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Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2017
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2017
Score: 96
This has ethereal transparency to it with a fresh, red-berry and cherry nose. Terra-cotta and dried-flower notes. Plums, too. Quite complex. The palate has a very detailed tannin texture with attractive cassis and blueberries that hold very long, fresh and pure. Fruity and fresh. Try from 2023.
2017 Pontet-Canet
Rating: 96
Producer: Pontet-Canet
Wine Region: France, Bordeaux, Pauillac
Variety: Proprietary Blend
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Drink Date: 2021 - 2048
Composed of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, [...] Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and [...] Petit Verdot, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Pontet-Canet gives up beautifully fragrant notes of rosehip tea, lilacs, cinnamon stick, cloves, dried leaves and underbrush with a core of kirsch, raspberry coulis, warm plums and red and black currants plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, the palate is refreshing, minerally and wonderfully elegant with a well-played texture of approachable, plush tannins and a long, fragrant finish. Beautiful. [...]
Published: Mar 16, 2020
Chateau Pontet-Canet 2017 Pauillac
From: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Rating: 96 - Cellar Selection
Winery: Chateau Pontet-Canet
Region: Bordeaux
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Wine Type: Red
Bottle Size: 750.00 ml
Issue Date: 3/1/2020
The perfume intensity of this wine is remarkable. Firm yet velvety at the same time, the tannins are the prelude to the pure, opulent blackberry fruits and balanced acidity. The lines of the wine are clear and direct, a true promise for aging. Drink from 2024.
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, 5eme Cru Classe, 2017
Tasted by: Georgina Hindle, Vincenzo Arnese, Andy Howard MW (at London, 24 Feb 2022)
Part of Medoc grand cru classe 2017: panel tasting results
Points: 95
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2046
Producer: Chateau Pontet-Canet
Vintage: 2017
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Pauillac
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
[...] The 2017 vintage saw new methods of grape sorting and destemming introduced, and a new electricity-free vat house. Aged half in new oak, 10%-15% in second-fill barrels and 30%-40% in concrete amphorae. Georgie Hindle: Red cherries, raspberries, blackcurrants - perfumed and scented. Effortless charm while still being a powerful wine. I love this! Has that vein of freshness from start to finish. Lovely precision and definition. Vincenzo Arnese: Graphite, smokiness and minerality brighten up the aromas. Very inviting, full bodied wine. Notes of black olives and cloves on the finish. Andy Howard MW: Voluptuous style with dark and red cherry fruit, good concentration, freshened by appealing acidity and a mineral undertow. Intriguing spice notes to finish. Tannins a little drying but plenty to enjoy here.
2017 Pontet-Canet
Producer: Pontet-Canet
Place of Origin: France, Pauillac Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Color: Red
Rating: 95
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2047
From: 2017 Bordeaux - Mirror, Mirror on The Wall… (Mar 2020)
A gorgeous, alluring Pauillac, the 2017 Pontet-Canet is racy and exceptionally polished, with floral top notes that bring out the natural brightness of the red-toned fruit. Super-silky tannins add to the wine’s immediacy and sheer allure. The 2017 was the first wine made with the new sorting table. About half the fruit was destemmed by hand. As always, visiting Pontet-Canet is like stepping back into another time, a time in which wines were made much more manually than they are today. Here that means manual punch downs and pump overs, with no electricity. [...] Tasted three times.
By: Antonio Galloni on December 2019
2017 Chateau Pontet-Canet (Pauillac)
Points: 94
The first vintage with the new fermentation vats when the estate began destemming by hand. Bright, fresh, crisp, and crunchy, this is a return to classicism. Here, you find notes of spearmint, currants, crushed rocks, lead pencil, and red fruits. Medium/full-bodied, with a bite to the fruit on the palate and in the finish, give this a few more years in the cellar and it could soften and fill out as it develops additional complexities. One of the most successful wines of the vintage, the wine blends 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV. Drink from 2030-2055.
Tasted Jul 9, 2022
Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2017
Score: 94
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Drinkability: Drink now through 2040
Primary Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Other Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Issue: March 31, 2020
Region: France / Bordeaux / Pauillac
Very tight, with notes of wet stone, plum pit and chalky minerality leading the way, backed by an ample core of steeped currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit waiting to unfurl. The finish smolders with cast iron details. Should round into form with cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2040.
2017 Chateau Pontet-Canet
Producer: Chateau Pontet-Canet
Location: France, Bordeaux, Pauillac
Color: Red
Rating: 93
Tasting Date: 2/26/2020
Maturity: 2025 - 2050
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: 2017 Bordeaux From Bottle
Deep ruby/purple-hued [...]. It's an exceedingly elegant Pontet-Canet that has textbook Pauillac notes of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, lead pencil shavings, new leather, and flowery incense. It's not a blockbuster and reminds me slightly of the 2004, yet it has wonderful depth of fruit, ultra-fine tannins, and beautiful purity and elegance. It's already approachable, but it’s going to be even better with 5-6 years of bottle age and have 20-25 years of prime drinking.