Page 2 - bordeaux

Pontet Canet is famous for being Mouton’s neighbor, delivering magical 100 pointers for a fraction of the price.

If you’re a Bordeaux lover or collector, 2010 Pontet-Canet is a wine that you should own! Talk about a deal - at $299 / bottle, it is one of the best deals in 100 point, back-vintage Bordeaux! Scoring 100 points from both Robert Parker and James Suckling, it comes from one of history’s top Bordeaux vintages.

To see what an amazing buying opportunity this is, just look at how 2010 Pontet-Canet compared to these first growths from the same vintage - it outscored Lafite and has the same score as Mouton, but for a fraction of the price!

“The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers a very deep garnet color. Whoa—the nose explodes with a vast array of black fruit preserves and savory nuances: plum preserves, blackcurrant cordial, black cherry

Bordeaux has been on a hot streak recently with a bumper crop of excellent vintages including 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Our Buying Team recently arrived back from Bordeaux after tasting the 2022 Bordeaux vintage from barrel, and it looks like the Bordelais have another winner on their hands. Is 2022 “The Vintage of the Century?” Probably not, but with the wine still evolving in barrels, it’s really too early to tell.

The growing season in 2022 was mostly dry and warm and while many critics were quick to compare it to 2003, there are far more differences than similarities between the two vintages. 2003 was an extremely warm and dry year marked by scorching hot days, very warm nights and little-to-no rain for nearly the entire growing season. In 2022, the growing season started off with some early rain which allowed the clay and limestone soils to absorb and hold water like a sponge. As the summer went on, very little rain followed, but those vines with deep roots were able