2003 Pontet-Canet Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WA 95 JL 94 VN 94 JS 93 WS 93 WE 91
WA 95

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 2014

(95+ points) The spectacular 2003 Pontet Canet is still incredibly young and vigorous. This full-bodied classic boasts a dense purple color as well as a superb nose of graphite, creme de cassis, forest floor, licorice and...
JL 94

TheWineCellarInsider.com, July 2025

Not overly complex, here you find a big, juicy blast of black currants, herbs, cedar, spice and tobacco. Concentrated, fruity, full-bodied and ready to deliver all it has to offer. A bit simple, but enjoyable. No...
VN 94

Vinous, August 2023

The 2003 Pontet Canet has a precocious bouquet with blueberry, cassis, crushed violet and pastille-like fruit, perhaps more delineation than its peers. There's a nice focus here. The palate is well balanced with...
JS 93

jamessuckling.com, March 2011

Pure ripe fruit on the nose with raspberries and blueberries. Full bodied, with round and silky tannins and a pretty polish to this ripe and fruit forward wine. Pull the cork after 2014. Find the wine.
WS 93

Wine Spectator, January 2018

Dark plum, fig and blackberry fruit shows a hint of torréfaction but stay fairly juicy and defined, while singed cedar, smoldering tobacco and charcoal notes score the finish. Cedar and dried currant fruit wind up...
WE 91

Wine Enthusiast, May 2006

A closed, austere wine; more solid than fruity, showing very firm tannins. There is a pronounced smoky character as well, with cigar box aromas and toasty flavors. What is certain is that this wine—racy and not too...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type
Red
Varietal
Bordeaux Blend
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Vintage
2003
Size
750ML
Percent alcohol
13%
Closure
Cork

Chateau Pontet-Canet is bright and brilliant with full-bodied fruit, yet finesse, in the mouth. It expresses energy, tension and intensity.

The fruit is fermented with native yeast in semi-conical concrete tanks that facilitate punch-downs. The wine then macerates for an additional four weeks before being removed from the pomace for maturation. One-third of the wine is aged in large, concrete amphorae, designed expressly for Pontet-Canet. The rest ages in French oak barrels.