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Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac (FUTURE) : $139.99

Wine Details

Vintage: 2008
Price: $139.99
Producer: Chateau Pontet Canet
Region: Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux - Red
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors:
  • Award Winning
  • Red Wine
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Product Description

  • This is a Bordeaux Future. It will be shipped to you when it comes in, probably in 2011. PLEASE NOTE: IMAGE IS OF A PREVIOUS VINTAGE. THIS PRODUCT IS THE 2008 VINTAGE.
  • Very intense colour. Very intense nose, marked by notes of cherry, blackberry and redcurrant with traces of vanilla, liquorice and cedar. The attack is full to the palate. The tannins of great smoothness reveal a fine elegance. The finish, with no trace of aggressiveness, is marked by a good length.

Expert Ratings

Ratings   Vintage Source Flavors
Tanzer - 91-94 Details: (60% cabernet sauvignon, 33% merlot, 5% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot) Bright ruby. Sexy, high-pitched nose offers blueberry, violet, chocolate, minerals and flowers. At once rich and youthfully austere, but with a depth and complexity to its flavors of cassis, violet, minerals and menthol that are rare for the vintage. Finishes with substantial but very fine, supple tannins and lingering notes of cassis, blueberry and bitter chocolate. This very rich but seriously structured wine is built for a long life in bottle. 2006 Tanzer blackberry, flowers, licorice, mineral, tar
Tanzer - 92-95 Details: (70% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot) Bright medium ruby. Perfumed, vibrant aromas of raspberry, currant, minerals, spices and cigar box. Sweet and densely packed; superripe yet fresh, with brisk acidity giving definition and lift to the lush but sappy flavors. Wonderfully seamless and fine. A big wine with noble building tannins and compelling lingering sweetness. This has the tannic spine and sheer concentration of material to age for three decades or more. 2005 Tanzer berries, currant, licorice, mineral, mint
Tanzer - 91-94 Details: (60% cabernet sauvignon, 33% merlot, 5% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot) Bright ruby. Sexy, high-pitched nose offers blueberry, violet, chocolate, minerals and flowers. At once rich and youthfully austere, but with a depth and complexity to its flavors of cassis, violet, minerals and menthol that are rare for the vintage. Finishes with substantial but very fine, supple tannins and lingering notes of cassis, blueberry and bitter chocolate. This very rich but seriously structured wine is built for a long life in bottle. 2006 Tanzer blackberry, flowers, licorice, mineral, tar
WineSpectator - 86 Details: Shows notes of blackberry, with hints of sweet tobacco on the nose. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a delicate finish. The second wine of Pontet-Canet. Best after 2009. 4,165 cases made. 2005 WineSpectator blackberry, tobacco
WineSpectator - 96 Details: Black in color, with aromas of blackberry, black licorice, tar, mineral and fresh flowers. Full-bodied and powerful, with ultrafine tannins that last for minutes on the palate. A polished, thought-provoking wine. Shows wonderful purity of Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2014. 20,830 cases made. –JS 2005 WineSpectator
Tanzer - 92-95 Details: (70% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot) Bright medium ruby. Perfumed, vibrant aromas of raspberry, currant, minerals, spices and cigar box. Sweet and densely packed; superripe yet fresh, with brisk acidity giving definition and lift to the lush but sappy flavors. Wonderfully seamless and fine. A big wine with noble building tannins and compelling lingering sweetness. This has the tannic spine and sheer concentration of material to age for three decades or more. 2005 Tanzer berries, currant, licorice, mineral, mint
Tanzer - 91(+?) Details: ($50-$59) Good ruby-red. Currant, black raspberry, cocoa powder and graphite on the nose. Silky on entry, then impressively sweet in the middle palate, with classic Pauillac flavors of currant, chocolate and graphite dominating. This boasts the sharp focus of the vintage's best examples but can't quite match the 2006 for consistent ripeness and mid-palate depth. Tannins are quite firm and in need of six or seven years of patience. 2004 Tanzer black cherry, cassis, flowers, licorice
WineSpectator - 93 Details: Shows beautiful aromas of crushed berries and currant, with hints of mineral. Full-bodied, with lovely currant, licorice and mint. Long and caressing. Very refined and balanced. Another winner from Pontet-Canet. Best after 2011. 25,000 cases made. –JS 2004 WineSpectator
Tanzer - 93 Details: ($60-$70) Ruby-red. Roasted blackberry, coffee and mocha on the nose, along with a grapey quality. Fat, superripe and sweet; wonderfully full, sexy and broad. Just this side of exotic, but sound natural acidity gives shape to the thick, mellow dark berry and chocolate flavors. Finishes with substantial tannins and resounding length. This will be drinkable several years earlier than the 2005. 2003 Tanzer black cherry, licorice, raspberry, spices, violet
WineSpectator - 94 Details: Gorgeous raspberry, licorice and currant with hints of toasted oak. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and lots of currant and berry character. Refined. Long, long finish. Best after 2010. 22,500 cases made. –JS 2003 WineSpectator berry, currant, licorice, raspberry, toasted oak
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Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Cheese Mozzarella, Sharp Cheddar, Blue Cheese, Feta, Goat Cheese
Red Meat Roast Beef, Beef Stew, Lamb, Lamb Stew, Salami, Sausage, Variety Meats or Organ Meats, Kidney
Poultry & Eggs Spicy Chicken Dishes
Vegetables Ratatouille
Sauces Red Wine Sauce
Herbs & Spices Anise, Fennel Seed, Tarragon, Bay Leaf, Lavender, Mint, Rosemary, Thyme
Cheese Aged Cheddar

Awards and Accolades

  Name Vintage
Award Winner Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2007 2004
Award Winner Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2006 2003
Award Winner Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2008 2005

Wine Terms

Name Value
Bordeaux A region in western France that grows famous red wines from the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc grapes and white wines from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle grapes. Situated on the Atlantic coast, Bordeaux has a maritime climate with warm summers and fairly mild winters as well as an abundance of rain during harvest time. When young, the finest red Bordeaux wines have a deep cranberry hue and aromas of blackcurrants, plums, spice, cedar, and cassis. For the first ten years or so these wines can be very dry, with tannin masking the fruity flavors. Eventually the wines turn garnet, and develops an extraordinarily complex bouquet and flavor as well as softer tannins. The finest red Bordeaux wines still take 20 years or so before reaching their maturity. Two distinct red wine production zones exist within the Bordeaux region; the Left Bank and the Right Bank. The Left Bank vineyards are located west of the Garonne River and the Gironde Estuary, into which the Garonne empties. The Right Bank vineyards are east and north of the Dordogne River and east of the Grionde Estuary. Of the various wine districts on the Left and Right Banks, four are the most important for red wines: Haut-Médoc; Pessac-Leognan, St-Emilion, and Pomerol. For white wines, the most important are Graves and Pessac-Leognan.
France France is the standard bearer for all the world’s wines, with regard to the types of grapes that are used to make wine and with the system of defining and regulating winemaking. Its Appellation d’Origine Controlee, or AOC system, is the legislative model for most other European countries. Most French wines are named after places. The system is hierarchical; generally the smaller and more specific the region for which a wine is named, the higher its rank. There are four possible ranks of French wine, and each is always stated on the label: Appellation Contrôlée (or AOC), Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (or VDQS); Vin de pays, or country wine; and Vin de table. France has five major wine regions, although there are several others that make interesting wines. The three major regions for red wine are Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone; for white wines, the regions are Burgundy, the Loire and Alsace. Each region specialized in certain grape varieties for its wines, based on climate, soil, and local tradition. Two other significant French wine regions are Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, both in the south of France. Cahors, in the southwest of the country, produces increasingly good wines.
Pauillac (poy yac)— a commune in the Haut Medoc district of Bordeaux. Its wines are rich, powerful, firm and tannic, with blackcurrant and cedar aroma and flavors. Home to three of Bordeaux’s most famous wines: Lafitte-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild, and Latour.

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