Château Pontet Canet 2005, Pauillac

£199.95 per bottle

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Appellation - Pauillac

Owner - Alfred Tesseron

62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot

Second wine – Les Hauts de Pontet

Annual production – 320,000 bottles

"Possibly the youngest wine of all the 2005 Médocs in terms of its evolution, at age 10 the inky purple 2005 Pontet-Canet tastes more like a two-year-old wine. Loads of pure blueberry, blackberry and cassis fruit are present along with a hint of licorice and background oak. It is full-bodied, ripe, and excruciatingly fresh, vigorous and exuberant. This is a tour de force, and a sensational effort that rivals the first growths. Give it another 5-10 years of cellaring, and drink it over the following 30-40 years." Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate