Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Composed of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Pontet-Canet gives up beautifully fragrant notes of rosehip tea, lilacs, cinnamon stick, cloves, dried leaves and underbrush with a core of kirsch, raspberry coulis, warm plums and red and black currants plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, the palate is refreshing, minerally and wonderfully elegant with a well-played texture of approachable, plush tannins and a long, fragrant finish. Beautiful. Aging took place in 50% new and 15% in second fill barrels and the remaining 35% in amphorae for 16 months, much of the material for which came from the soil at Pontet-Canet!

James Suckling

This has ethereal transparency to it with a fresh, red-berry and cherry nose. Terra-cotta and dried-flower notes. Plums, too. Quite complex. The palate has a very detailed tannin texture with attractive cassis and blueberries that hold very long, fresh and pure. Fruity and fresh. Try from 2023.

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, fresh and offers a beautiful finesse, concentration, gourmandize, a fine incisive side as well as a fine power. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and small notes of fresh liquorice stick, small ripe berries associated with touches of small red fruits, iris / lilac, graphite, racy minerality as well as fine hints of violet, sweet spices and green cardamom. The mouth is fruity, fresh, mineral, elegant and offers a beautiful definition, an acidulous frame, suavity, a beautiful juicy fruit, a beautiful as well as roundness. On the mouth this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy / juicy cassis and small notes of violet associated with fine touches of liquorice, lily as well as hints of graphite, tonka bean, camphor, lilac and Cuben pepper. Tannins are elegant and well-built. Good length. Very discreet hint of toasted hazelnut on the finish. Gourmandize on the finish.

Wine Enthusiast

The perfume intensity of this wine is remarkable. Firm yet velvety at the same time, the tannins are the prelude to the pure, opulent blackberry fruits and balanced acidity. The lines of the wine are clear and direct, a true promise for aging. Drink from 2024.