WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 848; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 862. The average score for Château Pontet-Canet is 874, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Pontet-Canet they use words like Tannins, Fruit, Full, Classic, Cassis, Fine, Long, Rich, Purple, Black, Pure, Concentrated, Tannic, Creme, Tannin. The 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Pontet-Canet: Silk, Fist, Problems, Acacia, Cloaked, Ostentatious, Steel, Berries, Suppleness, Bilberry. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.86%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2011 (13% vs 13.13%). The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). It normally takes wines from Château Pontet-Canet around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Figeac 2012, Château Giscours 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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Prices & Deals for Château Pontet-Canet 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
51 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
40 |