Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

9.127 ratings
9.23 pro ratings
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Top Notes For
Luiz Alberto

Founder TheWineHub.com, #winelover

9.1

Complex with layers of flavors... Amazingly fresh for a 1998! This bottle made this #winelover #happy!! :)

Complex with layers of flavors... Amazingly fresh for a 1998! This bottle made this #winelover #happy!! :)

Apr 14th, 2014
Andrew Cullimore

Medium ruby , quite wide rim . Quite light spicy , peppery nose , redder fruits and less austere , slightly sweet oak note. Quite high fresh acidity , lighter profile , less austere with less rough tannins. Ok length , but quite noticeably different style from the wines before, lighter and certainly less classic /serious than the others . This is probably best drunk now and over the next few years, little improvement from here

Medium ruby , quite wide rim . Quite light spicy , peppery nose , redder fruits and less austere , slightly sweet oak note. Quite high fresh acidity , lighter profile , less austere with less rough tannins. Ok length , but quite noticeably different style from the wines before, lighter and certainly less classic /serious than the others . This is probably best drunk now and over the next few years, little improvement from here

Aug 19th, 2023
John Van Trijp

Magnum, too old

Magnum, too old

Mar 28th, 2019
Oliver Krum

Surprising value-for-buck winner of a 1998 mini-horizontal (against 1998 montrose and 1998 palmer)

Surprising value-for-buck winner of a 1998 mini-horizontal (against 1998 montrose and 1998 palmer)

Mar 11th, 2017
Richard Adams

Delicate for Bordeaux. 5th Growth. Less earthy, but good balance.

Delicate for Bordeaux. 5th Growth. Less earthy, but good balance.

Jan 30th, 2016
Big Wave Dave

Nice. Only med bodiedbut smooth

Nice. Only med bodiedbut smooth

Oct 12th, 2015
Ian Brennan

Dark and intense, cherries and blackberries with a light spiciness, cigar box cedar. A full bodied wine, loads of fruit but you need to look for the tannins to balance this. Lovely to drink now and should have year to go with the fruit - it will be interesting to see how it integrates over time. Very drinkable now.

Dark and intense, cherries and blackberries with a light spiciness, cigar box cedar. A full bodied wine, loads of fruit but you need to look for the tannins to balance this. Lovely to drink now and should have year to go with the fruit - it will be interesting to see how it integrates over time. Very drinkable now.

Mar 26th, 2015
Lewis Chester

1998 vintage. Enjoyed this. But not a star.

1998 vintage. Enjoyed this. But not a star.

Dec 19th, 2014
Giulio Neri

Ancora giovane

Ancora giovane

Sep 28th, 2014
Giulio Neri

Lieve stalla, pelle , sughero. Eccellente

Lieve stalla, pelle , sughero. Eccellente

Apr 13th, 2014