Pontet Canet

Commentaires du Chteau

Les vins de Pontet Canet appartiennent depuis toujours la lgende de Bordeaux. Une couleur rubis assez profonde o l'on retrouve des notes confitures de fruits noirs, pruneau, cdre, beaucoup de puissance et surtout une parfaite harmonie. Les vins de Pontet Canet possdent un caractre assez muscl, mais c'est un Cinquime Grand Cru Class de Pauillac trs bien quilibr ; la pratique de la biodynamie dans le vignoble nous offre naturellement des vins de plus en plus purs.

Histoire du Chteau

L'histoire du chteau commence au dbut du 18e sicle lorsque Jean-Franois de Pontet rassemble plusieurs parcelles de vignes du village de Pauillac. Plus tard, la famille de Pontet fait l'acquisition de vignes du lieudit Canet, un des plus grands domaines du Mdoc est alors n.

Un sicle plus tard, le classement de 1855 reconnait la qualit de ce cru de Pauillac et le classe Cinquime Grand Cru. Herman Cruse, alors ngociant bordelais, ralise le potentiel du chteau Ponet-Canet et en fait l'acquisition ds 1865. Il fait connaitre ce cru et modernise les installations ainsi que le chai, Pontet-Canet fait ds lors partie des grands. C'est en 1975 que la famille Cruse se spare finalement du chteau, le ngociant charentais Guy Tesseron s'en porte alors acqureur. On a un vritable exemple de prennit avec Pontet-Canet, seulement trois propritaires en deux sicles, un vignoble restructur et une approche durable avec l'arrive rcente des pratiques biologiques et biodynamiques.

Aujourd'hui

C'est dsormais Alfred Tesseron qui dirige le domaine, il y est second par sa nice, Mlanie Tesseron, depuis 2005. Le travail au sol est l'honneur et les mesures prophylactiques ainsi que le travail manuel dans les vignes ont remplac les dsherbants chimiques et les pesticides. Le but tant bien sr d'obtenir la matire premire la plus pure possible.
L'ascension fulgurante du chteau Pontet-Canet a t rcompense par les critiques. En effet, Robert Parker a attribu conscutivement deux notes parfaites 100/100 pour les millsimes 2009 et 2010.

James SucklingNot 99-100

La Revue du Vin de FranceNot 97-99

VinousNot 95-97

Notation RobertParker.com

92+ / 100

The wine starts strong, wafting from the glass with attractive aromas of cherries, sweet berries and plum preserve mingled with lilac and licorice, but that's followed by a medium to full-bodied, firm and extracted palate that lacks the amplitude and flesh to conceal the rather drying tannins which dominate the earthy finish. It's an open secret among Bordeaux insiders that this estatewhich has benefited from such significant and laudable investments and which was on such an upward trajectory through 2011has been a perplexingly erratic performer since 2012, intermingling successful vintages with relative failures, and the 2020 only confirms that. While the 2020 isn't by any means a flawed wine, and time may well be kind to it, it doesn't transcend this estate's fifth growth status, even if this chteau's terroir clearly has the potential to.

Notation James Suckling

99-100 / 100

What a finish on this Pontet-Canet. So much energy and brightness. It's full-bodied yet so tight and focused with superb fruit and transparency. It is racy and fine with super fine texture. It's like crushed cabernet sauvignon with cassis, tobacco and cigar box. Licorice and spices. Freshness of the seed.

Notation Jeb Dunnuck

97-99 / 100

The 2022 Chteau Pontet-Canet is brilliant and should easily be up with the crme de la crme from the Mdoc. Based on 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 4% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it was vinified mostly in concrete (there's a small part in wood), and the aging is in 50% new French oak, 35% in amphora, and the rest in once-used barrels. It has an incredibly pure bouquet of cassis, graphite, lead pencil, and scorched earth. This carries to a full-bodied Pauillac with a deep, layered mid-palate, building tannins, and a great finish. It has the purity, richness, and structure that makes this vintage so compelling and is going to be drinkable with just 4-6 years of bottle age but have an incredibly long life.

Notation Jancis Robinson

17,5 / 20

Deep crimson to the rim. Subtle, scented nose. Crunchy tannins but wrapped in generous fruit. Concentrated, punchy, powerful but refined tannins. Tight, firm finish. Bit of a glow but enough freshness to provide balance. Needs to gel but clear potential.