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2009 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

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2009
Château Pontet-Canet  (Pauillac)
97
I really like this wine. It is generous, powerful, concentrated, and mouth-filling with all of its waves of black and dark red fruits. There is balance, richness, length, and a sense of depth that your palate can dig into. While still young, it is a pleasure in your glass today, though its best days are yet to come. Drink from 2023-2050.

I really like this wine. It is generous, powerful, concentrated, and mouth-filling with all of its waves of black and dark red fruits. There is balance, richness, length, and a sense of depth that your palate can dig into. While still young, it is a pleasure in your glass today, though its best days are yet to come. Drink from 2023-2050.

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Everything about this wine is great. It is rich, concentrated, ripe, opulent, pure, fresh, balanced and interesting. The fruit, and its beautiful sense of purity is all there. Texturally, it is power and silk, giving you length, breadth and reason after reason to take another sniff and sip.

Everything about this wine is great. It is rich, concentrated, ripe, opulent, pure, fresh, balanced and interesting. The fruit, and its beautiful sense of purity is all there. Texturally, it is power and silk, giving you length, breadth and reason after reason to take another sniff and sip.

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What makes this all work, is the perfectly ripe fruit that shows off its purity with ease. Supple textured, multi-layered and with a finish that seems to never leave, the wine is rich, luscious, opulent and mouth-coating. Intense, yet not heavy, everything is in balance. The mouth-coating finish hangs with you for close to 60 seconds. Not quite primary, but still obviously young, if you like wines with sweet, exuberant fruit, why not pop a cork and check it out? Else wait another decade for its real character to kick in.

What makes this all work, is the perfectly ripe fruit that shows off its purity with ease. Supple textured, multi-layered and with a finish that seems to never leave, the wine is rich, luscious, opulent and mouth-coating. Intense, yet not heavy, everything is in balance. The mouth-coating finish hangs with you for close to 60 seconds. Not quite primary, but still obviously young, if you like wines with sweet, exuberant fruit, why not pop a cork and check it out? Else wait another decade for its real character to kick in.

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Just a beauty filled with potential here. Rich, powerful, concentrated, opulent, deep and with freshness, the wine covers your palate. There are no hard edges, just layers of ripe, juicy, sweet, dense berries that layer your palate with flavor and intensity. This is still quite primary, so give it 6-8 more years in the bottle at the minimum. Or 2-3 hours air.

Just a beauty filled with potential here. Rich, powerful, concentrated, opulent, deep and with freshness, the wine covers your palate. There are no hard edges, just layers of ripe, juicy, sweet, dense berries that layer your palate with flavor and intensity. This is still quite primary, so give it 6-8 more years in the bottle at the minimum. Or 2-3 hours air.

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There is much purity here, this is like eating, perfectly ripe fruit off the tree. The supple-textured berries with their luscious flavors coat your palate with flavor. Yet, the wine is not heavy. Everything is in perfect balance, due to the lift and acidity. Full-bodied, concentrated and with a serious depth of flavor, this is still young, but on the other hand, it is so good, it is not a bad idea to pop a cork in its youth, just to see what all the fuss is about. Else, wait another decade. Either way, this wine rocks!

There is much purity here, this is like eating, perfectly ripe fruit off the tree. The supple-textured berries with their luscious flavors coat your palate with flavor. Yet, the wine is not heavy. Everything is in perfect balance, due to the lift and acidity. Full-bodied, concentrated and with a serious depth of flavor, this is still young, but on the other hand, it is so good, it is not a bad idea to pop a cork in its youth, just to see what all the fuss is about. Else, wait another decade. Either way, this wine rocks!

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Starting to close down and tighten up, the fruit was less expressive than in previous tastings. There is no doubt about the quality, ripeness, concentration or purity of the fruit. But it's not as much fun to taste today as it was 6 months ago. Pop a cork soon, or wait 5-10 years for the full experience. I am quite positive my score will jump a few points as the wine matures.

Starting to close down and tighten up, the fruit was less expressive than in previous tastings. There is no doubt about the quality, ripeness, concentration or purity of the fruit. But it's not as much fun to taste today as it was 6 months ago. Pop a cork soon, or wait 5-10 years for the full experience. I am quite positive my score will jump a few points as the wine matures.

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Closing down, if you want to taste a bottle, I'd pop one sooner than later, else you should wait 7-10 years before it's really showing its stuff. This stunning wine is packed with layer after layer of ripe, mineral driven, fresh, boysenberries, cocoa, earth and black cherries. The tannins are ripe, silky and soft. This is dense, pure, clean, long and intense with a finish that builds in your mouth.

Closing down, if you want to taste a bottle, I'd pop one sooner than later, else you should wait 7-10 years before it's really showing its stuff. This stunning wine is packed with layer after layer of ripe, mineral driven, fresh, boysenberries, cocoa, earth and black cherries. The tannins are ripe, silky and soft. This is dense, pure, clean, long and intense with a finish that builds in your mouth.

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Inky in color, coffee, truffle, blackberry jam, cassis, smoke, tobacco and earth make up the perfume. In the mouth, every nook and cranny is coated with fresh, pure, blackberry, cassis, burning mesquite wood and dark berry jam. Thick, rich, intense and powerful, there is not a hard edge to this stunning vintage of Chateau Pontet Canet. Aged in 60% new oak, from a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the unctuous, velvety, intense, pure, finish is expansive and seamless, lasting close to sixty seconds.

Inky in color, coffee, truffle, blackberry jam, cassis, smoke, tobacco and earth make up the perfume. In the mouth, every nook and cranny is coated with fresh, pure, blackberry, cassis, burning mesquite wood and dark berry jam. Thick, rich, intense and powerful, there is not a hard edge to this stunning vintage of Chateau Pontet Canet. Aged in 60% new oak, from a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the unctuous, velvety, intense, pure, finish is expansive and seamless, lasting close to sixty seconds.

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2009 Pontet Canet is midnight black with blue and purple accents. The aromas of berries, licorice, cassis, spice, and oak explode from the glass. I almost needed a napkin to wipe off the residue because there was so much going on. This packed and stacked, full bodied and concentrated wine is no wall flower. It grabs your attention and keeps it: power, balance, and harmony, with a long intense finish filled with perfectly ripe black and blue fruit, juicy plums, and a liqueur of jammy berries. The flavors go on for more than 60 seconds. This is the best wine Tesseron has ever produced. While expensive for people used to paying $25, it is a wine I will buy. This wine cannot be compared to Tesseron’s earlier efforts. The 2009 Pontet Canet is stunning! It's a wine Pauillac lovers should have in their cellars. 97/98 Pts

2009 Pontet Canet is midnight black with blue and purple accents. The aromas of berries, licorice, cassis, spice, and oak explode from the glass. I almost needed a napkin to wipe off the residue because there was so much going on. This packed and stacked, full bodied and concentrated wine is no wall flower. It grabs your attention and keeps it: power, balance, and harmony, with a long intense finish filled with perfectly ripe black and blue fruit, juicy plums, and a liqueur of jammy berries. The flavors go on for more than 60 seconds. This is the best wine Tesseron has ever produced. While expensive for people used to paying $25, it is a wine I will buy. This wine cannot be compared to Tesseron’s earlier efforts. The 2009 Pontet Canet is stunning! It's a wine Pauillac lovers should have in their cellars. 97/98 Pts

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When to Drink Chateau Pontet Canet, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time

Chateau Pontet Canet is not at its best in its youth, even with several hours of decanting. This is due to the high levels of tannins and intense concentration in the wine. The wine is usually better at 10-12-15 years of bottle age. Of course, that can vary slightly, depending on the vintage character.

In the best years, the wine will be at its best between 15 and 45 years of age after the vintage. Young vintages can be decanted for 2-4 hours. This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment.

Serving Chateau Pontet Canet, with Wine and Food Pairings

Chateau Pontet Canet is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.

Chateau Pontet Canet is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Pontet Canet is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, pasta and a myriad of hard and soft cheeses.

Jean Michel Comme also owns his own biodynamically farmed vineyard, Champ des Treilles in the Sainte Foy appellation.

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