2009 Château Pontet-Canet Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Appellation | Pauillac |
| Producer | Château Pontet-Canet |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Type | Red (Dry) |
| Grape Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend |
| ABV | 14.0% |
| Format | 1x900cl |
| Packaging | Original Wood Case |
| Duty Status | In Bond |
| Provenance | Purchased by Liquid Assets from a UK-based merchant; securely stored in a climate-controlled bonded facility |
| Stock | 1 case (in stock and available immediately) |
100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate (March 2019)
Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pontet-Canet is a little shut down to begin, but with coaxing this baby is soon firing on all cylinders with a full-throttle nose of chocolate-covered cherries, crème de cassis, boysenberries and spice cake plus tons of kirsch and cranberry sauce sparks and a beautiful undercurrent of emerging tertiary characters: cigar box, sandalwood, chargrill, truffles and cast iron pan. Full-bodied, rich, multilayered and completely seductive, the palate is charged with incredible energy, with a firm backbone of velvety tannins and seamless freshness providing solid grounding and promising a very long life ahead. It finishes with an incredible display of epically long-lasting flavor fireworks. Wow!
95 Neal Martin, Vinous (March 2019)
The 2009 Pontet-Canet needs more encouragement from the glass than its peers, but it rewards the imbiber with seductive pure cassis and blackberry fruit, touches of autumn leaves and pencil box. The palate is medium-bodied with firm but fine tannin, a lovely bead of acidity. A harmonious, brown spice and smoke tinged finish fans out with confidence. You could open this now but it still has two more decades of drinking pleasure to give. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
100 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (October 2018)
The 2009 Pontet-Canet continues to just knock it out of the park every time I’ve been lucky enough to drink a bottle, and this beauty was as good as it gets yet again. Deep purple-colored, full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, and just about off the charts in terms of scale and density, it nevertheless just glides across the palate with an ethereal, seamless texture that never seems heavy or cumbersome. This is pure Pauillac in all its glory and is a monumental wine in every way. Drink it any time over the coming 4-5 decades.