2002 Pontet-Canet Bordeaux Blend
Reviews of 2002 Pontet-Canet Bordeaux Blend
88 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
April 2005
This wine has seemingly gone to sleep and is in a dormant, ungracious stage, exhibiting notes of green tea leaves intermixed with red and black currants in its dusty nose. A medium-bodied wine with moderately high tannin and a certain austerity, it seems to be a much less impressive effort than I thought from barrel or is it just impossibly closed? There is still substantial size and tannic clout to the wine, but the fruit seems to have gone into hiding. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2020+.
90-92 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
October 2003
A thick, unctuous texture immediately suggests something rather special. Substantial tannins emerge in the finish, suggesting this is another Pauillac that will require plenty of cellaring. Approximately two-thirds of the production made it into this 2002. A dense purple color accompanies aromas of pure, rich creme de cassis. With medium to full body, and a long, concentrated finish, it should be at its finest between 2010-2025. This is a very classic wine.
92 points, Wine Spectator
March 2005
A solid wine with berry, currant and mineral character. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. Racy. Alfred Tesseron is making excellent wine nearly every year now. One of the few 2002s better than 2001. Best after 2008. (JS)
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About 2002 Pontet-Canet Bordeaux Blend
About the Winery Pontet-Canet
http://www.pontet-canet.com/accueil.php?langue=en
"The origins of the vineyard date back to the beginning of the 18th century, when Jean François Pontet, Master of the King's Horse and Major-General of the Médoc, put together several parcels of land to the north-west of Pauillac, just a few hundred metres from the Gironde , the great river of Bordeaux. A few years later, his descendants completed the work by acquiring the vineyards known as "La Maison de Canet".
In the year 1750 one of the biggest wine estates in the Médoc was created - Château Pontet-Canet
The most important feature of this estate was, and still is, the outcrops of gravelly soil, some of which are nearly 30 metres above sea-level, and it is these parts of the vineyard that give the property its extraordinary potential.
Appellation : Pauillac
Area : 120 hectares, 80 under vines
Geology : Soil : Quaternary gravels
Sub-soil : clay / limestone
Grape varieties : Cabernets : Sauvignons 60%, Francs 5%, Merlots 33% and Petit Verdot 2%
Average age of vines : 35 years
Density of planting : 9000 vines per hectare
Fertilisation : Organic manure
Pruning : Guyot-double Médocaine
Harvesting : By hand, in "cagettes""
About the Wine
"This excellent Bordeaux Blend features a Dry taste and Red color"
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