Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Tasted at the Pontet-Canet vertical in London, the 2011 Château Pontet Canet must constitute one of the best wines on the Left Bank, even if it does not quite live up to its stellar performance from barrel. Lucid purple in color, the bouquet leaps from the glass and yells

James Suckling

A wine with lots of ripe berries, verging on dried fruits. Full and chewy with ripe, round, chewy tannins. It needs lots of bottle age. A wine of steel. From biodynamically grown grapes, as always.

Luca Gardini

VertdeVin

The nose is a bit less “exuberant” than the 2010 vintage . It is complex, fine and reveals a fleshy side. It reveals notes of blackcurrant and blueberry associated with touch of oak. The mouth is fine, elegant, right, fat and structured. Beautiful texture on the palate. It expresses notes of fresh cherries and slight notes of red fruit, black fruit (plum, blackberry, black cherry). The tannins are fine, elegant but currently slightly firm (time required). Good length.

Wine Enthusiast

So smooth, this is a rich, grandiose wine. Although it is full of black currant fruits and spice flavors, the texture is most impressive. Dusty tannins are integrated with juicy fruits seamlessly. The purest fruit flavors are allied to linear tannins in a precise yet generous way.