Name: 2017 Chateau Pontet-Canet
Brand: Chateau Pontet-Canet
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Rating: 94 (14 reviews)

2017 Chateau Pontet-Canet
Pauillac, France
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  - $ 141 / 750ml
- Red - Savory and Classic
- 4 from 13 User Ratings
- 94 / 100 from 14 Critic Reviews
- Organic Certified Organic Biodynamic Certified Biodynamic
- Fifth Growth. Cinquieme Grand Cru Classe in 1855.
  
  Critic tasting note: "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." - 94/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classe, 1x750ml

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From Pauillac, France
Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 141 / 750ml
Red Wine – Savory and Classic
Bordeaux Blend Red
Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Organic · Certified Organic · Biodynamic · Certified Biodynamic

Winery

Château Pontet-Canet is a critically lauded wine estate located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux's northern Médoc region. The estate was ranked as a fifth growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification although in contempo...

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About the Product

Region or Appellation: Pauillac

Medoc / Bordeaux / France
Classification: 5eme Grand Cru Classé
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2048

Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 13%
Sweetness: Dry
Blend: 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit Verdot

Production Attributes

Maturation: Oaked & Amphora Aged
Oak Type: French
Consultant Winemaker: Michel Rolland
Ownership: Alfred and Michel Tesseron
Harvest date: 18 September - 4 October
Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Notes: 81 ha Certified Organic: Ecocert & Biodynamic: Biodyvin and Demeter Soils: Quaternary Gravel.
Vintage Notes: Although rainfall has been a distinctive feature of most recent Bordeaux vintages ending in 7, 2017 was marked by frost on a freezing night in late April. Fortunately, the Gironde estuary protected the vineyards of the prestigious Medoc appellations. As a result, our losses were minimal. Very favourable weather for the vines then set in for most of the season: flowering took place in mid-May and the berries had changed colour by July the 7th. Despite some light rain in September, the grapes stayed perfectly healthy until they had reached optimum maturity. The harvest started on September 18th for the Merlot, followed ten days later by the Cabernet Sauvignon, then the Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

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Harvest Notes: HARVESTS _ By hand in small crates
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: 50% in new oak barrels, 35% in concrete amphoras, 15% in one wine oak barrels - 16 to 18 months.
Producer Tasting Notes: The wine is deep, glossy crimson. The fresh nose reveals an elegant balance of fruity, floral and mineral notes. Great harmony is found on the palate between a highly refined tannic structure and comforting depth and length.

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About the Wine

Region

Pauillac

Pauillac is a well-regarded a commune and appellation on Bordeaux's Médoc peninsula. It is home to some of the world's most famous and expensive red wines, wines made predominantly from...

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Style

Red - Savory and Classic

From Barolo to Bordeaux, these wines are steeped in tradition. The style covers a broad spectrum of flavor profiles, but tend to be elegant and structured and can be cellared for a long...

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Grape Variety / Blend

Bordeaux Blend Red

Far from being an officially defined or legal term, it is almost never used for wine-labeling purposes (although it occasionally appears on back labels). Its equivalent in the United States...

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Food Pairing

Beef and Venison

The general rule with all red meat is the leaner the meat, the lighter the wine – this also applies to different cuts of beef or steak, although side dishes and sauces also have to be...

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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine

Beef fore rib Main Course: Western

Ribeye steak on the bone Main Course: With snail Béarnaise; Western

Basque bone-in-sirloin Main Course: Western

Manchego Cheese Course: Spanish

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Critics Scores & Reviews

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2017 vintage

94 / 100

14 scores

95 - 100

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

When to drink: 2021 to 2048

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94 / 100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2022

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.

About Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

18 / 20 Vinum Wine Magazine

2017 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2021

When to drink: 2022 to 2032

Verführerischer Duft von Brombeeren, Cassis, aber auch Kirschen und Himbeeren. Auch erdige Noten und ein Touch von Minze. Präsente Würze. Am Gaumen zupackend und dicht gewoben. Getragen von einer saftigen Säure.

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94 / 100 Falstaff

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2021

Dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate watery rim. Subtle floral nuances of cassis and blackberry confit, candied orange zest, dried rosehip and tobacco, needs air. Complex, full-bodied, dark berry fruit, subtle fruit, ripe tannins, freshly structured, mineral, similarly light-bodied like the 2013, - At the moment we are heading towards a longer hibernation period, as young, great wines like to do before they have gone through adolescence and presented themselves as young men - will make a safe career in the future as an elegant food wine. (Drink 2025 -2040).

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96 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2017 Vintage Tasted: Mar 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. Roger Voss

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97 / 100 VertdeVin

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2020

The nose is elegant, fresh and offers a beautiful finesse, concentration, gourmandize, a fine incisive side as well as a fine power. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and small notes of fresh liquorice stick, small ripe berries associated with touches of small red fruits, iris / lilac, graphite, racy minerality as well as fine hints of violet, sweet spices and green cardamom. The mouth is fruity, fresh, mineral, elegant and offers a beautiful definition, an acidulous frame, suavity, a beautiful juicy fruit, a beautiful as well as roundness. On the mouth this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy / juicy cassis and small notes of violet associated with fine touches of liquorice, lily as well as hints of graphite, tonka bean, camphor, lilac and Cuben pepper. Tannins are elegant and well-built. Good length. Very discreet hint of toasted hazelnut on the finish. Gourmandize on the finish.

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96 / 100 The Wine Independent

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jun 2022

When to drink: 2023 to 2048

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93 / 100 Jean-Marc Quarin

2017 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2021

When to drink: 2022 to 2040

About Jean-Marc Quarin

18.5 / 20 La Revue du Vin de France

2017 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2021

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96 / 100 Robert Parker The Wine Advocate

2017 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2020

When to drink: 2021 to 2048

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94 / 100 Wine Spectator

2017 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2020

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93 / 100 CellarTracker

2017 Vintage

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User Ratings

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13 ratings

Rate 2017 Chateau Pontet-Canet

Fair

2017 Vintage Saved: 26-May-2023

Too young to drink now. Full bodied wine with much tannins, noted of black fruit. Drank after air for two hours, smoother but still blunt and with short finish. Probably need more time to breath and drink it when it’s older

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Vintage Critics Score Avg. Price (ex-tax)

All 95 / 100 $ 162 2023 – – 2022 97 / 100 $ 126 2021 94 / 100 $ 108 2020 95 / 100 $ 160 2019 96 / 100 $ 144 2018 97 / 100 $ 161 2017 94 / 100 $ 141 2016 97 / 100 $ 203

2015 95 / 100 $ 156 2014 94 / 100 $ 131 2013 92 / 100 $ 114 2012 93 / 100 $ 122 2011 93 / 100 $ 121 2010 96 / 100 $ 297 2009 96 / 100 $ 322 2008 92 / 100 $ 136 2007 91 / 100 $ 122 2006 93 / 100 $ 134 2005 94 / 100 $ 234 2004 91 / 100 $ 122 2003 93 / 100 $ 167 2002 90 / 100 $ 146 2001 90 / 100 $ 266 2000 92 / 100 $ 205 1999 90 / 100 $ 191 1998 89 / 100 $ 199 1997 86 / 100 – 1996 90 / 100 $ 167 1995 90 / 100 $ 183 1994 88 / 100 $ 275 1993 87 / 100 – 1992 81 / 100 – 1991 83 / 100 – 1990 88 / 100 $ 257 1989 88 / 100 $ 229 1988 87 / 100 $ 215 1987 – – 1986 87 / 100 – 1985 90 / 100 $ 192 1984 87 / 100 – 1983 86 / 100 $ 422 1982 88 / 100 $ 426 1981 87 / 100 – 1980 86 / 100 – 1979 89 / 100 – 1978 90 / 100 – 1977 – – 1976 87 / 100 – 1975 86 / 100 – 1974 – – 1973 87 / 100 – 1971 – – 1970 82 / 100 $ 229 1966 – – 1964 88 / 100 – 1962 88 / 100 – 1961 91 / 100 – 1959 91 / 100 – 1955 – – 1954 – – 1952 89 / 100 – 1950 92 / 100 $ 600 1949 – $ 860 1948 – – 1947 92 / 100 – 1945 90 / 100 – 1943 – – 1938 – – 1937 – – 1934 90 / 100 – 1931 – – 1929 88 / 100 – 1928 89 / 100 – 1924 – – 1923 – – 1922 – – 1920 – – 1914 – – 1904 – – 1897 – –

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Vintage quality: Good

Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep

The 2017 vintage for Pauillac was reasonably good despite a trying growing season.

The year began with a mild winter, but spring then delivered a cataclysmic bout of frosts that decimated yields for much of Bordeaux. However, due to Pauillac's proximity to the...

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