CHATEAU PONTET-CANET 5eme Grand Cru Classe Pauillac 2023 Wooden Case x 6 Bottles - PRE-RELEASE

Description

The 2023 Château Pontet-Canet is an exceptional wine, earning 98 points from Wine Enthusiast, 97 points from Decanter, and 97-98 points from James Suckling. This vintage exhibits intense aromas of ripe blackcurrant and mulberries, complemented by floral notes, graphite, and a hint of mint. The palate is full-bodied and structured, showcasing silky tannins that provide remarkable balance. Decanter praises its freshness and complexity, with the Cabernet Franc contributing elegantly to its character. Suckling highlights the wine's vivid fruit and nuances of pencil shavings and tar. Vinous describes it as impressively constituted, with finely cut precision and alluring aromatics. With a drinking window from 2030 to 2055, this wine promises to age beautifully over time.

*****

WINE ENTHUSIAST 98 points
97-99. Barrel Sample. This is a very aromatic wine with all the Pontet-Canet style of attention to detail. With ripe black-currant fruits, it is beautifully perfumed and dense. Rich tannins and spices are layered with velvet fruits. It is impressive and seriously ageworthy. Organic and biodynamic. — Roger Voss

THE WINE ADVOCATE (96-98) points
Reviewed by: Yohan Castaing
Drink Date: 2025 - 2055
With the 2023 vintage, this estate has crafted a wine of unprecedented aromatic intensity and precision that marks a significant evolution. Revealing an elegant, fresh bouquet of mulberries and cassis mingled with notions of violets, gentian and menthol, the 2023 Pontet-Canet is medium to full-bodied, seamless and multidimensional, with a pure and precise core of fruit that's framed by ultra-refined tannins and a powerful but controlled profile, concluding with long, mineral, licorice-inflected finish. It's the result of more daring harvest decisions than in previous years: By picking the Merlot earlier to highlight fresh, fruity notes rather than baked, sun-kissed flavors and simultaneously delaying the Cabernet Sauvignon harvest until after September 28 to refine tannins, the 2023 Pontet-Canet marks a significant evolution at this renowned estate. At this early stage, its élevage appears to be more discreet, too. This wine, which I'd be delighted to own, is a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, matured in 50% new oak barrels, 35% amphorae and 15% once-used barrels.

JAMES SUCKLING ***** 97-98 Points
8 Apr, 2024 – A very structured Pontet-Canet that expands in the mouth with a gorgeous combination of beautifully ripe fruit and intense tannins. Very structured for the vintage. Full-bodied with excellent presence and length. So much raw pencil shavings to the blackcurrants. Graphite and tar. Fresh and vivid. They picked cabernet at the right time at the end of September. 52% cabernet sauvignon, 39% merlot, 6% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot.

DECANTER 97 points
Tasted by: Panos Kakaviatos (at Bordeaux, 25 Apr 2024) Part of Best Pauillac 2023 wines tasted en primeur
Drinking Window: 2030 - 2055
The longest harvest ever at this estate, and it paid off magnificently: lovely red berry and mint freshness, the The 2023 Château Pontet-Canet is an exceptional wine, earning 98 points from Wine Enthusiast, 97 points from Decanter, and 97-98 points from James Suckling. This vintage exhibits intense aromas of ripe blackcurrant and mulberries, complemented by floral notes, graphite, and a hint of mint. The palate is full-bodied and structured, showcasing silky tannins that provide remarkable balance. Decanter praises its freshness and complexity, with the Cabernet Franc contributing elegantly to its character. Suckling highlights the wine's vivid fruit and nuances of pencil shavings and tar. Vinous describes it as impressively constituted, with finely cut precision and alluring aromatics. With a drinking window from 2030 to 2055, this wine promises to age beautifully over time.

JANE ANSON 98-100
LISA PERITTI-BROWN 97-99

VINOUS (94-97) points
The 2023 Pontet-Canet is a powerful, impressively constituted wine. Dark, vibrant and sensual in the glass, the 2023 is somber and mysterious in bearing. Black plum, gravel, lavender, graphite and licorice all meld together in the glass. More than anything else, the 2023 is incredibly well put together. In this vintage, the wine was blended at the beginning of élevage rather than at the end, as was the custom in the past. This is a gorgeous and hugely promising Pontet-Canet. I especially admire its finely cut precision and soaring aromatics. - Antonio Galloni

JANCIS ROBINSON 16.5 points
Deep purple-violet colour. Dense and complex with just a hint of oak today (curious, as 35% of the volume is aged in amphorae). Rich, ripe (sweet) and layered on the palate with a solid tannic frame. Tannins a little grippy on the finish. Needs to come together but the matière is there. (JL)

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