2002 Chateau Pontet Canet
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2002
| Avg. Rating: | 90.0/100 (1 Review) |
|---|---|
| Winery: | Chateau Pontet Canet |
| Vintage: | 2002 |
| Varietal: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Bordeaux: Pauillac |
| Retail Price: |  30 USD |
| Created by: | montrose |
| Purchase: | Buy this wine › |
92 points from the Wine Spectator: "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. (04/05) 88 points Robert Parker: "This wine has seemingly gone to sleep and is in a dormant, ungracious stage, exhibiting notes of green tea leaves intermixed with red and black currants in its dusty nose. A medium-bodied wine with moderately high tannin and a certain austerity, it seems to be a much less impressive effort than I thought from barrel or is it just impossibly closed? There is still substantial size and tannic clout to the wine, but the fruit seems to have gone into hiding. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2020+."(04/05) Steven Tanzer 91: Red-ruby. Cool aromas of blackcurrant, espresso and menthol. Then sweet and pliant in the mouth, with concentrated, very pure currant, chocolate and mint flavors. Wonderfully smooth for the vintage. Broadens out impressively on the back end, finishing with firm, ripe tannins. (5/05) Decanter 5 Stars: Concentrated, wild violets, blackcurrant bouquet, vegetable extract. Fine, lively fruit, quite pure blackcurrant, very Pauillac. Very good. Drink 2008-15.
Tasting Notes from Cork’d Members
2002 Chateau Pontet Canet
(2 months ago)
iowinos
90.0/100
Very solid all the way through, there is that typical Pauillac minerality crouching over very nice red berry fruit. Just now working into its window of drinkability, I would still give this wine until 2009. You can still find some really good 2002s at crazy good prices, considering how the Bordeaux market has gone.
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