2011 Pontet Canet
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Tasting Notes
Pontet Canet seems every year to move away from the way a normal Pauillac should taste and the 2011 continues on the same path. Cropped at a low 32hl/ha and made from a blend of 60% Cab Sauv, 35% Merlot, 3% Cab Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. it is very delicate on the nose but the palate....it's like a bomb going off! Very dense, muscular almost. The fruit is very ripe and the bright acidity is burried in the flesh and tannin. There is a palpable sense of mineral. Really very good indeed and up there with the best of the Left Bank.
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Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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A big, broad-shouldered style, with lots of bittersweet cocoa and coffee up front, followed by thick-textured blackberry and black currant fruit. Shows a bit more brute force than purity right now, though hard to deny the concentration and depth. Could move up if it stretches out and gains some finesse. James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com
Produced from an assemblage of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep ruby in color with scents of coffee, licorice, truffle, smoke and blackberry. The wine is fresh, pure, clean and filled with spicy cassis. Compared to recent vintages, this is a round, approachable, refined style of Pontet Canet finishing with silky cassis and spice.
A wine with very clear fruit definition and minerals with hints of flowers. Full body with fine tannins and a a fresh finish. Mineral and dried flowers. Long and crisp. Lovely quality of tannins here. Racy. Lover to see a little more fruit concentration in mid-palate. jamessuckling.com
About the producer
Ch. Pontet-Canet is one of Pauillac’s top estates, and one of its largest at 81 hectares. Although classified as a Fifth Growth, these days it consistently competes with the First Growths