Ch.Pontet Canet 2002 750ml

Winespectator.com, Mar 31, 2005
A solid wine with berry, currant and mineral character. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. Racy. Alfred Tesseron is making excellent wine nearly every year now. One of the few 2002s better than 2001. Best after 2008.

Château Pontet-Canet is a large Pauillac estate that can trace its origins back to 1725, when Jean-François Pontet gave his name to the estate he had acquired. The wine was not château-bottled until 1972 and in 1975 the property was sold to Guy Tesseron, of the Tesseron family, one of the finest exponents of luxury, very old, aged Cognacs (Cognac Tesseron).
Chateau Pontet Canet is located in Pauillac, just south of Mouton Rothschild and d’Armailhac. In fact, they are neighbors. The terroir of Pontet Canet is mostly poor gravel soil typical of the northern Medoc. Since Alfred Tesseron began managing Chateau Pontet Canet, not only did he move to sustainable farming techniques, he also began to tend the vineyard and vinify the wines on a parcel by parcel basis. In 1999, they hired Michel Rolland as their consultant.

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