Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

$299

An astounding, compelling wine with the classic Pauillac nose more often associated with its cross-street neighbor, Mouton-Rothschild, creme de cassis, there are also some violets and other assorted floral notes. The wine has off-the-charts massiveness and intensity but never comes across as heavy, overbearing or astringent. The freshness, laser-like precision, and full-bodied, massive richness and extract are simply remarkable to behold and experience. It is very easy, to become jaded tasting such great wines from a great vintage, but it is really a privilege to taste something as amazing as this...Talk about an estate that is on top of its game!...Kudos to Pontet-Canet! Robert Parker

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Ratings on Delectable

Ken Z Delectable Pro

Drank 6/18/22. Nose of cherry, blueberry, smoke, earth, and hint of cedar. On the palate, morello cherry, leather, tar, with long, dry finish. Give it another 5-10 years to shine. 4/23/9/5/5 +50 = 96 pts , but needs time Special wine geek note. This was tasted along with the 2009 pontet, and the 2000 Dominus. This was the best of the lot. Sorry, no pics

Drank 6/18/22. Nose of cherry, blueberry, smoke, earth, and hint of cedar. On the palate, morello cherry, leather, tar, with long, dry finish. Give it another 5-10 years to shine. 4/23/9/5/5 +50 = 96 pts , but needs time Special wine geek note. This was tasted along with the 2009 pontet, and the 2000 Dominus. This was the best of the lot. Sorry, no pics

9.6

Steven Gullo Delectable Pro

A little wound up right now. Youthful and dense. Should progress really well over next 5 years

A little wound up right now. Youthful and dense. Should progress really well over next 5 years

9.3

Peter van den Besselaar Delectable Pro

Vintage 2010 /classic smell, rich smell, cassis leather tobacco

Vintage 2010 /classic smell, rich smell, cassis leather tobacco

9.2

Willem Jan Withagen Delectable Pro

Cassis blackberry. Cedar, ashes, forest mist. Pencil lead. Still a bit dry and enough tanine to keep it for a while.

Cassis blackberry. Cedar, ashes, forest mist. Pencil lead. Still a bit dry and enough tanine to keep it for a while.

9.1

David T Delectable Pro

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron. What a great vintage. Its tannin structure will outlive the 09 and anyone 45 and older. The 2010 is a forever vintage and while different than 09, it will undoubtedly be just as great. It’s just going to take a lot more bottle age than the 09. The body is full and round. The tannins have rounded but are still big and chewy. It’s more concentrated than 09. The fruit is really beautiful and again perfectly ripe. Dark currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, dark plum, poached strawberries with hints of raspberries. Soft soil structure; dry top soil, moist clay, medium intensity dark spice, fresh tobacco, dry herbs, crushed rock powder, with dark, withering florals with violets. The texture is velvety. The structure and tension are big. The length and balance are worthy of its perfect score. For me, it’s just not there, yet! The acidity is really good. The long, lush, ripe, well balanced, polished finish is deliciously persistent. Photos of; our dinner group, tasting room at Pontet Canet, the horse plows they still use in the fields and Chateau Pontet Canet.

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron. What a great vintage. Its tannin structure will outlive the 09 and anyone 45 and older. The 2010 is a forever vintage and while different than 09, it will undoubtedly be just as great. It’s just going to take a lot more bottle age than the 09. The body is full and round. The tannins have rounded but are still big and chewy. It’s more concentrated than 09. The fruit is really beautiful and again perfectly ripe. Dark currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, dark plum, poached strawberries with hints of raspberries. Soft soil structure; dry top soil, moist clay, medium intensity dark spice, fresh tobacco, dry herbs, crushed rock powder, with dark, withering florals with violets. The texture is velvety. The structure and tension are big. The length and balance are worthy of its perfect score. For me, it’s just not there, yet! The acidity is really good. The long, lush, ripe, well balanced, polished finish is deliciously persistent. Photos of; our dinner group, tasting room at Pontet Canet, the horse plows they still use in the fields and Chateau Pontet Canet.

9.6

DE

Amazing finish and layered..

Amazing finish and layered..

9.3

Lisa O

So smooth... incredible. Full bodied.

So smooth... incredible. Full bodied.

10

David Harder

25th anniversary it is simply amazing

25th anniversary it is simply amazing

9.5

Tom Kobylarz Delectable Pro

WOTN #NYWE13

WOTN #NYWE13

10

Marc On Delectable Pro

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

What a monster. So much tannins, fruit and acid. Needs another 20 years to really come around.

What a monster. So much tannins, fruit and acid. Needs another 20 years to really come around.

9.2

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