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Pontet Canet 1988
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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 1988 Pontet-Canet typifies many of the Medocs in this vintage with its fine color, narrowly constructed personality, and green tannins. Relatively lean and austere, this wine will age well, but it will always lack charm and flesh.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
This wine lacks charm. The nose is all pencil-lead but little else, bereft of fruit concentration. Tannic palate which lacks warmth and depth. Austere and not much fun. Drink up. Tasted June 2001.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
This wine has put on some weight, and although fully mature and somewhat herbaceous, I like the complex cedar, spice box, Provencal herb sort of nose intermixed with some red and black currants. In the mouth, it is medium-bodied and slightly austere, but well-made and represents a traditional taste of old-style Bordeaux. Anticipated maturity: Now-2007. Last tasted, 9/02.
About the Producer
The history of Château Pontet-Canet dates back to the early 18th century when Jean-François de Pontet, grand equerry of the king became governor of the Medoc, brings together several parcels of land located in Pauillac. Subsequently, his descendants add the vineyards adjoining the locality Canet: Château Pontet-Canet was born. One hundred years later, the famous classification of 1855 included Château Pontet-Canet among the elite of the Médoc viticulture. This rise did not escape one of the first Bordeaux merchants of the time, Herman Cruse, who bought the property in 1865. He built new cellars, modernized the facilities and made this wine known throughout the world. The Cruse family managedthe property for 110 years, until another merchant, but from Cognac, Guy Tesseron, bought it in 1975. Thus, in more than two hundred years, Château Pontet-Canet knew only three different owners. Today, it is the son of Guy Tesseron, Alfred Tesseron who is at the head of the field. The Château Pontet-Canet terroir consists of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The property is 120 hectares of which 80 hectares are dedicated to the breeding of the vine. Led by Jean Michel Comme, Château Pontet-Canet’s viticulture has gone from conventional cultivation to organic farming and biodynamic farming. Thus, the terroirs, worked daily by Breton horses, have found their originality.
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