Pontet-Canet 2010
Red
Pauillac, France
7.5
WineSaint
Lush and immediate, with dark cherry and plum notes that feel almost Merlot-like in their softness. The texture is round and giving, showing graphite minerality but lacking the classic Pauillac backbone. Approachable now, though it misses the structure that defines great Left Bank wines.
dark cherryplumgraphitesoft tannins
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.