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2016 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac Ex-Chateau release (750ml)
Chateau Pontet Canet
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2016 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac Ex-Chateau release (750ml)

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Widely considered one of the finest vintages in Pontet-Canet's modern history, and a wine several major critics scored at or near perfection. Farmed biodynamically under owner Alfred Tesseron and estate manager Jean-Michel Comme, the 2016 is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot, aged 16 months across new French oak, concrete amphora, and second-fill barrels. Expect a nose of crème de cassis, lead pencil, crushed mint, and graphite, moving into a powerful yet remarkably pure and elegant palate with fine, silky tannin. Built for 7 to 8 years of cellaring before it fully opens, with the structure to age for four to five decades. This Ex-Château release is guaranteed direct-from-château provenance, a serious consideration for a wine at this level.
Region Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Producer Château Pontet-Canet
Classification 5ème Cru Classé (1855)
Grape Blend 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage 2016
99 Points
"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 mostcompelling. 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.
"
—Antonio Galloni-Vinous Media
Appellation: Pauillac
Vintage: 2016
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau Pontet Canet
Chateau Pontet Canet

Widely considered one of the finest vintages in Pontet-Canet's modern history, and a wine several major critics scored at or near perfection. Farmed biodynamically under owner Alfred Tesseron and estate manager Jean-Michel Comme, the 2016 is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot, aged 16 months across new French oak, concrete amphora, and second-fill barrels. Expect a nose of crème de cassis, lead pencil, crushed mint, and graphite, moving into a powerful yet remarkably pure and elegant palate with fine, silky tannin. Built for 7 to 8 years of cellaring before it fully opens, with the structure to age for four to five decades. This Ex-Château release is guaranteed direct-from-château provenance, a serious consideration for a wine at this level.
Region Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Producer Château Pontet-Canet
Classification 5ème Cru Classé (1855)
Grape Blend 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage 2016
99 Points
"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 mostcompelling. 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.
"
—Antonio Galloni-Vinous Media
Appellation: Pauillac
Vintage: 2016
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau Pontet Canet