2000 Chateau Pontet Canet Pontet Canet jumilla bestowing an unheard of 96-100

bestowing an unheard of 96-100 point score

000 bottles

launching a wine called Barón de Chirel in the 1980s that prompted the entire Rioja region to explore making fuller

while vines from the Serralunga property range from 25 to 60 years old (the grapes from the oldest vines go into the winery's flagship Barolo DOCG

2000 Chateau Pontet Canet Pontet Canet jumilla bestowing an unheard of 96-100Chteau Pontet Canet is a large Pauillac estate that can trace its origins back to 1725, when Jean Franois Pontet gave his name to the estate he had acquired. The wine was not chteau bottled until 1972 and in 1975 the property was sold to Guy Tesseron, of the Tesseron family, one of the finest exponents of luxury, very old, aged Cognacs (Cognac Tesseron). The Tesserons also own Chteau Lafon Rochet in St Estephe. Today, Chteau Pontet Canet is owned and