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Reviews

100 - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers a very deep garnet color. Whoa - the nose explodes with a vast array of black fruit preserves and savory nuances: plum preserves, blackcurrant cordial, black cherry coulis and licorice with wafts of dried lavender, melted chocolate, charcuterie, black olives, truffles and camphor plus a hint of sandalwood. The full-bodied palate is completely filled with black fruits, exotic spices and earthy nuances with a firm foundation of ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with epic length and depth. So much more expressive and seductive than a lot of 2010s at this stage, and yet it is still incredibly youthful!

100 - James Suckling -

The aromas to this are incredible with blueberry, minerals, dried flowers, and stones. It goes to dried meat and spices. Full body and incredibly integrated with blackberry, licorice, and minerals. There's a wonderful purity to this. It goes on for minutes. The quality of tannins is amazing. Seamless. There's an amazing transparency that shows you all the elements of the wine's unique terrior. Try after 2018.

98+ - Jeb Dunnuck -

The 2010 Pontet-Canet lags behind the 2009, but these two vintages can be hard to compare due the drastically different styles. Where the 2009 is broad, expansive, and showy, the 2010 starts our more reserved and classic in style, with beautiful notes of cassis, cedarwood, lead pencil shavings, tobacco, and damp earth all developing with air. Deep, beautifully concentrated, full-bodied, and powerful, it’s built for the long haul and needs 5-7 years of bottle age, but I suspect will see its 50th birthday in still fine drinking form.

98 - Wine Enthusiast -

97 - Wine Spectator -

This is big, broad and powerfully rendered, but remarkably polished and refined at the same time. An enormous core of roasted fig, blackberry and black currant fruit is suavely wrapped with roasted apple wood and sandalwood, while dark espresso, loam and warm paving stone notes drive the finish. Very long, with a great tug of scorched earth at the end. A terrific combination of power and precision. Best from 2020 through 2040.

95+ - Vinous -

Bright ruby-red. Superripe, soil-driven aromas of currant, plum, cherry pie, mocha and minerals; almost liqueur-like in its ripeness, in a 1947 way. Then huge, sweet and plush, with great volume and depth to its flavors of cassis, flowers, minerals, game and olive. Finishes with big, ripe, horizontal tannins and great mounting length. This remarkably thick wine is actually a bit youthfully stunted today and should really be cellared for ten years. It should go on for three or four decades in a cool cellar.

Technical Details

Blend 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Winemaker Jean-Michel Comme
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Farming Method Organic and Biodynamic
Alcohol 14.5%

Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classé 2010

Name: Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classé 2010
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1002695
Price: 315.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Proprietary Blends | Bordeaux

WA100, JS100, JD98+, WE98, JL98, WS97, D96, VN95+

Organic and Biodynamic

$450.00

$315.00

750ML

30% OFF RETAIL!

Not $400, not normal retail of $350...$225!! 2010 Chateau Pontet-Canet is one of the great wines of this century and our source in Bordeaux really came through today. Wow! The critical acclaim is overwhelming in this vintage, and Pontet-Canet has rightfully taken its place among the greatest in Bordeaux over the last decade. A cellar centerpiece, a wine to treasure for the next 20-30 years! AMAZING PRICE...please don’t miss!

You can read about the Chateau’s history HERE, but take a gander at the press first, and then click quick, as we will likely sell out! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED…!

About The Producer

Alfred Tesseron and his team, led by Jean-Michel Comme, Pontet-Canet's estate manager, since 1989, have completely transformed both the vineyard and the identity of Chateau Pontet-Canet. Leaving behind conventional vinegrowing techniques in order to embrace organic and biodynamic methods, they have allowed the terroir to reclaim its origins. Speaking of terroir, Pontet Canet happens to be perfectly situated in Paulliac's gravelly Rodeo drive, next to Mouton.

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