Château Pontet-Canet 5. Cru Classé Pauillac 2008 i trækasse

”96 points. A candidate for the "wine of the vintage"... A tour de force" - Robert Parker

Château Pontet-Canet er et lysende eksempel på at Bordeaux’ klassifikation fra 1855 ikke længere står ved magt. Slottet er ”kun” 5. Cru Pauillac men vinen er i klokkeklar 1. Cru-kvalitet...

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96/100 Robert Parker
“A candidate for the “wine of the vintage,” Pontet Canet’s 2008 boasts an opaque purple color as well as copious aromas of sweet blueberries, blackberries and black currant fruit intertwined with lead pencil shavings, subtle barbecue smoke and a hint of forest floor. Full-bodied, with fabulous richness, texture and tremendous freshness, this first-growth-like effort is more developed than the uber-powerful 2010. Give it 5-8 years of cellaring and drink it over the following three decades. Bravo!”

96/100 Jeb Dunnuck
“Unquestionably one of the gems in the vintage is the 2008 Pontet-Canet, which reminds me of the 2005 with its concentrated, deep, powerful style. Beautiful dark fruits, graphite, obvious minerality, and classic Pauillac lead pencil notes all emerge from this still youthful, full-bodied, and pure 2008 that’s 4-5 years away from maturity and will keep for 30+ years. Hats off to Alfred Tesseron for another awesome wine that ranks up with the crème de la crème of the vintage.”

95/100 Decanter
“Oh, I love this! This is Pauillac distilled, flirting on the edge of ripeness with brambly cassis and dark chocolate. This is just the right mix of open and closed for me, layered and confident but not overdone. It has feathery, well brushed tannins, and firm, generous black fruits. A great Pauillac which is just starting to rev its engine.”

95/100 Wine Enthusiast “Cellar Selection”
“Smooth, with dense tannins hidden behind the ripe, pure fruit, this important wine shows class and an impeccable balance of fruit and tannin. Rich as well as structured, this is a beautiful wine.”

94-95/100 Vert de Vin
” The nose is fresh, fruity and elegant. It reveals notes of blackberry and cherry cream combined with slight notes of minerality, licorice, fine touches of undergrowth and a touch of truffle. The mouth is fruity, mineral, elegant, silky and offers a beautiful silky matter, a fine tension, freshness, a beautiful expression, a good structure as well as a beautiful velvety and relatively aerial matter. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of blackberry, sour cherry and slight notes of cassis, crushed strawberry combined with hints of wood, licorice and fslight notes of truffle, a touch of saline minerality and a discreet hint of spice. Tannins are fine and well-built. Good length.”

19,5/20 La Revue du Vin de France

Nyd den til lam, saftigt oksekød, fuglevildt, vildtkød, svampe og indmad. Servér ved 16-18°C.

Pontet-Canet 2008 er fremstillet på 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc og 1% Petit Verdot. Druerne plukkes og sorteres manuelt, og vinificeringen er i Médoc-sammenhæng befriende low-tech. Gæringen foregår ganske vidst under nøje opsyn, men uden temperaturkontrol og uden brug af industrigær. 50% af vinen modnes 15 mdr. på nye barriquefade, 15% på ”second fill” barrique samt 35% på amforaer, støbt med grus, ler og kalksten fra ejendommens 82 hektar.  

Om Château Pontet-Canet

Château Pontet-Canet er et lysende eksempel på at Bordeaux’ klassifikation fra 1855 ikke længere står ved magt. Slottet er ”kun” 5. Cru Pauillac men vinen er i klokkeklar 1. Cru-kvalitet. Chateau Pontet-Canet er beliggende i det centrale Pauillac, med Mouton Rothschild blandt de nærmeste naboer. Slottet blev grundlagt i 1725 af Jean-Francois Pontet, men har siden 1975 tilhørt Cognac-familien Tesseron. Pontet-Canet ledes i dag af Alfred Tesseron, i tæt samarbejde med teknisk direktør Jean-Michel Comme og den ønologiske konsulent Michel Rolland. 100 pts. fra Robert Parker til 2010 Pontet-Canet satte en fed streg under, at slottet langt om længe endelig er ved at indfri sit enorme potentiale. Mange maskiner er skrottet til fordel for manuelt arbejde. Traktorerne er blevet erstattet af heste, og både afstilkning og sorteringen af druerne foregår nu pr håndkraft. Der eksperimenteres på livet løs, for eksempel med at modne en del af vinen på terracotta-amforaer. Vinmagerne på 1. Cru-slottene Château Margaux og Château Latour indrømmer blankt at de ”gør som på Pontet-Canet” for resultaterne er ikke til at diskutere.