2010 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note
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2010
Château Pontet-Canet (Pauillac)
The first vintage the estate was certified Biodynamic shows only a minor touch of lightning at the edges. The wine opens with cedar, smoke, tobacco leaf, black currants, blackberries, and wet forest aromatics. Full-bodied, powerful, intense, concentrated, and rich, texturally, the wine is opulent, full, and deep, with a long, palate-coating layer of dark, black and red fruits. There is a touch of heat in the long, fruit-filled finish. While still youthful, the wine is already approachable with 2 hours or so of air. The wine blends 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2055. 11,690 Views Tasted Jul 9, 2022So young, but there is so much potential for greatness, you'd have to be blind to miss it! Layer after layer of rich, deep, ripe, plush, round, polished fruits, perfectly ripe tannins and a finish that does not want to quit. The wine is holding back more in reserve than with previous tastings and is probably going to shut down for a bit. When it opens again, this will be a stunner! 23,482 Views Tasted Aug 5, 2015Deep, dark ruby in color, packed with blackberry, black cherry, vanilla, tobacco, espresso bean, truffle and wet earth aromas, the wine is dense, balanced, rich, ripe, tannic, thick and mouth filling. There are no hard edges and everything is in all the right places. Give this time to develop, soften and add even more weight and complexity and you’ll be happy you waited. 19,829 Views Tasted May 17, 2014Floral, boysenberry, licorice, leaves, cassis, cedar and tobacco scents are in your face. This is powerful, dense and intense. The wine fills your mouth, coats your palate and continues to expand in the finish delivering an amazing tasting experience that you cannot put down without taking another sip. Before you know it, the bottle is empty, which is the true mark of all great wines. 26,712 Views Tasted Oct 11, 2013Inky in color with deep, purple accents, tobacco, blackberry, licorice, crème de cassis, stone and smoke create the potent aromatics. Powerful, dense, mouth filling, fresh and concentrated, the wine builds in intensity, expands and moves from flavor to flavor in the long finish. This is the mark of all great wines. The wine demands at least a decade or possibly two before everything truly comes into its own. There is nothing out of place. Everything is in all the right places. For my palate and money, this is the best wine made by Alfred Tesseron at Pontet Canet yet. WOW! 24,044 Views Tasted May 8, 2013Inky, opaque with deep purple accents in the color, this stunning Pauillac offers strong aromas of blackberry, blueberry, pepper, truffle, caramel, stone, vanilla, smoke and forest floor. This concentrated, rich, packed and stacked wine, coats your mouth with intense flavors. Long, round, powerful, polished and tannic, the finish ends with dark chocolate covered blackberries, boysenberries and spice. The flavors remain etched in your mouth for more than one full minute! This stunning wine has gained in texture and complexity since tasted in April. The wine was released at 100 Euros, a large jump from 2009. The price did not deter consumers. 2010 Pontet Canet is one of the best selling Bordeaux wines of the vintage. 97-98 Pts 25,609 Views Tasted Jul 30, 2012Pontet Canet Produced from an assemblage of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, yields were down 10% from 2009. Inky black in color, the wine stains the sides of the glass. Cassis, stone, forest floor, tobacco and cedar aromas effortlessly pop from the glass. This fills your mouth with flavor. Packed and stacked with layers of ripe, fat, plump fruit, voluptuous in style, with freshness and ripe tannins, the blackberry, blue fruit, cassis, licorice and spice filled finish grows in your mouth. 96-97 Pts 25,558 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2011 |
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.