2017 Château Pontet-Canet

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96 point - James Suckling: "This has ethereal transparency to it with a fresh, red-berry and cherry nose. Terra-cotta and dried-flower notes. Plums, too. Quite complex. The palate has a very detailed tannin texture with attractive cassis and blueberries that hold very long, fresh and pure. Fruity and fresh." 

93 point - Decanter: "Compared to the flamboyant 2018 and the fantastic 2016, this comes in a lower gear, with less potential complexity. I like the ripe cassis, red and black berry aromatics with a lovely tannic finesse, but I wanted more palate density here. Medium finish. Aged 50% new oak , 35% amphora."

96 point - Robert Parker: Composed of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Pontet-Canet gives up beautifully fragrant notes of rosehip tea, lilacs, cinnamon stick, cloves, dried leaves and underbrush with a core of kirsch, raspberry coulis, warm plums and red and black currants plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, the palate is refreshing, minerally and wonderfully elegant with a well-played texture of approachable, plush tannins and a long, fragrant finish. Beautiful. Aging took place in 50% new and 15% in second fill barrels and the remaining 35% in amphorae for 16 months, much of the material for which came from the soil at Pontet-Canet! "

Ingen andre af de klassificerede slotte i Medoc har i nyere tid udvist den samme fremgang som Château Pontet-Canet og for Alfred Tesseron og hans vinmager Jean-Michel Comme har rejsen fra konventionel drift til økologi, biodynamik og mere til været en sand triumf. Med en energi og en lidenskab, som man kun kan fatte hvis man oplever den har de vist, at man ikke behøver forgribe sig på naturen for at skabe vine i verdensklasse, og den tid hvor kollegaerne både på de omkringliggende slotte og længere væk smilede og trak på skulderen er forbi.

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