2019 Chateau Pontet-Canet

Name: 2019 Chateau Pontet-Canet
Brand: Chateau Pontet-Canet
SKU: 9b9d57f12a41610b625c48b1612d6aba
Price: 904.59 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 96 (19 reviews)

Pauillac, France

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- $ 140 / 750ml

5 from 36 User Ratings
96 / 100 19 Critic Reviews
Style Red - Savory and Classic
Grape Variety Bordeaux Blend Red
Food Pairing Beef and Venison

Certified Organic Biodynamic Certified Biodynamic
- Fifth Growth. Cinquieme Grand Cru Classe in 1855.
  
  Critic tasting note: (2019 vintage) "The 2019 Pontet-Canet is made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is a little shy to begin, slowly drifting out of the glass with an evocative perfume of violets, black tea, rose petals, and cinnamon stick over a core of cassis, juicy blackberries, and black cherries, plus touches of star anise and cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and delivering layer upon layer of black fruits and savory accents, it has a firm, ripe, grainy texture and just enough freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. So stunningly vibrant that it shimmers, this should last forever!" - The Wine Palate
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Chateau Pontet-Canet

4 products ranged between $52 - $296 (Avg. price ex tax)

Region or Appellation

Pauillac

Medoc / Bordeaux / France

Grape Variety / Blend

Bordeaux Blend Red

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit Verdot

Style

Red Wine

Red - Savory and Classic

Food Pairing

Beef and Venison

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About the Product

Classification: 5eme Grand Cru Classé
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2066

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13.5%
Sweetness: Dry

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Oak Type: French
Consultant Winemaker: Michel Rolland
Ownership: Alfred and Michel Tesseron
Harvest date: 23 September - 10 October
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: 81 ha Certified Organic: Ecocert & Biodynamic: Biodyvin and Demeter Soils: Quaternary Gravel.
Vintage Notes: After quite a mild winter, the first leaves appeared on the vines at the beginning of April. Despite a very unusual cold snap in May, which slowed cane growth for some days, flowering ensued very quickly and uniformly. Then summer settled in and the first grapes began changing colour on July 23rd. A few much-awaited showers quickened the pace of this initial colour change and by the end of July, in just a few days, ripening was well underway. Harvest time approached in very promising conditions with the fruit presenting lovely crispness. On September 23rd in brilliant sunshine, the Merlot grapes were picked followed by the Cabernet Franc. In the very last days of September the “real” Medoc harvest began with the first crates of the princely Cabernet Sauvignon being picked. On October 10th at midday, when the last Petit Verdot had been brought in, the secateurs were put away and tranquillity returned to the vines.

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Harvest Notes: Harvest: from September 23rd to October 10th.
Winemaking: Manual sorting and destemming. Alcoholic Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, maceration of 4 weeks with soft punching-down, malolactic fermentation in vats.

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Ageing: 18 month
Producer Tasting Notes: The wine displays a very attractive, intensely dark colour with purple glints. The nose adds to the appeal, offering a magical array of aromatics ranging from graphite and cedar-wood notes to aromas of wild fruit. The depth of flavour on the palate is underpinned by soft tannins and lovely acidity. The finish, which reveals subtle smoky notes, is amazingly long. In this vintage, Pontet-Canet shows once again that natural refinement is its finest jewel. 2019, without doubt, is a promise of voluptuousness for all wine lovers.

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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine

Entrecôte, Béarnaise sauce Main Course: French

Galloway bone-in-sirloin Main Course: Flavourful and lean beef from traditional Scottish breed; Western

Dexter bone-in-sirloin Main Course: Dark, lean well-marbled beef from a short-legged breed originating in southwest Ireland; Western

Manchego Cheese Course: Spanish

Details

About the Product

Classification: 5eme Grand Cru Classé
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2066

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13.5%
Sweetness: Dry

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked
Oak Type: French
Consultant Winemaker: Michel Rolland
Ownership: Alfred and Michel Tesseron
Harvest date: 23 September - 10 October
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: 81 ha Certified Organic: Ecocert & Biodynamic: Biodyvin and Demeter Soils: Quaternary Gravel.
Vintage Notes: After quite a mild winter, the first leaves appeared on the vines at the beginning of April. Despite a very unusual cold snap in May, which slowed cane growth for some days, flowering ensued very quickly and uniformly. Then summer settled in and the first grapes began changing colour on July 23rd. A few much-awaited showers quickened the pace of this initial colour change and by the end of July, in just a few days, ripening was well underway. Harvest time approached in very promising conditions with the fruit presenting lovely crispness. On September 23rd in brilliant sunshine, the Merlot grapes were picked followed by the Cabernet Franc. In the very last days of September the “real” Medoc harvest began with the first crates of the princely Cabernet Sauvignon being picked. On October 10th at midday, when the last Petit Verdot had been brought in, the secateurs were put away and tranquillity returned to the vines.

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Harvest Notes: Harvest: from September 23rd to October 10th.
Winemaking: Manual sorting and destemming. Alcoholic Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, maceration of 4 weeks with soft punching-down, malolactic fermentation in vats.

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Ageing: 18 month
Producer Tasting Notes: The wine displays a very attractive, intensely dark colour with purple glints. The nose adds to the appeal, offering a magical array of aromatics ranging from graphite and cedar-wood notes to aromas of wild fruit. The depth of flavour on the palate is underpinned by soft tannins and lovely acidity. The finish, which reveals subtle smoky notes, is amazingly long. In this vintage, Pontet-Canet shows once again that natural refinement is its finest jewel. 2019, without doubt, is a promise of voluptuousness for all wine lovers.

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Critics Scores & Reviews

(19)

2019 vintage

96 / 100

19 scores

95 - 100

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

When to drink: 2021 to 2066

99 / 100 The Wine Palate

2019 Vintage Tasted: May 2025

When to drink: 2026 to 2066

The 2019 Pontet-Canet is made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is a little shy to begin, slowly drifting out of the glass with an evocative perfume of violets, black tea, rose petals, and cinnamon stick over a core of cassis, juicy blackberries, and black cherries, plus touches of star anise and cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and delivering layer upon layer of black fruits and savory accents, it has a firm, ripe, grainy texture and just enough freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. So stunningly vibrant that it shimmers, this should last forever!

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2019 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2023

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96 / 100 Christer Byklum

2019 Vintage Tasted: Aug 2023

Ruby. Served blind. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits notes nose, some spices and liquorice. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, plush and fruit driven, detailed, intense and long.

About Christer Byklum

20 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

2019 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2022

When to drink: 2025 to 2040

Schon aromatisch absolut beeindruckend, komplex und eigenständig, verführerisch, burgundisch mit seinen Noten sehr reifer Beeren; schafft das Kunststück, schon in dieser Phase reif zu wirken, abgerundet, saftig und vollmundig, mit perfekt eingebundenen Gerbstoffen, immenser Frische, Dichte und Länge; ein Wein Für sich, den man jung geniessen und lange reifen lassen kann.

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98 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2019 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2022

The wine is so perfumed, with ripe tannins set beside the black currant purity. The wine does have weight but the fruit is so refined and vibrant. Tannins give a core for aging, offering the structure and the density of a very fine wine. Organic and biodynamic. Roger Voss

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97 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

2019 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2022

It is the purity of the fruit, along with the soft, silky, polished layers of freshness that matter here. The wine kicks off with an array of flowers, plums, currants and blackberries along with spice, savory herbs, tobacco leaf and a touch of cherry. The wine exudes its red fruit quality with ease, leaving you with an elegant, refined, soft, polished, mid-palate and a long, vibrant, fresh finish that provides you with a gorgeous display of purity in the fruits. Please allow the wine some time for aging before pulling a cork. Drink from 2030-2060.

About Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

100 / 100 Falstaff

2019 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2022

Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, subtle brightening on rim. For the first time since 2011, the proportion of Merlot is somewhat higher, the bouquet accordingly more characterised by heart cherries than by the usual cassis de Pauillac, delicate nougat and caramel, fine herbal spice. Powerful, tightly meshed, shows good expression, chocolatey touch, ripe tannins, great complexity, great length and spiciness, a very independent personality, a huge promise for the future, already evident: this wine has everything a world-class wine needs.

About Falstaff

? / 100 James Suckling

2019 Vintage Tasted: Feb 2022

The aromas to this are really amazing, with a potpourri of spices and dried flowers, as well as redcurrants, sweet plums and even some peaches. Full-bodied with layers of ripe fruit and ultra-fine tannins that spread across the palate in an encompassing yet always elegant and pure way. It’s succulent and unadulterated. Like crushed, perfectly ripened grapes. The length is rather endless. The tannins build. Fabulous young red. 35% in amphora and the rest in 50% new oak and 15% one-year oak. 65% cabernet sauvignon and 30% merlot, the rest cabernet franc and petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes. Try after 2028, but an absolute joy to taste now.

About James Suckling

99 / 100 The Wine Independent

2019 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2022

When to drink: 2026 to 2066

About The Wine Independent

94 / 100 Wine Spectator

2019 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2022

About Wine Spectator

19 / 20 La Revue du Vin de France

2019 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2022

About La Revue du Vin de France

95 / 100 Chris Kissack - Winedoctor

2019 Vintage Tasted: Dec 2021

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97 / 100 Alexandre MA

2019 Vintage Tasted: Nov 2021

About Alexandre MA

98 / 100 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

2019 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2021

When to drink: 2024 to 2034

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96 / 100 Jean-Marc Quarin

2019 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2021

When to drink: 2026 to 2056

About Jean-Marc Quarin

94 / 100 CellarTracker

2019 Vintage

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User Ratings

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36 ratings

2019 Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, France

Excellent

2019 Vintage Saved: 17-Oct-2023

Visited Bordeaux last month and had an opportunity to visit 16 wineries. In the morning went to Mouton Rothschild and thought the wine stood up to its longstanding reputation. Next we went a short distance to Pontet Canet. Same elevation, soil, and exposure. Price difference $500 per bottle.

Excellent

2019 Vintage Saved: 30-Aug-2023

Great stuff. Dont understand WA’s reiteration of this wine to mere 93pts.. Just because the wine is not “Pauillac”y to him?

Excellent

2019 Vintage Saved: 18-Oct-2022

Classic biodynamic style, outstanding and charming.

Excellent

2019 Vintage Saved: 15-Jan-2022

good

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Vintage Critics Score Avg. Price (ex-tax)

All 95 / 100 $ 157 2024 94 / 100 $ 83 2023 96 / 100 $ 92 2022 97 / 100 $ 169 2021 93 / 100 $ 103 2020 95 / 100 $ 147 2019 96 / 100 $ 140 2018 97 / 100 $ 167 2017 94 / 100 $ 139

2016 97 / 100 $ 205 2015 95 / 100 $ 149 2014 95 / 100 $ 139 2013 91 / 100 $ 112 2012 92 / 100 $ 131 2011 93 / 100 $ 137 2010 96 / 100 $ 344 2009 96 / 100 $ 311 2008 92 / 100 $ 140 2007 92 / 100 $ 140 2006 93 / 100 $ 172 2005 94 / 100 $ 239 2004 92 / 100 $ 153 2003 93 / 100 $ 169 2002 90 / 100 $ 147 2001 90 / 100 $ 247 2000 92 / 100 $ 280 1999 90 / 100 $ 205 1998 90 / 100 $ 188 1997 86 / 100 $ 151 1996 91 / 100 $ 209 1995 90 / 100 $ 216 1994 90 / 100 $ 192 1993 87 / 100 – 1992 83 / 100 – 1991 83 / 100 – 1990 88 / 100 $ 370 1989 88 / 100 $ 259 1988 87 / 100 – 1987 – – 1986 88 / 100 – 1985 90 / 100 – 1984 89 / 100 – 1983 86 / 100 $ 380 1982 88 / 100 $ 426 1981 87 / 100 – 1980 86 / 100 – 1979 89 / 100 – 1978 90 / 100 – 1977 – – 1976 87 / 100 – 1975 87 / 100 – 1974 – – 1973 87 / 100 – 1972 – – 1971 – – 1970 83 / 100 $ 229 1969 – – 1968 – – 1967 – – 1966 – – 1964 89 / 100 – 1963 – – 1962 88 / 100 – 1961 91 / 100 – 1960 – – 1959 91 / 100 – 1958 – – 1957 – – 1955 – – 1954 – – 1953 – – 1952 89 / 100 – 1951 – – 1950 92 / 100 $ 600 1949 – – 1948 – – 1947 92 / 100 – 1946 – – 1945 91 / 100 – 1944 – – 1943 – – 1941 – – 1939 – – 1938 – – 1937 – – 1936 – – 1935 – – 1934 90 / 100 – 1933 – – 1932 – – 1931 – – 1929 88 / 100 – 1928 89 / 100 – 1927 – – 1926 – – 1924 94 / 100 – 1923 – – 1922 – – 1921 – – 1920 – – 1916 – – 1915 – – 1914 – – 1911 – – 1909 – – 1908 – – 1904 – – 1901 – – 1900 – – 1897 – – 1889 92 / 100 – 1855 – –

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Vintage quality: Excellent

Current condition: Will keep

For Pauillac, the 2019 vintage was generally brilliant.

Unusually, for its large size as an appellation and in contrast to other more variable appellations, the growing season for Pauillac was largely consistent across the board and may have produced some of the greatest...

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