| Producer | Château Pontet-Canet |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Bordeaux |
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| Subregion | Pauillac |
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| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
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| Vintage | 2014 |
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| Sku | 10010117 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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"Pontet Canet is like the little engine that could…or the little fifth growth that could as it were. In terms of location, the wines should always have been great (it sits directly next to Mouton). But somehow never were able to realize their full potential. It all seemed to turn the corner under the direction of Alfred Tesseron and Jean-Michel Combe, who have completed a conversion to biodynamic farming practices and small lot fermentations in the winery. The wines of Pontet Canet now stand toe to toe with their first growth neighbors and often eclipse wines costing 2 or 3 times the price.
I love the sheer volume, power and intensity shown in this vintage, when many of its peers weren’t able to pull it off. It is chock full of black fruit (blackberry, plum, cherry and currant), tobacco, leather and spice rack. The tannin and structure of this wine suggest that this wine could go 30-40 years without a whimper, but it’s awfully delicious now when given a little air and strategically placed next to a ribeye!" - Lance Storer, WSET Advanced, Certified Specialist of Wine, Pogo's Wine & Spirits
The 2014 Pontet-Canet seems to have put on quite a bit of weight and volume since I first tasted it from barrel. Ripe, juicy tannins wrap around a core of intense dark cherry, plum, spice, lavender and tobacco. Today, it is the wine's sheer intensity and vertical structure that stands out. I wouldn't dream of touching a bottle until at least age ten, and even that is almost certainly not going to be enough time for the 2014 to show the full breadth of its potential. The transformation the 2014 has undergone from a delicate, nuanced Pauillac to a wine of depth is quite remarkable. Tasted three times. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, vinified in equal parts cement and oak and aged in a combination of 50% new oak, 35% amphora and 15% once used barrels. This is a gorgeous wine from the Tesseron family and the team led by Technical Director Jean-Michel Comme.
-- Antonio Galloni
The 2014 Pontet-Canet, now in bottle, was tasted twice during my trip to Bordeaux. It has an attractive bouquet: graphite tinged black fruit, incense and violets, perhaps a little more hedonistic than I envisaged when I tasted it from barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with tensile tannin thanks to the keen line of acidity. I like the precision of this Pontet-Canet. It feels linear and correct, pencil lead notes developing towards the second half, more quintessentially Pauillac than previous vintages, with what you might describe as a classic Pauillac finish that retains the focus that I remarked upon from barrel. Tasted February 2017.
This delivers a notable menthol note, showing an ample core of well-steeped blackberry, plum and black currant fruit. A bright anise streak checks in on the back end, with a slightly loamy structure imparting a broad feel through the finish. Needs to pull together a bit more, but the fruit is there. Best from 2020 through 2030.
–JM
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