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Bottle of Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2000-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2000

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
by Chateau Pontet-Canet
$199.99
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While the less prominent regions of Bordeaux are home to some of the earliest adopters to sustainable viticulture, the watershed moment for biodynamics in Bordeaux belongs to the Pauillac 5th growth, Pontet-Canet. The efforts of Jean-Michel Comme and Alfred Tesseron to move to sustainable viticulture began in the mid-Nineties, culminating in Biodynamic certification in 2010โ€”a vintage which earned them a perfect 100 point score from Robert Parker.

While we don't generally put much store by scores, it's worth mentioning this one, as it sparked other, more-established estates on the Mรฉdoc to investigate the philosophy and spurred Pontet-Canet to go even further; they've increased the number of horses ploughing vineyards and even started to age some of the wine in amphorae.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 93
"Deep red-ruby. Explosive nose combines raspberry, roasted currant, grilled nuts and exotic spices. Rich, sexy, silky and full in the mouth, with expressive flavors of black raspberry, game, smoke and truffle. Finishes with strong but suave tannins and excellent length." -Vinous

Robert Parker

RP 92
"Tasted at the Pontet-Canet vertical, the 2000 Chรขteau Pontet-Canet is perhaps where things start getting interesting, as Alfred Tesseron's top-to-toe reconfiguration of the vineyard and vinification began to impact and ameliorate the wine. It has a lovely bouquet of blackberry and briary fruit, hints of black truffle developing, later damp earth. There is an intensity here, if not the complexity of the best millennial Pauillacs. The palate is medium-bodied with a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar and sous-bois percolating up through and rendering it a 'serious' Pontet-Canet in keeping with the vintage. There is a subtle and yet insistent grip on the finish. It has always been a tannic wine, but these are now softening, albeit at a slower pace than some might like. Therefore, I might be inclined to hold on to bottles for another 3-4 years." -Robert Parker

Wine Spectator

WS 92
"A lovely lead-in of singed cedar and vanilla notes gives way to slightly taut, racy red and black currant fruit flavors that drive nicely through an iron-edged finish. Rather sleek and tightly focused, relying more on minerality than power."

Wine Enthusiast

WE 90
"This is a very modern style of wine, with generous new wood and super-ripe fruit flavors, balancing with polished solid tannins. Very international in style, it is good, but could come from anywhere"

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Other Regional Grapes , Red Blend

  • Vintage

    2000

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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