Pontet-Canet 1997
Red
Pauillac, France
6.6
WineSaint
Dark fruit and worn leather create an inviting nose with surprising elegance. The palate flows with silky grace, showing none of Pauillac's typical austerity in youth. Ripe tannins and generous fruit suggest this vintage favored accessibility over the estate's later structural intensity.
dark fruitworn leatherblackcurrantfloral notes
Label
Pontet-Canet
→Fifth Growth Pauillac with the ambitions of a Second. Pontet-Canet has been one of Bordeaux's most closely watched estates since Alfred Tesseron's family began overhauling it in the 1990s, converting fully to biodynamics and drawing consistent scores that embarrass its classification.