2019 Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classe 750 ml

• 2019
• France
• Pauillac

• The Story

  Located on the Pauillac plateau directly across from First Growth giant Mouton Rothschild, Château Pontet-Canet always had the raw material for greatness. Now, this biodynamically farmed estate is one of the best arguments that the 1855 classification needs a healthy reshuffling. James Suckling called the 2019 “Really amazing…succulent and unadulterated,” and “an absolute joy” in his 99-point review. Wine Enthusiast agreed, calling it “so perfumed…so refined and vibrant.” We’re thrilled to bring this parcel direct from the cool cellars of the Château. It’s a collectible that will only grow in stature with time, but it’s limited to a handful of cases.

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• Wine Facts
  • Fruit Intensity
  • Oak Intensity
  • Body
  • Acidity
  • Tannin

  • ABV 14.50%
  • 1.5 hours
  • Now - 2045
  • 65% Cabernet Sauvignon
    30% Merlot
    3% Cabernet Franc
    2% Petit Verdot
  • Serving temperature - 58°
  • Cork
• Wine Access Tasting Note

  Lush, powerful and elegant with a deep garnet with a hint of purple. A nose packed with black plum, cassis, damp earth, pencil lead, cedar, and vanilla bean. Dark fruits richly interwoven with spice and earth. Allspice, clove, and cedar swirl on the dense palate, seasoning dark cherries, fig, and black raspberry. Menthol and dried herbs carry throughout, adding lift and elegance. The full body is weighty and matched with a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins. This powerful expression of Pauillac has only begun to show its full beauty. Drink now–2045.

• Food Pairings
  • Hard Cheese
  • Cured Meat
  • Red Meat
• Critic Reviews

  99 pts

  James Suckling

  The aromas to this are really amazing, with a potpourri of spices and dried flowers, as well as redcurrants, sweet plums and even some peaches. Full-bodied with layers of ripe fruit and ultra-fine tannins that spread across the palate in an encompassing yet always elegant and pure way. It’s succulent and unadulterated. Like crushed, perfectly ripened grapes. The length is rather endless. The tannins build. Fabulous young red. 35% in amphora and the rest in 50% new oak and 15% one-year oak. 65% cabernet sauvignon and 30% merlot, the rest cabernet franc and petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes. Try after 2028, but an absolute joy to taste now.

  98 pts

  Wine Enthusiast

  Cellar Selection. The wine is so perfumed, with ripe tannins set beside the black currant purity. The wine does have weight but the fruit is so refined and vibrant. Tannins give a core for aging, offering the structure and the density of a very fine wine. Organic and biodynamic.