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Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet Second Vin (no reserve) 2009

  • Red fruit
  • Aperitif wine
  • Enjoy with friends
  • Color: Red
  • Biodynamics
  • 14% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Silky

Un grand pauillac, qui n'a pas à rougir de ses voisins. La gourmandise laisse de la place à la structure.  More info

  • Quantity: 2 Bottles
  • Level: 2 into-neck
  • Label: 2 slightly marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
  • Classification: Second Vin
  • Producer/Owner: Alfred Tesseron
  • More information....

Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet Second Vin serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Aubergines farcies à l agneau et menthe, Rognon de veau à la moutarde, Côte de boeuf aux cèpes.

Peak: Drink until 2020

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet Second Vin

    The wine

    Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet made the headlines when it was downgraded in 2012. Regardless of the envy caused by Pontet-Canet, it really is a great Pauillac. Both full and rich, it is blessed with a sweet acidity which makes it accessible when young and will allow it to age gracefully.

    Information about domain Château Pontet-Canet

    Château Pontet-Canet has only been owned by three families since it was created at the beginning of the 17th century. The property was established by Jean-François de Pontet, the King's equerry and subsequently the governor of the Médoc. Some years later, his descendants enlarged the vineyard with plots from a locality known as Canet. Classified in 1855, the property was purchased in 1865 by Hermann Cruse, a well-known Bordeaux wine merchant, who developed an international reputation for its wines. The property has belonged to the Tesseron family since 1975. Guy Tesseron supervised a substantial modernisation of the facilities, but also the vinification techniques. Today, it is his sons, Alfred and Gérard Tesseron who manage the domaine. In the heart of Pauillac, the 80 ha of vines, alongside Mouton Rothschild, are planted on a hilltop of Garonne gravel and sand. It was a revolution which made Alfred Tesseron and Jean-Michel Comme (who left the estate in 2020), in the mid-2000s, convert the first classical premier cru of the Médoc to biodynamics. This duo managed to lift this fifth cru classé to the level of the great Bordeaux wines. To such an extent that 10 (years) later, Pontent-Canet can emulate this. Nothing is left to chance for the élevage. The domaine's teams continue to innovate to create the best wines. The wines are then aged for 16 to 20 months. Aging takes place in oak barrels, about two-thirds of which are renewed each year and, since 2012, in amphora (for a third). The shape of these was conceived at the château for balance between full bodied and tension in the wines.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 2 Bottles
    • Level: 2 into-neck
    • Label: 2 slightly marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
    • Classification: Second Vin
    • Producer/Owner: Alfred Tesseron
    • Vintage: 2009
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: Drink until 2020
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Biodynamics 
    • Intensity: Silky
    • Dominant aroma: Red fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Aperitif wine

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    iDealwine price estimate
    Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet Second Vin (no reserve) 2009

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format