Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1994

David Kline

Dark, nearly black from all points, with brick just visible near the shallows. Nose bursts with cedar, oak, coffee, mushroom, composted roses, cardamom, tarragon, fig and prune, plum and sweet potato skins. Drinks well for vintage, showing laser of mint and baker’s chocolate, just-sweet mocha tobacco, espresso, cinnamon, clove and bark; expansive and complex, tannins still grainy. Bran and buckwheat, graphite, salted, dried plum. Grilled caramel, cedar from aforementioned grill, dried cranberry and black cherries. A pleasant surprise. #pauillac #bordeaux #grandcruclassé #grandcruclasséen1855 #pontetcanet #chateaupontetcanet

Eric Urbani

Happy New Year Persians !

Ronald Heijden

Only 6 % cabernet franc but smell the paprika everywhere very young rated the wine as a 2011 ......

Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

For the lean style Bordeaux lovers. Bell pepper tones and other green signs all over the place. 1994 was a bridge year. First vintage under the new management of Alfred Tesseron was 1995. Style of the chateau changed since then.

Andrew Cullimore

Médium ruby /garnet slightly less bright that the first . Slightly spicier , less attractive nose than 1990. Less ripe fruit , more cedar , grafite notes, touch of volatility . Appears more mature also. Comes across slightly awkward , slightly pinched acidity , rather rustic tannin . Not enough fruit to cover the structure. Should be drunk now , will only go downhill from here

RustyR

Open. Old. Surprise the fruit on nose is very much black cherry some floral start to poke through. Bit of sage. Color is still very red not sure fruit will catch up to tannin but still well structured wine

Christophe Aebi

Wonderfully melted leather, black currant, paprika and tobacoo, this shows no sign of decline and is fully ripe. Could last another 20 years!

Naboth van den Broek

Old style. Red pepper, smokiness, earthiness. Very pleasant both right upon opening and after about 2 hours. Drink in next few years.

RustyR

Cinimon

MDB

Let it open for 2 hrs. Great structure.