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Type: Red Wine
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Code: PONT070
Alfred Tesseron has driven this Château into high society in Bordeaux over many years, farming the property organically for the past ten years, including working the vineyards by horses. A standout wine this vintage.
This is an En Primeur wine and special conditions apply.

Specification

Producer

Château Pontet Canet

This is one of the finest wines produced in 2016, a quite magnifi cent wine that reinforces the rise of this château to the upper echelons of the Bordeaux hierarchy. Farmed organically for the past ten years, including the use of horses in the vineyard.

Tasting Notes

On the nose, ripe cassis and blackcurrant, layered with hints of cocoa. The palate is rich and concentrated, with a creamy texture beautifully balanced by the purity of the fruit and an excellent mineral freshness. Dense and layered, the wine carries impressive weight and structure, especially for the vintage, with underlying notes of cedar adding complexity. Silky tannins and a long, persistent finish. A standout wine this vintage. Drink 2030–2042.

Vinification

The team at Château Pontet-Canet chose to hold off harvesting in order to achieve optimal ripeness, starting a week later than their neighbours. The Merlot harvest began on 26th September and finished with the final Cabernet parcels on 11th October. Their patience paid off as the the resulting wine is impressively ripe, yet it retains the freshness and elegance that technical director Mathieu Bessonnet has long pursued. Aged in 50% new oak, 35% concrete amphorae and 15% one year old oak

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