Chateau Pontet-Canet 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac

Notes prises selon mes souvenirs quelques semaines plus tard. La robe se présente grenat profonde, sans signe d’âge avancé. Le nez est envoûtant et complexe, fruit noir bien présent, belle trame épicée chaleureuse, herbes, tabac, cuir. La bouche est sublime, élégante, parfaitement équilibrée par des tanins fondus, enrobés, un corps suave, une acidité balancée, et une très belle longueur. Excellent, et beaucoup plus expressif et complexe que le 2002 bu l’automne dernier. Encore en belle forme, il pourra se conserver …

2001 vintage

Dynamic wine, drank over 2 hours. Started out somewhat muted on nose with thinness on palette. On first impressions 20 min later was mostly cassis and some leather with very noticeably high acid, almost lemony on front of the palette. Fully integrated tannins, red fruits, more cassis. Eventually came full circle about 1hr after open as a complete wine with everything in balance. Semi dry red fruits with subtle pepper came through at this point. Faded a bit on the …

2001 vintage

Last bottle from the case, served alongside 2021 Forts, the Pontet showed very well, colour still deep, lovely energy on the nose, dark, ripe fruit, quite solid feel about the wine and strong but well managed tannins. In a really good place and very classic Pauillac style

2001 vintage

My contribution to Bordecembre! BB of 65/29/5,5/0,5% CS/Merlot/CF/PV🍇 from the estate I adore - Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, 2001. Decanted 1 hour. Medium intense aromas predominant of tertiary aromas such as fireplace, gunpowder, old leather, dried rose petals, oak and less expressed blackberries, violets. Medium body, elegant, smooth and silky mouthfeel, beautifully balanced, medium soft acidity, velvety tannins. It’s still at the great place, but I don’t see any space for improvement. Nevertheless, damn delicious experience.

2001 vintage

Sadly it was flawed.

2001 vintage

Jono's Pontet Canet Extravaganza (The Ten Cases, London) : 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 5.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Petit Verdot. ABV 13%. Lovely nose here; summer greenhouse / tomato leaf pungency. Some tobacco and sandalwood too.This has a seriously sexy nose. Just a couple of ppm of dulce de leche in the margins. I think the palate on this is a little in the shadow of the 2002 but still in a good place; Rooibos tea and cassis on entry. …

2001 vintage

Almost a carbon copy of the 2000 with the same vivid bright blackcurrant fruit with gravel, mineral and spicey overtones, but it showed better than the 2000 on the night because it was a bit more harmony and was less blocky

2001 vintage

Blind. Correctly guessed right bank Pauillac, and a cold vintage (I initially said 2007 or 2004) but this is 2001. This is quite refined, elegant, a hint of herbal notes, with pencil shaving, blond tobacco scents, quite airy, vibrant and bright in the mouth with a refreshing saline note, a tad thin in the mid palate, lacking some sap, not sweet at all, but with plenty of elegance, nice acidity, what is off, however, is the dry tannic frame at …

2001 vintage

Chateau Pontet-Canet 2001 / Domaine Garon Côte-Rôtie Lancement 2018 Two wonderful wines on Friday night, where both got about 2 hours in the carafe. Pontet-Canet 2001 is in a fantastic window right now, like all great wines from Bdx they start restrained, the aroma is precise, pencil, crushed stone, wild raspberries and black currants. The taste confirms the aroma although a little more cautious. The color reveals that there is age, a little more cloudy but still a youthfulness on …

2001 vintage

For a week year and its age, a very lively classic Pauillac! Ripe fruit core, cedar, pencil, cigarbox, cassis and some animalic (bur not too much) aromas. Soft tannins, nice accidity. Medium+ body and medium lenght. Drink now 👌🏼

2001 vintage

En finesse, tertiaire, tabac, sous-bois, cuir, noblesse végétale, poivron rouge diffus, épices… Texture velours, presque légère, acidulée. Un vin qu’il faut aller chercher, qui ne se livre pas facilement, encore moins ostensiblement, mais doté d’une belle complexité surannée.

2001 vintage

Pop and pour. In a great place: soft cedar, loads of red berry fruit, soft earth. Excellent.

2001 vintage

Fully mature. Possibly fading a little. Dusty ages but still well balanced

2001 vintage

Vanilla, cassis, black berry with some black pepper on finish. Quite a lot of vanilla and maybe lacking a bit of balance/structure. Definitely old style lots of new oak. 90-91

2001 vintage

Mature and well integrated. Still showing defined perfumed notes of herbs, eucalyptus, hints of dusty berry fruits.

2001 vintage

This wine and vintage need no comment... I don't even feel up to making notes about it... I loved the wine. I prefer to transcribe below the comments of the experienced Andrew Cullimore, who tasted the same bottle: "Pontet Canet 2001 Medium ruby garnet , narrow garnet rim . Quite deep spicy tobacco , cassis , redcurrant , grafite , smoky herbal notes on the nose. On the palate this is quite restrained and elegant , with a mix of …

2001 vintage

Still good, but drink now, it's passed its peak. Not sure how much longer it will hold on.

2001 vintage

Very Paulliac. Zingy and still fresh and primary. Dense, pure cassis, some tobacco and leather, after a while hints of cigar box. Peppery on the palate with lovely drying tannins. Honestly, if I had more I might wait a few years longer. 69+

2001 vintage

From a French cellar with a high shoulder fill, a good cork, and pristine color, this example of 1959 Pontet Canet delights with a seamless nose of black cherry, cocoa powder, leather, wood smoke, and macadamia. Neither the volume nor the definition push this into the realm of greatness, but it is copybook mature Bordeaux which delights by virtue of its cohesion, completeness, and freshness.

1959 vintage

A celebration of several birthdays, including my own milestone event : Another birth-year wine holding up impressively well. Just look at that stunning ruby-garnet color! On the nose and palate, it feels like it is half its age. There’s still a core of sweet berry fruit, layered with beautiful notes of cigar box, forest floor, and a touch of clove. For several of us, it was a strong contender for WOTN.

1959 vintage

We compared this 2001 with 2018 vintage. It was still very much alive and in its peak (probably in the later phase of the peak). On the nose, it shows leather, tobacco, cedar, mushroom, forest balanced with black fruits. Very tasty. In our group, 2 out of 5 preferred 2001 over 2018 Pontet Canet.

2001 vintage

It's always fun to open a bottle from the cellar after being away for a couple of weeks (and not drinking for those couple of weeks). This wasn't my planned wine, but the originally intended bottle of a different wine was corked, so this got the pop and pour treatment, rather that a couple of hours in a decanter. All that said it showed very well, especially after being open for about an hour. It's not richly fruity or showy, …

2001 vintage

Stunning, especially when you consider it's 100 years of age. Cherries, strawberries, tobacco, red currants, spice, and leafy herbs were all over the nose, and the soft, energetic palate, finishing with a refreshing, orange rind complexity in the endnote. Drink from 2024-2024.

1924 vintage

This 2001 Pontet Canet was drinking really well. It had a classic Pauillac taste profile. Drank really well right out of the bottle. Not agreeing with the "drinkability score" on this one that suggested you should drink this wine now. Glad I did drink it though.

2001 vintage

Very fresh, refined. Perfect nose with tobacco, bell pepper, violets- freshness all over the place. Silky tannins. Good structure and good length. 92-93 pts.

2001 vintage

I opened this at midday and sipped a glass slowly every hour until dinner at 6.30. The evolution was pretty incredible. Started out with a stunning nose of cherries, cassis, tobacco and earth but the palate was all tannin and oak with only a hint of what was present on the nose. After the first hour it improved a lot, I started to get a little fruit and some leather and tobacco but the tannins really dominated still. By about …

2001 vintage

Bought this bottle 10 years ago directly at the chateau after a drive thru the vineyards with a golf car. 2001 was one of the last years before the transformation of Pontet Canet to biodynamie and much higher prices. This bottle was a real treat. Amazing pauillac cassis and dark fruits, now perfectly integrated tannins and a nice earthiness with mushrooms, wet forestfloor and some tobacco after 23 years. Drink up, i think this is not to get any better …

2001 vintage

Note is from a week later. From magnum. This was a classy and classic bottle of bordeaux. Drank amazingly well- good fruit, tannins are softening, long finish. Red WOTN was an 06 Opus one, but this was really close. From the magnum I would say it's ready to go but still has years left, there's no rush.

2001 vintage

En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux) : From magnum Hmm, it’s a bit funky, touch of cellar stink, a little sourly juicy on the palate, tannic burr. Hmm.

1962 vintage

25 Old Bordeaux grand cru classe - vertical (1920->) and horizontal semi blind wine tasting dinner (Copenhagen (Private)) : A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger. This wine: Second time we tasted this wine during evening but this time from magnum - still blind! Sligtly better. I rated the magnum 89 and the bottle 88. Pale ruby color …

1962 vintage

25 Old Bordeaux grand cru classe - vertical (1920->) and horizontal semi blind wine tasting dinner (Copenhagen (Private)) : A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger. This wine: Not as good as 1961. Pale tawny. Tertiary but still green pepper. High tannin. (later on the evening we also tasted a magnum of same vintage - still blind! It …

1962 vintage

Going deep into the cellar to celebrate our move to Sonoma from San Francsico. Yes, Sonoma is ground zero for Pinot Noir, but we still enjoy wines from the "rest of the world." ☺ Forgive me, it's a quote. I remember touring Mouton and visiting the chateau's cellars where the guide said: "Here on the left is the cellar of Mouton and on the right is the cellar is for the rest of the world." Ha! We aren't quite that …

1959 vintage

Deep tawny colour. Moderate aromas of cigar box, forest floor, mushrooms, ripe dark plums, black currants, walnut, colve and hints of lavender. It is dry in the mouth with a fresh acidity. It has silky tannins and a medium alcohol. It has a medium+ body and pronounced intensity flavours. The finish is long. It is an outstanding quality wine. It has a lingering finish and a great concentration in balance with the acidity. The age has polished its tannic structure …

1959 vintage

The Second Avery Family Cellar Wine Dinner - Really old wines (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC) : Incredibly unique nose that is dominated by porcini. Our resident mycologist, Adam, informs us that the nose is closer to a dry porcini. I am starting to think more like matsutake. Tertiary dominating nose, strong dry mushroom, a hint of raspberry and cherry, mineral/iron, cedar and earth. Fully integrated harmonious palate, strong mineral presence, perfect amount of acidity and a long …

1924 vintage

Korken eingeschrumpelt auf halben Durchmesser, nur noch die Kapsel verschloss, sicher 20 Jahre zu alt!

1959 vintage

Vin for særlig interesserte. 1962 Ch. Pontet-Canet: Lys orange. Lær, fiken, mineraler, blomster, unerskog og buljong. Blomstervann og buljong i munn. Fremdeles hint av tanniner. Spennende nese, men ikke akkurat vitalt i munn. Way over the top. 80p

1962 vintage

Chateau Pontet Canet, Pauillac 1962 by a Cruse bottling. Top shoulder, dark red and looks much younger. Punchy flavors of cassis, blackberries, cedar, pencil, black olives. On the palate, presented a medium-bodied, with an acid-present as balanced counterweight to the fruit sweetness. But much cassis, blackberries, cedar, still has not quite juicy elegance and aristocracy. Beautiful medium long finish with cassis, blackberries and cedar. A great wine.

1962 vintage

Surprisingly dark red and little deveoped, compared with the Cheval Blanc 1970 in the same tasting. Typical Pauillac, with its masculine, yet refined style. More impressing taste than bouquet.

1962 vintage

Kemp's 65th including some 1945 wines. : A real treat provided by Jeff King. This was still in business and doing nicely. The nose is classic old Bordeaux with a pleasant musty quality, slight funk and plenty of tobacco. Even a bit of cherries. More cherries and dried cherries on the palate. Layered and complex. Good showing.

1959 vintage

Wow, after 5 minutes this opens up to anise, red fruit, lovage, mint, a pronounced sweetness reminiscent of Burgundy, still some tannins on the palate and finish that does not want to end. Delicious!

1959 vintage

Truly, a truffle lovers delight. Truffles, earth and more truffles. Did I say truffles yet? Tart, black cherry in the mouth. The style of the wine was a bit austere. Very old school in style abd probably slightly past its prime. Still, the honor of tasting this wine at the Chateau was not lost on me.

1959 vintage

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