Château Pontet-Canet - Pauillac 2009 (750ml)
Price: $332.00
| Producer | Château Pontet-Canet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Sku | 191095 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
A consistently perfect wine every time I've had it the 2009 Château Pontet-Canet is the greatest wine from this address to date as well as one of the greatest Pauillacs out there. Still youthfully ruby/purple and with a gorgeous perfume of blackcurrants lead pencil graphite crushed rocks and damp earth it's still youthful but is just now starting to show more nuance and complexity. Full-bodied on the palate with a powerful concentrated mid-palate incredible depth of fruit and flawless balance Bordeaux simply does not get any better. You couldn't have too much of this in the cellar and this magical wine is going to drink brilliantly for another 50 years or more.
vmWine Advocate: 100 Points
"Deep garnet in color the 2009 Pontet-Canet slips sensuously from the glass with opulent scents of crème de cassis baked plums and Black Forest cake plus suggestions of Chinese five spice potpourri oolong tea and menthol. Full-bodied rich spicy and oh-so-decadent in the mouth it has a fantastically velvety frame and seamless freshness finishing very long.
Wine Enthusiast: 98 Points
Barrel sample. A superb wine, with the purest fruit, great freshness and ripeness. It is certainly structured with dry tannins, but the blackcurrant freshness is all there. The wine has a great limpid, flowing feel, lbut also power. ?Roger Voss,
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
This is amazingly expressive now considering how huge it is with stunning espresso and warm fig confiture aromas followed by lush layer after layer of blackberry paste cassis and plum sauce. A terrific loam underpinning strides in on the finish which is weighty but sports serious cut. Equal parts fruit and earth. Best from 2018 through 2038. 26665 cases made.
Vinous Media: 96 Points
Bright, full ruby. Pure, vibrant aromas of cassis, blackberry, blueberry, licorice, graphite and leather. Like liquid velvet on entry, then energetic and sharply delineated in the mid-palate, with penetrating minerality intensifying the pristine dark berry flavors. Most impressive today on the extremely long, perfumed finish, which shows suave, noble tannins and a magically light touch for such an intense wine. This wine is remarkably tastable today but it's also built for 30+ years of aging.
Vinous: 96 Points
Bright full ruby. Pure vibrant aromas of cassis blackberry blueberry licorice graphite and leather. Like liquid velvet on entry then energetic and sharply delineated in the mid-palate with penetrating minerality intensifying the pristine dark berry flavors. Most impressive today on the extremely long perfumed finish which shows suave noble tannins and a magically light touch for such an intense wine. This wine is remarkably tastable today but it's also built for 30+ years of aging.
