Bettane & Desseauve (2023) 98 / 100

Coup de cœur immédiat de notre équipe pour la beauté de son nez associant les fruits noirs, le tabac et la violette avec une aisance étonnante, corps parfait, texture idéale, grande longueur. Un pontet-canet magique.

Decanter (2023) 95 / 100

Vibrant, vivid purple colour in the glass, rich and deep. Smells bright, super fresh and expressive on the nose with freshly-picked blackcurrants and perfumed purple flowers - the Petit Verdot, really standing out. Clean and clear, creamy, powdery and softly chewy on the palate. The texture is lovely, you can tell they haven't over extracted but there’s still clear concentration with a gentle succulence provided by the acidity, cool freshness and appealing mineral touches alongside liquorice, clove, dried herbs and bitter chocolate. Enjoyable and well defined if still a little compact.

James Suckling (2023) 99 - 100 / 100

What a finish on this Pontet-Canet. So much energy and brightness. It's full-bodied yet so tight and focused with superb fruit and transparency. It is racy and fine with super fine texture. It's like crushed cabernet sauvignon with cassis, tobacco and cigar box. Licorice and spices. Freshness of the seed.

Jancis Robinson (2023) 17.5 / 20 Jeb Dunnuck (2023) 97 - 99 / 100 Jeff Leve (2023) 97 / 100

Deep purple with a blue hue in color, the wine is almost opaque in color. Cassis, flowers, plums, licorice, and tobacco leaf aromas adorn the perfume. It is already clear that with this wine, it is the purity in the fruit that stands out. The palate is equally pure, with its layers of glycerin-filled blackberries, and plums. The wine is lush, as well as refined. The finish meshes concentration with elegance, power with purity, lift and length. The peppery, spicy note, along with the resounding minty-freshness, and a touch of anise in the long, finish is what stands out here. There is no sensation of heat or over ripeness in this wine in the mid-palate or in the finish.My score could go higher when the wine is in bottle. Drink from 2028-2060.

RVF (2023) 97 - 99 / 100

Un Pontet-Canet impressionnant de densité et de concentration. Le nez est serré, intense, sur des notes de fruits noirs. Doté d’une remarquable énergie, il s’équilibre grâce à une acidité bien calée qui porte le vin. Un ensemble long, intense en saveurs, pur mais surtout très persistant.

Terre de Vins (2023) 97 - 98 / 100

« En cave on ne fait plus rien » témoigne Mathieu Bessonnet, directeur technique : c'est le signe d'une vendange parfaite qu'il a fallu simplement accompagner. Ce 2022 cumule densité et finesse. Avec sa robe d'encre violine, il embaume la myrtille écrasée, les tanins structurent un palais délicat, la finale se pimpe d'une fine amertume.

Vert de Vin (2023) 98 - 99 / 100 Vinous (A. Galloni) (2023) 95 - 97 / 100

The 2022 Pontet-Canet is a surprising wine. Usually much more opulent, especially in warm, dry years, the 2022 comes across as restrained and understated. It is a wine of linear intensity rather than size, marked by notable freshness and a feeling of tension and precision I don’t recall seeing in the past. Clean mineral notes extend the finish effortlessly. I very much admire the precision and vibrancy here. Unforgettable.

Vinous (N. Martin) (2023) 94 - 96 / 100

The 2022 Pontet Canet has a pure nose with perfumed blackberry and cassis fruit. It takes time to cohere, evolving light pencil lead notes after 8-10 minutes. The palate has a lovely chalky texture on the entry, and a silver bead of acidity. Perhaps, more complexity than the aromatics suggest at the moment. Fine balance, moderate grip, the mineralité coming toward the final third, it fans out with gusto. There is quite a long residual peppery note on the aftertaste that you can feel after 30 seconds. I have not pulled any punches in recent vintages, when stylistically, I felt that it has veered too far away from Pauillac, for my personal taste. But closely examining this 2022, today, it seems safely within the appellation.

Yves Beck (2023) 97 - 98 / 100

Beaucoup de finesse dans le bouquet de Pontet-Canet qui se révèle de manière progressive, précise. Les marqueurs de Pauillac et de Pontet-Canet sont bien là, complétés par des nuances fruitées et chocolatées. C’est néanmoins la fraîcheur qui pose les jalons, car elle est exceptionnelle, rien qu’au niveau olfactif. Le vin est compact, élégant et crémeux. A l’image du bouquet il se révèle pas à pas. Pontet Canet 2022 est fin, élégant, mais il ne manque pas de revendiquer un caractère affirmé, précis, juteux et salivant. La finale souligne à quel point le vin est en mesure de tenir la comparaison avec les plus grands crus de Pauillac. Que de tension, de clarté, de précision. Un vin brillant ! 2028-2047

Appellation	Pauillac
Classement	5ème Grand Cru Classé en 1855
Superficie	81 ha
Encépagement	Cabernet Sauvignon 62% - Merlot 32% - Cabernet Franc 4% - Petit Verdot 2%
Age moyen des vignes	43 ans
Sols et sous-sol	Graves du quaternaire
Elevage	Barriques neuves à 50 % durant 16 mois