CHATEAU PONTET-CANET Prestige Vertical Wooden Case containing 2 bottles each of 2012, 2014 & 2016

Description

Discover the epitome of elegance and exceptional craftsmanship with this exclusive wooden case featuring a vertical selection from Château Pontet-Canet, a renowned estate in the heart of Bordeaux’s Pauillac region. Esteemed for its innovative approach and sustainable viticulture, Château Pontet-Canet has earned a legendary reputation for producing wines of extraordinary depth, complexity, and finesse. The estate is a pioneer in organic and biodynamic winemaking, focusing on environmentally friendly practices to enhance vineyard health and wine expression.

This special collection is offered directly from the Château, ensuring an authentic and exclusive experience. It includes two exquisite bottles each of the legendary 2012, 2014, and 2016 vintages, each reflecting a unique character driven by exceptional climatic conditions

:2012
Château Pontet Canet 2012 is a remarkable wine that showcases elegance and class, earning 95 points from Decanter. Panos Kakaviatos praises its expressive nose of juicy cherries, blackberries, and ripe cassis, noting its round and suave character. Vinous rates it at 93+ points, highlighting beautifully nuanced flavours and bright floral notes that enhance its sophistication. Wine Enthusiast gives it an impressive 98 points, calling it structured and ripe, with vibrant blackberry flavours and lively acidity contributing to its freshness. This wine is medium-bodied with a persistent finish, making it ideal for immediate enjoyment or cellaring for years to come. Château Pontet Canet exemplifies the excellence of the 2012 vintage.

DECANTER 95 points
Tasted by: Panos Kakaviatos
(at Château Pontet Canet, 17 Sep 2021) Part of Five Bordeaux vintages to drink now
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2045
What an expressive nose! Plump, fruit driven, juicy cherry, blackberry, ripe cassis and rose stem. The opposite of the 2011, this is round and suave, albeit with not quite as long a finish. A juicy, bright palate with high alcohol and full body, some oak derived coffee tones, with burgeoning touches of earth. The first vintage with 35% ageing in concrete amphorae.

VINOUS 93+ points
A wine of real class, pedigree and distinction, the 2012 Pontet-Canet is absolutely gorgeous. The flavors are beautifully nuanced and delineated throughout. Bright floral notes add lift and sensuality. The 2012 is decidedly understated next to some other recent vintages, but the magic of this site simply won't be denied. This is another sublime wine from proprietor Alfred Tesseron. - Antonio Galloni

WINE ENTHUSIAST 98 points
96–98. Barrel sample. This is a structured, ripe wine that also has a great sense of freshness—vibrant blackberry flavor and lively acidity. The finish retains the same delicious freshness and brightness of this vintage. — Roger Voss

JAMES SUCKLING 93 points
This shows incredible decadence and opulence for the vintage with dried meat, black berry, blueberries and hints of mushroom. Full body, very polished silky tannins and a chewy finish. Lots of richness for the vintage. Persistent palate. This was aged 35% in cement eggs for 12 months. Better in 2018.

THE WINE ADVOCATE 93 points
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Drink Date: 2020 - 2041
Deep garnet in color, the 2012 Pontet-Canet gives up a profound earthy/savory nose, revealing notes of tilled soil, woodsmoke, mossy tree bark, fungi and bouquet garni with a core of raspberry preserves, boysenberries and dried cherries plus a hint of warm cassis. Medium-bodied, it has a firm grainy texture and a softly spoken, savory character in the mouth, finishing with lingering oolong tea and dried herbs notes.
Published: May 29, 2020

JAMES SUCKLING 16 points
First bottle corked. A second bottle seemed a little reductive at first, then opened to the fruit. Soft, supple and sweet, this has an easy-going, approachable feel, the tannic structure light, the emphasis on the fruit. Misses the gravitas of a top year but pleasant early drinking. (JL)

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2014
The 2014 Château Pontet-Canet is an outstanding wine, earning 96 points from Wine Enthusiast and 95 points from The Wine Advocate. It features a finely structured profile with intense black fruit flavours and dark tannins, reflecting the quality of its biodynamically grown grapes. Aromas of cassis, baked blackberries, and hints of menthol and baking spices create a complex bouquet. The palate is rich and smooth, supported by a robust frame of grainy tannins and vibrant acidity. Decanter notes the lovely fruit purity and tension, while Vinous highlights its high-toned nose with macerated cherries. Although approachable now, this wine has exceptional ageing potential and is best enjoyed from 2025 to 2045, promising remarkable depth and complexity over time.

WINE ENTHUSIAST 96 points
This is a finely structured wine with dark tannins and intense black fruits. The estate, with its biodynamically grown fruit, has given an impressively pure wine, packed with tight serious tannins and a fine structure of black-plum skins and intense acidity. It is direct, firm and with a huge potential over many years. Drink from 2027. — Roger Voss

THE WINE ADVOCATE 95 points
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Drink Date: 2024 - 2050
Deep garnet with a hint of purple to the color, the 2014 Pontet-Canet gives a very serious, classic Pauillac nose of blackcurrant preserves, baked blackberries and warm black plums with suggestions of menthol, pencil lead, woodsmoke, cassia and cast-iron pan plus a hint of baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with black and blue fruit preserves with a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and bold freshness, giving lift to the long, exotic spice-laced finish. It is approachable now, but really should start to make jaws drop in another 4-5 years.
Published: May 29, 2020

DECANTER 94 points
Tasted by: Panos Kakaviatos
(at Château Pontet Canet, 17 Sep 2021)
Part of Château Pontet-Canet: Tasting 10 years of biodynamics
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2045
Similar to the 2011, the 2014 has added aromatic steeliness, especially compared with the 2012. However, the 2014 displays lovely fruit purity of cassis, red and black berry on the palate, and I like the tension, even if 2012 wins on sumptuousness. Aged 50% new oak , 35% amphora.

VINOUS 92 points
The 2014 Pontet Canet has a high-toned nose, a little more VA than its peers. Macerated cherries, iodine and pressed violets come through with aeration. It exhibits some exotic traits, though I would not describe them as unattractive; they are just perhaps missing Pauillac DNA. The palate is medium-bodied with a juicy entry, slightly lower acidity and rounded with a plush, Merlot-driven finish. An atypically sumptuous Pauillac. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. - Neal Martin

JANCIS ROBINSON 16 points
Tasted blind. Deepest garnet. Rich and ripe with damson fruit and some oaky char. Very chewy, compact tannins and a little austere overall because the fruit is not rich enough for the structure. (JH)

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2016
WINE ENTHUSIAST 100 points !!!
A voluptuous wine, this is rich and fruity yet properly balanced by a magnificent structure. Pure, crisp and packed with a black currant flavor, this will be a remarkable wine as it develops. Still young, it needs many years to develop. Don't think about drinking before 2025. — Roger Voss

VINOUS 99 points
The 2016 Pontet-Canet is absolutely breathtaking. Powerful, ample and racy in the glass, the 2016 is one of the most exquisitely well-balanced young Pontet-Canets I can remember tasting. Savory, high-toned aromatics and brisk mineral notes lend energy and delineation as this vivid wonderfully alive wine opens up in the glass. The flavors are dark and incisive, but it is the wine's total sense of harmony that is most compelling. All of the elements are simply in the right place. The 2016 is tremendous. It's as simple as that. As is often the case, Pontet-Canet is one of the most singular wines in Bordeaux. Alfred Tesseron could have chosen to play things safe when he took over the management of the estate in the mid-1990s. Instead, he chose a very different path. No proprietor in Bordeaux has taken more risks over the last two decades than Alfred Tesseron. A commitment to biodynamic farming, sustainability across the entire estate more broadly, and the adoption of new concepts for Bordeaux, such as aging a portion of the wine in terra cotta, set Pontet-Canet apart from other properties in Pauillac and the Left Bank. Not surprisingly, the wine is also starkly different from the wines of neighboring estates. - Antonio Galloni

THE WINE ADVOCATE 98+ points
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Drink Date: 2023 - 2060
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Pontet-Canet hits the ground running with a hedonic nose of Black Forest cake, crème de cassis and blueberry pie plus suggestions of candied violets, hoisin, chocolate mint, charcuteries and forest floor with a waft of star anise. Full-bodied, rich, profoundly layered and powerfully fruited, the palate is built like a brick house, with very firm, super ripe, grainy tannins and harmonious freshness, finishing with incredible length and depth. Still incredibly primary and yet already strutting so many layers, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this warrants the three-digit score in a few years' time.
Published: May 29, 2020

DECANTER 98 points
Tasted by: Panos Kakaviatos
(at Château Pontet Canet, 17 Sep 2021)
Part of Château Pontet-Canet: Tasting 10 years of biodynamics
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2070
Top wine of the vertical. Deep, violet hue. Even if the nose is slightly closed, initially, what pure fruit! A degree higher in alcohol than the 2015, but superb balance. The pristine fruit, fine-grained tannins, focus and precision lead to an outstanding finish, surpassing even the 2010. It has the sumptuousness of the 2015, but the arc and tension of the 2010.Great capacity for ageing. Aged 50% new oak , 35% amphora.

JANCIS ROBINSON 17.5+
A strapping, broad-shouldered wine. Purple-black to the rim. Pronounced blackcurrant-pastille aroma and flavour. Enormous depth, the palate full and intense, the fruit sweet but a saline edge on the finish. Exudes power with its massive tannic frame. Certainly not for the faint-hearted but has the capacity to age. (JL)

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Perfectly aged and meticulously preserved, this set promises an unforgettable tasting experience that will elevate any collection. Don’t miss your chance to own a masterpiece of Bordeaux winemaking, offered directly from the Tesseron family, with a commitment to sustainability, excellence, and authenticity.