2025, Château Pontet-Canet, PAUILLAC, 5ème Grand Cru ClasséIn 2025 the wine is 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. The Tesseron family have owned this Pauillac cru class since 1975 and constant improvements have been made in both viticulture and vinification. Grapes are manually sorted by a team of 30 people on specially made sorting tables. The vineyard has been organic and biodynamic for 10 years and is worked by horses. A part of the maturation is now done in egg shaped

Beautiful pale lemon/lime in colour (see photo above) with aromas of soft peach and white flowers

100 Robert M

and then it opens like a butterfly

slate-strewn journey through the palate here

Very promising

with a clever little reduction on the entry

along with touches of grilled coffee bean

cola and chalk

light spiced with a sprinkling of cracked black pepper and bay leaf over the persistent finish

Offering up incipiently complex aromas of cassis

sweet spices

elegant tannins that lead to a superbly energetic finale