1980 | Chateau Pontet-Canet | Pauillac

Description

Red Wine: 1980 | Chateau Pontet-Canet | Pauillac

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

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Producer: Chateau Pontet-Canet

Vintage: 1980

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Pauillac

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

Producer Information

Chteau Pontet-Canet is a critically lauded wine estate located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux’s northern Mdoc region. The estate was ranked as a fifth growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification although in contemporary critical and popular circles, the estate is considered worthy of a much higher ranking. Its grand vin is a classic, structured claret with great finesse, regularly achieving high scores and much in-demand worldwide. The second wine of the estate is Hauts de Pontet-Canet. Chteau Pontet-Canet was founded by Jean-Francois de Pontet, royal governor of the Mdoc, who combined several Pauillac vineyard plots in the 1720s. His descendants added neighboring parcels in Canet. The wine was not chteau-bottled until 1972. Pontet-Canet has been owned by the Tesseron family of Cognac fame since 1975, and under the family’s control quality has risen greatly, along with auction prices and popularity. Pontet-Canet is Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, and is full bodied with significant long-term cellaring potential.