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Type: Red Wine
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Code: PONT075
Alfred Tesseron has elevated Château Pontet-Canet into the top tier of Bordeaux over recent decades, driving a rigorous shift towards organic viticulture from the early 2000s and achieving full biodynamic certification in 2014. The vineyards are worked with horsedrawn ploughs to minimise soil compaction and preserve natural vitality, reflecting the estate’s commitment to precision, sustainability and purity of expression.
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

A beautiful freshness defines the bouquet, with pure black fruit aromas and a striking precision. The palate is supple and voluptuous, driven by generous layers of ripe blackcurrant and dark berry fruit. The sense of precision and purity is further enhanced by élevage in amphora, which helps preserve the brightness of fruit and adds a subtle textural lift. The tannins are plush yet finely grained and the finish is long and graceful, unfolding with real finesse and definition. Overall, this is a beautifully composed Pontet-Canet, combining depth of fruit with freshness, balance and a refined structure.

Vinification

Harvest 2nd - 23rd September. Vinification involved a long, gentle cold maceration, with no pump overs employed, in keeping with the estate’s desire for delicate extraction and precision. The wine is then blended relatively early, in mid November, allowing the final assemblage to integrate smoothly before élevage. Ageing was carried out across a combination of 50% new oak (principally from Tronçais and Allier), 35% in amphora, and 15% in one year old barrels. Alc 13.3%

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