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Pauillac cinquième cru classé Logé en caisse bois de 6 bouteilles 75 cl Parker 95-97 | Quarin 97 | Galloni 96-99 | Decanter 98
167.56 CHF (155.00 CHF HT)
Jane Anson 98 points www.decanter.com The 2016 is a vintage that shows off the best of Pontet, and is similar in feel to their 2010. Gorgeously rich right from the first nose, it opens stunningly in the glass, showing waves of tight black fruits, touches of redcurrant, liquorice and aniseed, fine tannins and mouthwatering salinity. It manages to remain balanced without losing the punch and concentration of Pauillac, rising up through the palate. It’s hard not to fall in love with this wine, and it will clearly age with grace and ease. Bottled in July 2018. Drinking Window 2026 – 2042
Neal Martin 95-97 points www.erobertparker.com/ 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.
Jean-Marc Quarin 97 points www.quarin.com Le meilleur jamais fait. Couleur sombre, intense, profonde, vive et belle. Nez intense, fin, fruité, pur, complexe et très frais. Superbe entrée en bouche ample et le vin monte de suite large, profond, haut. Il se développe savoureux sur un toucher fin et se met à fondre, complexe et noble dans sa texture et ses arômes. Il s’achève long et absolument délicieux. Je l’ai goûté deux fois, la première décantée comme la propriété aime le servir en primeur. À mon avis, cette décantation l’affadit et la note n’était que 17. La non-décantation lui donne un relief bien supérieur. Degré d’alcool : 13°5 (moyenne). Pas d’information sur le pH et les IPT. Rendement : 34 hl/ha.
Antonio Galloni 99 points www.vinous.com 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.