CHÂTEAU PONTET CANET 2013

Château Pontet Canet 2013

“Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2013 Pontet-Canet is evolving into tobacco, new leather and dried mulberries scents with a core of kirsch, baked plums and cigar box plus a waft of Indian spices. Medium-bodied, elegantly styled and wonderfully refreshing in the mouth, it has a solid line of grainy tannins and loads of mineral sparks on the finish.” – 92/100, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

VARIETIES: : 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
REGION: France / Bordeaux / Médoc / Pauillac
AGEING: 16 to 18 months, aged in 50% new oak, 35% concrete amphorae and 15% one-year-old oak
SERVE: Serve at 16 – 18ºC
FITS TO: Accompany ishes such as Tournedos of Duck Rossini, Roasted Wild Boar Leg,  Stew of Marcassin Confit with Peppers or Beef Tenderloin with Morel Sauce or Eve, uncooked cheeses like Cantal, Old Mimolette, Morbier, Saint-Nectaire and Tomme de Savoie
CRITICS SCORES: 95/WE, 93/JS, 92/WS, 92/RP
VIVINO: Average 4.4 ★★★★✰

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5ᵉ Grand Cru Classé – 1855, Pauillac Appellation | Range | Château Pontet Canet 2013

A cold and damp spring accompanied the early part of the vine cycle. Flowering occurred late as a result, in early June, in particularly unhelpful weather. We soon found a high rate of shatter, especially in the Merlot parcels.

We work over the long term to ensure that yields are determined solely by the natural balance of our vines. It is an extreme choice, but one which helps to produce profound, sincere and vibrant wines, year after year. In 2013, it doubtless exposed us to smaller yields than elsewhere. It is something we simply have to accept as the price to pay for wines that convey emotion.

Fortunately, sunny weather returned in early July and lasted until midSeptember, with hardly any rainfall. When nature decided it was time for some rain again, towards the end of September, our grapes were “ready to go”, as they say round here. We started picking without undue haste on September 30th and finished the harvest on October 10th. It was by far the smallest crop by volume produced by the estate in many years. But the vagaries of the weather will soon be forgotten, and history will remember only the quality of the wine.

The wine has an intense colour. On the nose, highly precise fruit aromas mingle with mineral notes. The balance on the palate is superb, with exceptionally refined tannins, displaying great density but a lace-like structure. Superbly complex, with an extraordinary array of flavours, it is smooth and above all very long. This is a wine that will go far, a great wine, for it is a wine of emotion.