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2024 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc
Not ready (Drink 2029 - 2046)
Jeb Dunnuck
94-96+/100
Georgie Hindle
97/100
Jane Anson
94/100
Matthew Jukes
18.5/20
William Kelley
94-96/100
James Lawther MW
16.5/20
Antonio Galloni
94-96/100
Neal Martin
93-95/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
94-96/100
Shuai Zekun
95-96/100
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2024 Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

52% Cabernet Sauvignon; 43% Merlot; 1% Cabernet Franc; 1% Petit Verdot.

This was a demanding year in the vineyard, but the wine itself has a breezy affability. The bouquet is of fresh plum and the palate displays a surprising viscosity – not cooked but certainly ripe. No SO2 is used during the élevage, so all the red-fruit notes are very overt. Everything is ripe, and the wine is loosely jointed, covering the palate with a jaunty self-confidence. The finish is long, with no dip in concentration. One suspects there will be a lot of immediate pleasure to be had here in the coming years. Production is down 35%.

Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2024
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Not ready (2029 - 2046)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pontet-Canet

Critics reviews

Jeb Dunnuck 94-96+/100
The 2024 Château Pontet-Canet is deep purple-hued and delivers beautiful aromas of black and blue fruits, violets, graphite, sweet tobacco, and damp earth. Based on 52% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Merlot, with the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, it was harvested between September 26 and October 11 and is aging 14 to 16 months in 50% new barrels, 35% amphora, and 15% once-used wood. Medium-bodied and seamless on the palate, it has pure, polished tannins, integrated acidity, and outstanding length. The alcohol is 13.1% with a pH of 3.8.
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (May 2025)
Georgie Hindle 97/100
Such an outstanding wine from Pontet this year. Ripe blackcurrant and dark chocolate, very expressive, open and scented on the nose. Concentrated, smooth and so satisfying on the palate, great texture and energy straight away - lifted but there’s power here, this isn't a weak wine at all. Wonderful finesse and texture with a long length. This is very complete and satisfying and really justifies the decisions made in the vineyard this year - late harvesting starting on October 4th when many were finishing. Juicy, fresh acidity combines with ripe tannins and lovely purity. Very accomplished - a great Bordeaux and Pauillac. 1% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. Ageing 50% new barrels, 15% one year old barrels, 35% concrete amphoras.
Drink 2032 - 2046
Georgie Hindle, Decanter.com (Apr 2025)
Jane Anson 94/100
Vibrant ruby in colour with violet edging, this is beautifully measured, with a careful release of black fruits. Puts the focus on the floral side of Cabernet Sauvignon, with rose petals, chamomile, fragrant tomato leaf and lilac. There is austerity on the opening, with tight architecture but as it opens juice begins to flow through the pumice and slate-textured tannins, and this delivers a finessed, slim-style of Pauillac, with plenty of ageing potential and quiet confidence. One of the successes of the vintage. Harvest September 26 through to October 11. 3.8ph, 50% new oak, 35% concrete amphoras. Tasted twice.
Drink 2032 - 2046
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com (Apr 2025)
Matthew Jukes 18.5/20
The twin themes of Cabernet and Merlot combine beautifully here in a harmonious, silky wine that already shows uncommon balance and precocity.  While the humans might have been stressed, 2024 Pontet-Canet is nothing of the sort.  If prices relax, as was hinted, I can see this being a no-brainer to purchase because it will drink early and hold well, thanks to its innate balance. As always, the flavour and stance that Pontet-Canet delivers are all its own, and fans will be delighted here.   Medium-weight, sensual, and haunting, this is a classic case of years of experience paying off, coupled with deep-seated trust in one’s terroir and those hard-working people looking after it. 
Matthew Jukes, MatthewJukes.com (Apr 2025)
William Kelley 94-96/100
The 2024 Pontet-Canet underlines the fact that daring to harvest late paid dividends in this challenging vintage, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, black raspberries and plums mingled with accents of rose petals, licorice and exotic spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and integrated, with mid-palate density that's all too rare this year, it's layered, suave and seamless, concluding with a long, sapid finish. Picking began on September 26 and concluded on October 11, with the heart of the estate's old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon coming in between the seventh and the ninth, well after many châteaux had finished their harvest. Greater reactivity during the season means that Pontet-Canet's vineyards are gaining in vigor, while in the winery, a lighter touch with extraction, systematic climate control and a wholesale refinement of the estate's cooperage choices have brought new harmony and sensuality to this estate's wines. That has combined with a willingness to take risks with harvest dates to deliver what is clearly one of the wines of the vintage. The blend is roughly half Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc.
William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2025)
James Lawther MW 16.5/20

52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc. Certified organic and biodynamic (Demeter, Biodyvin). Cask sample.

Deep purple colour. Purity and depth of fruit on the nose. Cherry and fruit frais notes. Some sweetness on the palate. Firm tannins but wrapped in generous fruit. A certain power but not overcharged.
Drink 2030 - 2045
James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2025)
Antonio Galloni 94-96/100

The 2024 de Fieuzal is a powerful, brooding wine. Dried herbs, tobacco, scorched earth and leather all take shape in the glass. This offers lovely mid-palate creaminess and fine depth. A classy Pessac-Léognan, Fieuzal is very nicely rendered. Floral top notes linger effortlessly on the close.
Drink 2032 - 2044
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2025)
Neal Martin 93-95/100

The 2024 Pontet Canet was picked between September 26 and October 11. It matured in 50% new oak, 15% used oak and 35% in concrete amphoras. It has a very pure bouquet with black cherry, wild strawberry, cassis and light violet scents vying for attention. This is not quite as complex as the '22 I tasted a few months earlier. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly grainy tannins on the entry, a keen line of acidity and veins of blue fruit commingling with black pepper and light graphite notes. Cohesive on the finish, there is an attractive linearity to this Pontet Canet, with satisfying sustain that delivers about as much precision as anyone could hope for in this vintage. Give this two or three years once in bottle, and drink over the next 15.
Drink 2029 - 2049
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Apr 2025)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 94-96/100
Deep garnet-purple colored. Strolls confidently out of the glass with notes of ripe, juicy plums, wild blueberries, and red currants, leading to suggestions of lilac, cardamom, fertile loam, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is elegant and fresh with wonderfully plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and fragrant.
Drink 2029 - 2049
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, TheWineIndependent.com (May 2025)
Shuai Zekun 95-96/100
A light but juicy wine that's fresh and fluid, with good depth of blue fruit and violets, a medium body and nicely reactive tannins. Crunchy, with a delicate mid-palate and firm, chalky tannins. Long, balanced and pristine finish. This will show early appeal. 52% cabernet sauvignon, 43% merlot, 4% petit verdot and 1% cabernet franc.
Shuai Zekun, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2025)

About this wine

Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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