Petit Verdot and 39% Merlot. less Cabernet this year because of the size of the berries. I tasted the wine on two visits to the property around two weeks apart. plus additional tastings at négoçiants. It has an intense bouquet with layers of blackberry. sloes and fresh mint. just a hint of black truffle in the background. It is certainly a little more opulent compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin. a little spicier than I expected (in a positive sense) with gentle grip in the mouth. It fans out with confidence. a voluminous Pontet-Canet with an extremely persistent aftertaste. and a saline and balsamic finish. This is an extravagant Pauillac for the vintage that will age over many years.
98-99 / 100 Punkte
James Suckling bewertet den Pontet Canet 2016 im März 2017:
Vivid and full of energy with blackberry. currant and salt. Full body. intense and long. Harmony. Purpose. Classicism. The mineral and currant character is all year. A seamless tannin texture. Great wine. You want to drink it now.
Weitere Information:
Bei unseren Primeur Proben im April 2017 konnten wir den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 auf dem Weingut verkosten.
Für uns ist dies einer der besten Chateau Pontet Canet den es je gab. wir notierten wie folgt: Der Wein hat zuerst eine sehr reife Nase. auf dem Chateau wird dieser Wein für jede Gruppe frisch geöffnet und kurz Dekantiert. deshalb lassen wir uns immer etwas zeit diesen Wein zu probieren. Schon nach wenigen Minuten im vefrfliegt die intensiv noch etwas vom Holz geprägte Nase und gibt deutlich feinere Frucht frei. Eine für Pauillac so typische Graphitnote konnten wir noch nicht erkennen. wird wahrscheinlich in der Flaschenreife wahrnehmbar sein. Am Gaumen ist der Pontet Canet 2016 füllig und gross. Er bleibt sehr lange am Gaumen kleben das Tannin ist von hoher Qualität und ist super reif. Der Pontet Canet gibt dann noch lange Zeit immer wieder Schichten von dunklen Fruchtaromen frei. Unsere Wertung für den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 96-98+ Punkte. Die Lese der Trauben für den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 begann am 28. September für den Merlot und endete am 12 Oktober mit den letzten Pazellen des Cabernet Sauvignon.
Neal Martin bewertet den Pontet Canet 2016 im April 2017:
The 2016 Pontet-Canet is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon. 1% Petit Verdot and 39% Merlot. less Cabernet this year because of the size of the berries. I tasted the wine on two visits to the property around two weeks apart. plus additional tastings at négoçiants. It has an intense bouquet with layers of blackberry. sloes and fresh mint. just a hint of black truffle in the background. It is certainly a little more opulent compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin. a little spicier than I expected (in a positive sense) with gentle grip in the mouth. It fans out with confidence. a voluminous Pontet-Canet with an extremely persistent aftertaste. and a saline and balsamic finish. This is an extravagant Pauillac for the vintage that will age over many years.
98-99 / 100 Punkte
James Suckling bewertet den Pontet Canet 2016 im März 2017:
Vivid and full of energy with blackberry. currant and salt. Full body. intense and long. Harmony. Purpose. Classicism. The mineral and currant character is all year. A seamless tannin texture. Great wine. You want to drink it now.
Weitere Information:
Bei unseren Primeur Proben im April 2017 konnten wir den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 auf dem Weingut verkosten.
Für uns ist dies einer der besten Chateau Pontet Canet den es je gab. wir notierten wie folgt: Der Wein hat zuerst eine sehr reife Nase. auf dem Chateau wird dieser Wein für jede Gruppe frisch geöffnet und kurz Dekantiert. deshalb lassen wir uns immer etwas zeit diesen Wein zu probieren. Schon nach wenigen Minuten im vefrfliegt die intensiv noch etwas vom Holz geprägte Nase und gibt deutlich feinere Frucht frei. Eine für Pauillac so typische Graphitnote konnten wir noch nicht erkennen. wird wahrscheinlich in der Flaschenreife wahrnehmbar sein. Am Gaumen ist der Pontet Canet 2016 füllig und gross. Er bleibt sehr lange am Gaumen kleben das Tannin ist von hoher Qualität und ist super reif. Der Pontet Canet gibt dann noch lange Zeit immer wieder Schichten von dunklen Fruchtaromen frei. Unsere Wertung für den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 96-98+ Punkte. Die Lese der Trauben für den Chateau Pontet Canet 2016 begann am 28. September für den Merlot und endete am 12 Oktober mit den letzten Pazellen des Cabernet Sauvignon.
