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2015 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (30%),Cabernet Franc (4%),Petit Verdot (1%)
For laying down
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
96+/100
Steven Spurrier
96/100
James Suckling
97-98/100
Product: 20158007342
2015 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

This grand Pauillac property delivers awesome flavours in 2015. You can't help but enjoy this magnificently ripe, sturdy, smoky claret. It has the cedary Pauillac characteristic. The tannins are pleasingly silky, and there is tremendous balance. Creamy blackberries and a precise shape, lead to a fruit-dominant finish hat tingles in the mouth. It needs some bottle age, but it follows the tradition of great wine from this leading estate. It's rich and powerful, but elegant and sweet.

Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (30%),Cabernet Franc (4%),Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pontet-Canet

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Dark purplish crimson. Very ripe start and then rather drying tannins on the end. Wild and lively but a little bit heavy. I'm looking for a little more freshness. There's austerity and astringency (because of the amphorae influence?) but I'm not sure it compensates for the lack of acidity. Savoury, salty finish. Distinctive. Drink 2025-2040 jancis_robinson_mw - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2040
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 96+/100
A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, 50% of the 2015 Pontet-Canet was aged in new French oak, while 15% was matured in second fill barrels and 35% in cement amphorae. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose opens with exuberant black currants, red currants and black raspberries scents plus an evocative undercurrent of cedar chest, dusty earth, cloves, chocolate box and Provence herbs with a fragrant waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied and built like a brick house with very firm, wonderfully grainy tannins and black and red fruits charged with the most singular energy, it finishes with incredible persistence and depth.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 21/02/2018
Drink 2025 - 2040
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Feb 2018)
Steven Spurrier 96/100
Deep, velvety texture on the palate and wild flowers on the nose; unctuous yet firm with pristine clarity. A great wine by any standards – and the standards of Alfred Tesseron for his biodynamic vineyards and amphora-matured wine are magnificently evident. Drink: 2022-2045 Steven Spurrier - decanter.com - April 2016
Drink 2025 - 2040
Steven Spurrier, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)
James Suckling 97-98/100
This is very fine and silky with a beautiful vivid blackberry and blueberry character. Super polished tannins. Refined and very, very long. Fabulous harmony to this young wine. Very classic Bordeaux. Superb depth and length. Real Bordeaux. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2040
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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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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