Wine Spectator
93/100

2002 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac red

ID: 6192287

￥29,187.54

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概要

Jean-François de Pontet appointed himself at the court of Versailles, where he held the position of Grand Equiter (Master of the Horse) to Louis XV. Upon his return to Guyenne, he became Governor of the Médoc. In 1705, he purchased a few hectares of land north of the village of Pauillac on which he planted vines, naming the land after himself in order to give his estate a recognizable identity. A century later, Château Pontet-Canet was flourishing and became one of the few selected to join the famous 1855 classification, which had been ordered by Napoleon III.

Today, it is Guy Tesseron's descendants who own the estate: Alfred and his nieces Mélanie and Philippine. Together they have envisioned a new era for Château Pontet-Canet, where viticulture embraces organic and biodynamic methods and the wines have progressed so far that they are now among the most prestigious in Bordeaux.

This wine presents itself exhibiting notes of green tea leaves with red and black currants. On the palate it is a medium bodied wine with austere tannins.