Château Pontet Canet 2025 EP

Tasting notes:

The 2025 Pontet-Canet is a wine of exquisite class. Silky, aromatic and vibrant, the 2025 is all finesse. Crushed red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal and a gentle hint of spice are all wonderfully knit together. Pontet-Canet is one of the more refined, sublimely beautiful wines of the year. This could turn out even better than my note suggests. Tasted two times. 2033-2065 Antonio Galloni 96-98+

Producer description:

Founded by Jean-François de Pontet in the 18th century, the estate was purchased by Guy Tesseron in 1975 and is now run by his son Alfred who has made constant improvements in both vineyards and cellar. The 81 hectares of vines are divided in 100 plots with the best ones lying on a gentle broad outcrop of gravel soil. All are certified organic and biodynamic and are worked by horses. Maturation is done in a mix of egg-shaped concrete amphoras and oak barrels. Although the estate was classified as a fifth growth in 1855, the wines are now competing with second cru classé.