Pontet Canet 龐特卡內酒莊位於 Pauillac 波雅克村，與 Chateaux Mouton Rothschild 木桐酒莊為鄰，出色的風土條件，擁有三個世紀的歷史，經過三個家族管理，在1855分級梅多克分級中被評為五級莊！酒莊從1975年易主到幹邑酒商 Guy Tesseron 蓋伊·泰瑟隆先生，旗下還擁有四級莊 Château Lafon-Rochet。在 Alfred Tesseron 和他的團隊帶領下，此後酒莊葡萄園發生了翻天覆地的變化，由傳統的葡萄種植法轉向了有機種植和生物動力法。2004年，在14公頃的葡萄園內初次嘗試生物動力法一年，這個年份的葡萄酒色澤鮮豔、更加緊致且更為出色，於是酒莊開始全面採用生物動力法。
通過最低人為干預這一釀酒哲學，就如酒莊經理 Jean-Michel Comme 所講“葡萄生長會比我們知道它更需要什麼”。通過馬匹耕種土地保護土壤、田間綠色堆肥，使得土壤更具活性重新改良土質結構。設置籬笆為動植物提供棲息地，保護生物的多樣性，花費更長時間在葡萄園巡查，葡萄枝的修剪，觀察葡萄園周圍生態平衡狀況。採收時使用小籃子，以確保葡萄完整不會被擠壓破壞。使用天然酵母發酵、適時人工調整溫度，做到更多地回歸自然。有因必有果，最終收成的葡萄更為健康純潔，釀造葡萄酒展現得更為清新明快，香氣果味更為純淨，風土更為清晰，酒體層次更為明顯，幾者融合得恰到好處。在長遠來看，保護葡萄田塊土壤和環境，建立一個可持續發展的生態系統，種植收成一年比一年穩定，品質也越為卓越。於2010年，Chateau Pontet Canet 龐特卡奈獲得 Ecocert 有機認證和 Biodyvin 更為嚴格的生物動力認證，同年2010年延續了2009年再次獲得 Robert Parker 評分滿分100，隨後2014年獲得 Demeter 頒發的生物動力認證。
平均年齡40 - 45歲，採摘後的葡萄經過篩選、破皮後，進行控溫發酵，隨後進行15個月的橡木桶熟成，新橡木桶的使用比例為 50%，裝瓶前用蛋清進行澄清。
James Suckling 98 pts
A stunning wine for this vintage although it’s still a bit shy on the nose (more spice than fruit showing than now). There’s wet earth, too, but on the palate it’s bursting with ripe yet subtle flavors. Very long and complex finish that goes on and on.
Wine Enthusiast 96 pts
This is a finely structured wine with dark tannins and intense black fruits. The estate, with its biodynamically grown fruit, has given an impressively pure wine, packed with tight serious tannins and a fine structure of black-plum skins and intense acidity. It is direct, firm and with a huge potential over many years.
Jeb Dunnuck 96 pts
A final blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2014 Pontet-Canet is brilliant stuff, and I was able to taste this wine from barrel as well as multiple times from bottle, both at the estate and from a bottle purchased in the United States. It offers a sensational bouquet of crème de cassis, black raspberries, tobacco leaf, and minerals, as well as an unmistakable Pauillac lead pencil characteristics that I just adore. Possessing full-bodied richness, a rounded, surprisingly opulent, sexy texture, awesome purity, and sweet, succulent tannin, it’s a sensational 2014 that might just surpass what they accomplished in 2015. This is a 2014 you won’t regret buying in bulk as it’s going to keep for 2-3 decades and be drinkable for the vast majority of it. Bravo to Alfred Tesseron and his team!
Wine Advocate 95 pts
Deep garnet with a hint of purple to the color, the 2014 Pontet-Canet gives a very serious, classic Pauillac nose of blackcurrant preserves, baked blackberries and warm black plums with suggestions of menthol, pencil lead, woodsmoke, cassia and cast-iron pan plus a hint of baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with black and blue fruit preserves with a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and bold freshness, giving lift to the long, exotic spice-laced finish. It is approachable now, but really should start to make jaws drop in another 4-5 years.
Vinous 93 pts
The bottle of 2014 Pontet-Canet showed better than the previous one at the 10-Year-On tasting in London. Thisoffers much more restraint on the nose. lt's quite precise, with greater mineralité seeping through the black cherryand cassis fruit. The palate has a sorbet-fresh entry, fine tannins and a silky sheen. The oak is fully subsumed aftera decade, plus there is a little more depth on the finish compared to previous showings. This is a fine example ofthe vintage, and bottles should drink well over the next 12 to 15 years. Tasted from an ex-chateau bottle at thePontet-Canet dinner in Washington DC.
Wine Spectator 93 pts
This delivers a notable menthol note, showing an ample core of well-steeped blackberry, plum and black currant fruit. A bright anise streak checks in on the back end, with a slightly loamy structure imparting a broad feel through the finish. Needs to pull together a bit more, but the fruit is there.
